Chewy Rice Noodles in Hoisin Sesame Sauce

These are thick and chewy rice noodles coated in a slightly sweet, savoury, and really satisfying hoisin sesame sauce.

Mix it all up and slurp away!

You’ll only need 1 pot, 1 bowl, 8 Ingredients, and 15 minutes (or less) to make this dish.

This has easily become a staple weekday meal for this busy days since it’s so easy to put together. These noodles can also be made gluten-free by using gluten-free hoisin sauce.

THE SAUCE

Here's what you'll need to put together in 1 bowl!

• 2 tbsp hoisin sauce (use gluten-free hoisin sauce if needed)
• 1 tbsp Chinese sesame paste
• 2 tbsp warm water
• 1 tbsp maple syrup or other sweetener
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 tsp sesame seeds

As for the sesame paste:

I use Chinese sesame paste or roasted sesame paste, which is made with roasted white sesame seeds, giving it that nice brown colour and more robust flavour.

This is different from tahini as tahini is made with raw white sesame seeds, that have a nuttier flavour.

I wouldn’t recommend using tahini for this recipe as it can completely overpower the sauce.

Substitute for the Chinese Sesame Paste

• 1/2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
• 1/2 tbsp plain peanut butter
• 1 tsp toasted sesame oil

What to do:

• Grind the toasted sesame seeds with a mortar and pestle until crushed before mixing in the peanut butter and sesame oil until smooth.

Note: it’s important that you have the sauce ready before cooking the noodles since you’ll want to immediately add in the freshly cooked noodles to the sauce right after cooking!

THE NOODLES

Dry rice noodles

I used 10mm thick rice noodle or rice stick (on the right in the photo below) but you can opt to use whatever type of noodles you have, really!

Fresh rice noodles

If you have access to fresh rice noodles, then that would be really amazing too!

You can also check out homemade fresh rice noodle recipe here.

Other noodles

As an alternative, I can also recommend using wheat noodles for this recipe but I would really recommend rice noodles for their texture.

PREPARING THE NOODLES AND THE REST OF THE DISH

After preparing the sauce, you'll need to cook the veggies (if using) and the noodles!

In the same pot and water, add in the noodles.

Cook the noodles until chewy then drain it from the liquid.

Afterwards, just dump the noodles in the bowl of sauce!

Lastly, mix everything together to really coat the rice noodles well in the hoisin sesame sauce!

TA-DA! Check out these super easy hoisin sesame rice noods ?

Optional toppings and condiments:

If you cooked some veggies, add that with your noodles, too! Then you can also add some chili sauce of choice and some soy sauce (if you'd like a little bit of saltiness) to your noodles.

I also topped my bowl with some chopped scallions.

Enjoy your noodles!!

You can find the full recipe for these really easy and satisfying noodles below.

You can also check out my other vegan noodle recipes:

• Thai Drunken Noodles (Pad Kee Mao)
• Easy Spicy Miso Noodles
• Ginger and Scallion Noodles
• Chili Garlic Oil Noodles
• Mie Goreng (Indonesian Fried Noodles)
• Chili Garlic and Black Bean Eggplant Noodles
• Easy Sweet, Spicy, and Saucy Noodles
• Stir-Fried Tofu and Basil Noodles
• Tantanmen (Vegan Ramen)
• Yaki Udon
• Chinese-Style Bolognese
• Kimchi Noodle Soup with Dumplings
• Kimchi Noodle Stir-Fry

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