Chilli Garlic Noodles is a tasty, easy-to-make Chinese noodles recipe where cooked noodles are stir-fried with a spicy chili paste, burnt garlic, and veggies. You may add any protein of your choice like eggs, chicken, shrimp, lamb, or beef.
Chilli Garlic Noodles is a simple yet flavorful noodle recipe that is one of the most ordered and popular Chinese takeout dishes. It is quite easy to make at home and is versatile because you can add ingredients of your choice.
I have made vegetable noodles here. But you can add any protein of your choice too.
For making any stir-fries or Chinese foods, I make sure that all the ingredients are prepped in advance. I chop all the vegetables, peel and crush the garlic, keep all the sauces and garnishes in handy, and sometimes the utensils too. Once you have all the ingredients in place, stir-fries take less than 15 minutes to prepare.
For making Chili Garlic Noodles, we need lots of garlic and moderate amount of chilies. The delicious flavor of garlic and chilies together with the sauces gives the required amount of heat to the dish.
That said, always adjust the number of chilies you add to any dish according to your taste or to who you serve the dish. Needless to say, you may reduce the amount of dry red chilies if you are serving this noodles to kids.
Chilli Garlic Noodles are
- easy to make
- versatile
- perfect weeknight dinner
- perfect for sudden Chinese food cravings
I am a fried rice kinda girl and I often make my easy Chicken Fried Rice at home. But ever since I joined my parents last year, mom has been asking me to prepare noodles a lot because that's her favorite. I made Veg Chowmein and it was an instant hit. That's why I decided to try another popular noodles recipe and share it with you all.
As the name of the dish suggests, this dish has strong flavors of chilli and garlic. I love the sharp and pungent garlic flavor in all my dishes. So, this noodles recipe was just perfect for me.
Ingredients for Making Spicy Garlic Noodles
- Noodles: I have used egg noodles here. But you may use any noodles of your choice - Hakka, or even the regular Maggi or Ramen noodles without the seasoning packet.
- Chillies and Garlic: To make Chili Garlic Noodles, we need to make a chili paste by soaking few dry red chilies in hot water and then making a paste out of it by grinding. We also need about 8 large garlic cloves.
- Vegetables: This noodles call for a handful of vegetables. You may choose to add any, all, or other veggies of your choice too. I have used green, red, and yellow capsicum, and some carrots. You may add broccoli, mushrooms, bok choy, beans, peas, etc.
- Sauces and Seasonings: Soy sauce, Rice vinegar, Pepper, and Salt are other major flavorings. Soy sauce gives the required umami flavor to the dish. But you can take it a notch up higher by adding a dash of fish sauce too.
Making Asian Garlic Noodles
- Cook the noodles according to the instructions on the packet. I'd still cook it only until 75 percent done or until the noodles are separated.
- Drain and immediately rinse in cold water. Add a tablespoon of oil and gently mix. This will make sure that the noodles strands don't cook further and stick to each other. Keep aside.
- Soak 4-5 dry red chilies in hot water for 5 minutes. Once done, grind to make a paste.
- To a pan, add sesame oil. Once hot, add finely chopped garlic. Saute until brown.
- Turn the heat to low and add the ground chilies. This is the chili paste. You may use a teaspoon or all of the chili paste for this recipe. Adjust the spice level according to your taste. Mix well.
- To this, add the chopped vegetables. Saute for a minute.
- Add the sauces and seasonings. Mix well.
- Add the noodles and gently mix with the help of a tong. Cook for a minute more.
- Garnish with spring onion greens and serve with a favorite side of your choice.
Chilli Garlic Noodles
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Garlic Noodles
- Total Time: 20 mins
- Yield: 4 persons 1x
Description
Chilli Garlic Noodles is a tasty, easy-to-make Chinese noodles dish where cooked noodles are stir-fried with a spicy chili paste, burnt garlic, and veggies of your choice.
Ingredients
200gms Dry Noodles (or Ramen Noodles)
¼ cup Sesame Oil
4-5 Dry Red Chilies
8-10 Garlic Cloves, large, finely chopped
¼ cup Green Bellpepper, julienned
¼ cup Red Bell pepper, julienned
¼ cup Yellow Bellpepper, julienned
¼ cup Carrots, julienned
2 teaspoon Light Soy Sauce
1 teaspoon Rice Vinegar
½ teaspoon White or Black Pepper, powdered
Salt
1 teaspoon Sugar
Spring Onion Greens, for garnish
½ teaspoon Fish Sauce (optional)
Instructions
Cook the noodles according to the instructions on the packet. I'd still cook it only until 75 percent done or until the noodles are separated.
