Sesame Noodles – Nicky’s Kitchen Sanctuary

These sesame noodles are easy to prepare with a beautiful savoury sesame flavour. They make a great side dish to go with your favourite Chinese main dish or serve as a simple main dish for lunch!

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Luscious noodles coated in a rich sesame-soy-garlic coating. These noodles make a great side dish, when you’re looking for something a bit fancier than plain noodles or rice.

They only take a few minutes more than a packet of instant noodles and you can modify according to your tastes. I use this as a base dish, then add extras depending on what I have in (or simply drizzly on a little hot sauce and eat them just as they are).

📋 Ingredients

• I like to use fresh medium egg noodles as it speeds up the cooking process. You can replace with dried egg noodles – just boil as per the pack instructions, then drain and run under cold water to stop them sticking together. Then use in the same way as the fresh noodles.
• For that extra sesame flavour we’re using sesame oil, tahini (sesame paste) and sesame seeds.
• A thinly sliced onion (lightly fried before adding the noodles)
• Garlic, soy sauce, kecap mani (sweet soy sauce), white pepper and chilli flakes to give the noodles plenty of flavour.

👩‍🍳PRO TIP You can turn these sesame tahini noodles into a full meal by adding in a couple of extras – some proteins – such as shredded cooked chicken or leftover pork, some veggies – thinly sliced peppers or mushrooms as great! Or simply top with with a fried egg.

I like to top with some chopped spring onions (scallions) and extra sesame seeds.

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Sesame Noodles

These sesame noodles are easy to prepare with a beautiful savoury sesame flavour. They make a great side dish to go with your favourite Chinese main dish or serve as a simple main dish for lunch!

Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 15 minutes mins

Course side dish

Cuisine Asian

Servings 4 – as a side

Calories 332 kcal

INSTRUCTIONS 

• Heat the two oils in a wok over a medium heat.

  1 tbsp neutral oil, 2 tbsp sesame oil

• Add the sliced onion and cook for 2 minutes to slightly soften.

  1 onion

• Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly.

  2 cloves garlic

• Add in the drained noodles, tahini, soy sauce, kecap manis, water, white pepper, sesame seeds and chilli flakes.

  410 g (14.5 oz) pack fresh medium egg noodles, 1 tbsp tahini, 2 tbsp dark soy sauce, 2 tbsp kecap manis, 3 tbsp water, ¼ tsp white pepper, 1 tbsp sesame seeds, ¼ tsp chilli flakes

• Turn the heat up to high and fry, moving the noodles around the wok constantly, with a spatula until hot – about 3 minutes.

• Turn off the heat and serve topped with spring onions and sesame seeds.

  2 spring onions, 1 tsp sesame seeds

✎ Notes

Want to use dried noodles?
Use approx 180g dried medium egg noodles (this should yield approx 410g noodles once cooked – but different brands can vary). Cook in boiling water as per the pack instructions, then drain and run under cold water until completely cold – this is to prevent the noodles from sticking together. 
Then use as per the recipe.
Nutritional information is approx, per serving (this recipes serves 4 as a side dish).

Nutrition

Calories: 332kcalCarbohydrates: 42gProtein: 9gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.01gSodium: 1176mgPotassium: 113mgFiber: 4gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 100IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 46mgIron: 1mg

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