Name: Easy Chili Garlic Oil Noodles
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 100 g dry wheat noodles (, I used wide wheat noodles or 'Kuan Miao Sliced Noodles' to be exact); 2 small heads of bok choy (or other greens of choice); 3 tbsp neutral oil (see notes); 1 tbsp chili flakes; 4 cloves garlic (minced); 1 tbsp soy sauce (or more to taste); 1 tsp Chinese black or Chinkiang vinegar (see notes for sub); 2 tbsp chopped green onion or scallion; 1/4 tsp salt (or more to taste); 1/8 tsp ground white pepper (or sub black pepper); Chili garlic sauce; More chopped green onion or scallion; Doubanjiang (or chili broad bean paste); More soy sauce or chinkiang vinegar

These Easy Chili Garlic Oil Noodles are tossed in a super tasty and aromatic sauce, that’s ready in 15 minutes or even less!

All you’ll need is a pot to boil the noodles and a bowl to mix everything together in to make these Easy Chili Garlic Oil Noodles.

THE NOODLES

I used thick wheat knife-cut ribbon noodles or 'Kuan Miao Sliced Noodles', that I purchased from my local Asian store.

You can opt to use other wheat noodles of your choice.

COOKING THE NOODLES

I simply boiled these noodles until chewy and cooked to my liking before draining them out of the water and placing them in a bowl.

VEGGIES TO PAIR WITH THE CHILI GARLIC OIL NOODLES

I also prepared some fresh bok choy to go with these noodles. Feel free to use other veggies of your choice! I love that added crunch the veggies give to this dish.

OTHER COMPONENTS IN YOUR BOWL

I also prepared the other ingredients that'll go with the noodles. I basically cooked these down by pouring sizzling hot over to cook them down and release all the flavours!

CHILI POWDER/FLAKES

I've made this recipe countless times and I do love to use Korean chili powder or gochugaru from time to time. If you use gochugaru, you can double the amount since gochugaru is very mild in spice. It has a bright red colour so you'll have a much redder bowl of chili oil noodles.

See the bowl below that I made with gochugaru!

CHILI GARLIC SAUCE OR CHILI OIL

I also have here my homemade Chili Garlic Sauce, that I mixed in my noodles to give that extra kick of spice and fragrant aroma + crunch from the garlic.

You can also easily adjust the ingredients according to your desired spice and taste. It’s really so quick, easy, and extremely satisfying.

You can get my Chili Garlic Sauce recipe here.

WHAT TO DO

Check out the video below to see how quick and easy it is to put together this bowl!

I then simply mixed everything together. Slurp away and enjoy your easy yet really hearty and satisfying bowl of Chili Garlic Oil Noodles!

The version made with gochugaru:

You can also check out my other easy vegan noodle recipes:

Easy Chili Garlic Oil Noodles

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5 from 16 votes

These noodles are tossed in a super tasty and aromatic sauce, that’s ready in 15 minutes or less! All you’ll need is a pot to boil the noodles and a bowl to mix everything together in to make these Easy Chili Garlic Oil Noodles. You can also easily adjust the ingredients according to your desired spice and taste. It’s really so quick, easy, and extremely satisfying.

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Total Time 15

Course Main Course

Cuisine Asian, Chinese

Servings

Calories 384 kcal

Ingredients

Noodles

100 g dry wheat noodles , I used wide wheat noodles or 'Kuan Miao Sliced Noodles' to be exact
2 small heads of bok choy or other greens of choice
3 tbsp neutral oil see notes
1 tbsp chili flakes or chili powder such as gochugaru, feel free to add more or less according to your desired spice level (see notes)
4 cloves garlic minced
1 tbsp soy sauce or more to taste
1 tsp Chinese black or Chinkiang vinegar see notes for sub
2 tbsp chopped green onion or scallion
1/4 tsp salt or more to taste
1/8 tsp ground white pepper or sub black pepper

To Finish

Chili garlic sauce or chili oil, for topping (see homemade recipe here)
More chopped green onion or scallion
Doubanjiang or chili broad bean paste
More soy sauce or chinkiang vinegar

Instructions

Heat a small pot with water over high heat. Once it boils, add in the noodles and cook according to package instructions until chewy or to your liking. Drain from the water and place the noodles in a bowl.
In the same pot of water, blanch the vegetables until tender and cooked to your liking. Place in the bowl as well.
Remove the water from the pot and then pat dry. Heat the neutral oil over high heat until it’s very hot. You can test the heat by adding a chopped scallion and if it sizzles, it’s good to go!
While the oil is heating, top the noodles with the chili flakes, minced garlic, soy sauce, vinegar, chopped green onion or scallion, salt, and pepper.
Carefully pour in the very hot oil over the noodles. Enjoy that sizzle! Afterwards, mix everything well to coat the noodles in the flavourful oil and sauce.
Top with some chili garlic sauce, more chopped green onion or scallion, chili bean paste, and more soy sauce/chinkiang vinegar, to taste, if needed. Enjoy!

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Notes

Chili flakes: you can also use chili powder if you’d like! 1 tbsp of chili flakes for this serving of noodles wasn’t spicy for me (though I do have a high spice tolerance) and didn’t want it to be too spicy at all since I added more chili garlic sauce and doubanjiang to serve at the end of the preparation.

Using Gochugaru: gochugaru is very mild in spice so you can opt to use 2 tbsp. It has a very bright red colour.

Chinese Black or Chinkiang Vinegar: Though there’s really not exact substitute for the flavour of Chinese Black Vinegar, feel free to sub it with rice wine vinegar or rice vinegar for this recipe since it’s a very small amount.

Neutral oil: for the amount of oil, 3 tbsp really coats the noodles and bok choy well and creates a nice chili oil, but if you’d like to use less oil, you can opt to use 2 tbsp oil.

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21 Comments

Phaedra says:

February 7, 2021 at 2:26 am

So yummy and easy

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1. Jeeca says:
  
  February 7, 2021 at 8:40 am
  
  Hi Phaedra! Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it 🙂
  
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Ben says:

February 8, 2021 at 9:17 pm

Hi what oil did you recommend? Can sesame oil work?

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1. Jeeca says:
  
  February 9, 2021 at 3:06 am
  
  Hi Ben! For the oil, I recommend using a neutral tasting oil like safflower, rapessed, veg, or canola since sesame oil can be a little too overpowering unless you’re okay with the sesame taste along with the chili. Hope this helps!
  
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Angel says:

February 23, 2021 at 2:03 pm

Easy to make and delicious. Comfort food on a cold rainy night

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1. Jeeca says:
  
  February 24, 2021 at 1:42 am
  
  Thanks so much Angel! Hope you enjoyed your noodles 🙂
  
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Gabby says:

March 1, 2021 at 6:14 pm

So easy to make and delicious!

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Jade says:

March 6, 2021 at 4:30 am

This. Was. Great.

So, so good, easy, and versatile! Can’t wait to try more of your simple noodle recipes!

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