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Garlic Noodles

Think Italian spaghetti aglio e olio. Now, give it Asian flavors and you have a good grasp of what this dish is all about.

San Francisco-style garlic noodles is a Vietnamese-American dish born in Thanh Long Restaurant

What does it taste like? Garlicky, of course, and salty, but nuanced. The seasonings are oyster sauce, soy sauce and fish sauce, so, you can just imagine how rich the salty part is.

Easy to make with very basic ingredients, San Francisco-style garlic noodles is a Vietnamese-American dish born in Thanh Long Restaurant.

Garlic Noodles

Recipe by Connie Veneracion
300 grams fresh Asian noodles in the ingredients list means the weight of pre-cooked noodles. If using dried, reduce the weight to 150 grams since the noodles will double in volume after boiling in water.
Some recipes for garlic noodles include sugar which we ditched because that would have made the flavor of the dish too pedestrian.
Prep Time 7 mins
Cook Time 7 mins
Total Time 12 mins
Course Main Course, Snack
Cuisine Asian Fusion
Servings 4 people
San Francisco-style garlic noodles garnished with cheese and scallions
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Ingredients
  

  • 300 grams fresh Asian egg noodles
  • 1 tablespoon cooking oil we used palm oil
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
  • ½ tablespoon oyster sauce
  • ½ tablespoon light soy sauce
  • ½ tablespoon fish sauce
  • ground pepper to taste
  • juice from half a lime or lemon (optional but highly recommended)
  • sliced scallions to garnish
  • grated cheese (we used Pecorino), to garnish

Instructions
 

  • Blanch the noodles in boiling water, drain, dump in a bowl of iced water, allow to get cold than drain again.
  • In a wok, heat the oil and butter.
  • Saute the garlic for a few minutes until just starting to brown.
    Sauteing garlic and tossing in egg noodles
  • Add the noodles and toss thoroughly to coat each strand with the flavorful oil.
  • Add the oyster sauce, soy sauce and fish sauce.
    Adding soy sauce, oyster sauce and fish sauce to garlic noodles
  • Toss the noodles until the sauces have been distributed evenly and the noodles are heated through.
  • Divide the garlic noodles among four bowls.
  • Optionally, squeeze lemon juice over the noodles.
  • Sprinkle the garlic noodles with scallions and grate cheese directly over each bowl before serving.
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