The Quest for Craveworthy Noodles
I have been looking for these noodles forever. Or so it seems. I tried so many too. So many that required so much dish washing that I was lucky if I made it to the couch. Then there were many that just had no flavour and I found myself thinking I would have been better off with a bottle of hot sauce and boiled noodles. These aren’t any of these - these Chili Garlic Noodles have texture from the chopped garlic and ginger, heat from chili flakes, umami from soy sauce and then a bright herbiness from the scallions and cilantro. I’ve made them thrice recently and I would say that’s a problem, but it really isn’t. If I am feeling virtuous I fry a little shrimp in the Chili Garlic base, but let’s be honest - it’s 2020 and I am not feeling virtuous very often.
What Noodles Should I use?
The ‘correct’ answer is probably a wide rice noodle. However, I will freely admit that I think these are so so good with ‘regular’ pasta. I love them with tagliatelle, pappardalle etc. Would it still be good with regular spaghetti? I can’t see why not although the slimmer shape will probably impact the slurpiness of it! Yes yes I know that isn’t a word.
Step by Step Video for Making Chili Garlic Noodles
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