Soy Sauce Noodles

Today, we are making my favorite Soy Sauce noodles recipe. It’s my go-to comfort food whenever I crave takeout. If you enjoy Asian cuisine, you’ll love this recipe.

This recipe uses simple ingredients and is quick to prepare, making it ideal for when you’re short on time. It comes together in 15 minutes, which is perfect for a movie night. Plus, this recipe is super versatile; you can add sautéed vegetables, scrambled eggs, chicken, tofu, or shrimp. Feel free to get creative and make this incredible dish your own. Let’s get cooking!

What types of noodles do you recommend for this recipe?

Fried noodles can be made from wheat, rice, or other grains. If you’ve bought noodle brands before, you may be familiar with them. These noodles are popular in Chinese, Thai, and Indonesian cuisine. For instance, Indomie noodles come in many fried noodle varieties. You won’t need to use the seasoning packet that typically comes with ramen noodles. It’s best to avoid thick egg noodles, as they won’t pair well with the marinade. Instead, choose thin egg noodles. You can purchase any type of noodles from the supermarket for this recipe, including plain instant noodles.

Ingredients

Fried noodles, Garlic Cloves, Onion, Carrot, Dark soy sauce, Rice Vinegar, Leeks, Black Bean paste, Sugar, Sesame seed oil.

Fried noodles are essential to this recipe. For an authentic soy sauce noodles dish, other types of noodles cannot be substituted. Fried noodles are readily available; many popular noodle brands offer them along with seasoning powder. Since this recipe is unique and uses its own marinade made with rice vinegar, dark soy sauce, brown sugar, and sesame seed oil, we will leave out the seasoning packet that comes with the fried noodles. Caramelized onions, leeks, and carrots enhance the dish’s texture and flavour. When it comes to soy sauce, two excellent brands are Yamamori Dark Soy Sauce and Lee Kum Kee Dark Soy Sauce.

For rice vinegar, avoid regular white vinegar, as its flavor tends to be overly sharp and tart. A good substitute is either apple cider vinegar or rice wine vinegar. Despite its name, rice wine vinegar does not contain any wine or alcohol. It is made in a manner similar to rice wine, but rice wine undergoes a second fermentation process, during which the alcohol is transformed into vinegar.

Instructions

Clean the aromatics, such as the onion, garlic, and green leeks; mince the garlic cloves, slice the onion, and set them aside. 

In a bowl, add Oyster sauce, Sesame seed oil, Dark soy sauce, Rice vinegar, and Brown sugar, then mix. Add olive oil to a pan and sauté the garlic, leeks, carrot, and onion on medium-low heat for five minutes. Add 400 ml of water to a pot and bring to a boil. Cook the noodles for two minutes on medium-high heat.

Drizzle olive oil over the ribeye steak, then add garlic powder, salt, and ground black pepper. Add 1 teaspoon of the marinade to the steak and cook. The steak will take only 5 minutes to cook fully on medium-low heat. Gently toss to combine, then cook for 2 more minutes, stirring continuously.

Gently toss to mix everything, then cook for two more minutes while stirring continuously. Soy sauce noodles is a simple dish that embodies the savory richness of soy sauce, sweetness and freshness of sauteed vegetables. This creates an incredible combination that satisfies the palate.

How do you store Soy sauce noodles?

Allow the noodles to cool before storing them in the fridge. Soy sauce noodles are quick and easy to prepare when you are short on time. We don’t recommend freezing this recipe. You can cook the aromatics, such as the leeks, onions, carrots, and garlic. Thereafter, store them in a container in the fridge. This step is helpful if you’re busy. To reheat the soy sauce noodles, add them to a wok or pan on medium-low heat. You can also reheat the noodles in the microwave.

What can you serve with Soy Sauce Noodles?

Consider serving a simple salad alongside the soy sauce noodles, such as crunchy cucumber salad, Buchu kimchi, or spring onion kimchi.

Do you cook noodles like pasta?

Cooking noodles is similar to cooking pasta. The basic idea of preparing both is quite similar. Boil the water, add salt, add noodles, and drain the water. However, the boiling time for noodles will be shorter than that for pasta. Usually, pasta takes 8 to 12 minutes to cook, while fried noodles take 2 to 4 minutes. Follow the instructions on the packet, as noodles require different cooking times. It is also important not to overcook the fried noodles; overcooking will result in a mushy texture. To add moisture to the noodles, add butter or reserve some starchy water to rehydrate them.

Can I use Beef in this recipe?

Using Beef will add additional flavour to this dish. The best Beef cuts in this dish are ribeye, chuck, sirloin, or rump. These cuts are flavourful and tender, making them easy to eat with the noodles. 

Expert tips

Add the noodles to the boiling water and stir to ensure they are completely submerged. Leave a little water in when draining to prevent the noodles from sticking together. When the noodles are cooked, add them directly to the sauce rather than letting them rest after draining. This will allow the sauce to absorb into the noodles immediately.