Garlic noodles
Easy to make with very basic ingredients, San Francisco-style garlic noodles is a Vietnamese-American dish born in Thanh Long Restaurant. This is our take on this popular dish.
Servings 4 people
Ingredients
- 300 grams fresh Asian egg noodles (about 10.5 oz.)
- 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.
- Add the noodles and toss thoroughly to coat each strand with the flavorful oil.
- Add the oyster sauce, soy sauce and fish sauce.
- 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.