Drain and immediately rinse in cold water. Add a tablespoon of oil and gently mix. Keep aside.
Soak 4-5 dry red chilies in hot water for 5 minutes. Once done, grind to make a paste.
To a wok, add sesame oil. Once hot, add finely chopped garlic. Saute until brown.
Turn the heat to low and add the ground chilies. This is the chili paste. You may use a teaspoon to all of the chili paste for this recipe. Adjust the spice level according to your taste. Mix well.
To this, add the chopped vegetables. Saute for a minute.
Add the sauces and seasonings. Mix well.
Add the noodles and gently mix with the help of a tong. Cook for a minute more.
Garnish with spring onion greens and serve with a favorite side of your choice.
Notes
Cook the noodles only until 75 percent done or until the noodles are separated. This ensures that the noodles aren't turned mushy once you stir-fry with veggies and sauces.
Once you drain the noodles from water, immediately rinse in cold water. Add a tablespoon of oil and gently mix. This will make sure that it doesn't cook further and that the noodles strands don't stick to each other.
Adjust the amount of chili paste you add to the noodles according to your taste. I added all of it and it resulted in a spicy noodle.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Stir Fry
- Cuisine: Chinese
Keywords: chilli garlic noodles, burnt garlic noodles, spicy garlic noodles
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Aesha Shah says
I love this recipe. I have all the ingredients except Sesame Oil. I mostly use olive oil for my salads, Can I use it for noodles?
Timothy S. Brannan says
Fantastic! But seriously you had me at garlic and noodles. 😉
I am going to share this one with my chef son and maybe he will make it for us!
We grow our own chilis here so ours is likely to be super hot! Just how I love...well pretty much everything.
Now I need to read all the previous recipes too.
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Harshita Nanda says
I love garlic noodles. I love how easy your recipes are!
Jayashree says
Looks so authentic and yummy
Dipika Singh says
I can eat a whole plate of this day and night, and making this dish would be so easy, well I had no clue. Thank you for this easy recipe, saving it and gonna make it soon.
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Suchita Agarwal says
I have a question. How do you make sure the veggie and paste you make spread evenly through the noodles? Is it that I boil my noodles at the end and they're hot so the mixing is difficult?
Deepika says
Looks so enticing. Will definitely be saving this as kids have this craving for Chinese every other day. Your pictures add so much zest to the post
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Purba Chakraborty says
I love chilli garlic noodles. Thank you for sharing this yummy recipe
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Fabida Abdulla says
This is probably one of the easiest noodle recipes out there! Will probably add some scrambled egg to it too!
Linda says
Making this, thank you! I could eat that whole plate of noodles by myself, it looks so delicious. Took a mental note of the recipe, thank you. I have never made chili paste before, sound easy! Happy cooking
Linda says
These look delicious and I could eat that whole plate. I took mental note of the recipe and can hardly wait to make them, thank you! I have never made chili paste before, it’s not that hard! Happy cooking
Pooja Priyamvada says
Frankly I am not much of a food connoisseur but I keep looking at your beautiful pics here, good job
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Roshan Radhakrishnan says
Burnt garlic noodles wasnt something I used to remember having back as a kid or during college days. I found it in menus probably over the last 7 - 8 years and actually loved it... pinning this 🙂
Varsh says
Know what, I should link up to your blog everyday. The ingredients I mention in my posts are often the star in your recipes. I love garlic and burnt garlic noodles/rice are my favourite!
. Such tempting pictures!
Meena Chatty says
Loved this recipe! Will definitely try. So simple and yet yummy
Dr. Anita Sabat says
This looks great, Shalz.
Lovely images and description.
I have never used Sesame oil though. Even I love fried rice 🙂
Deepti Menon says
This is a five star recipe because I adore chilli garlic noodles. The pictures look amazing and the dish stunning! Kudos, Shalini, and thank you for sharing this recipe.
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Leha says
You put in so much effort to curate these amazing recipes, Shalini. It must be tasting as fabulous as it looks.