You must try these Cold Sesame Noodles! The sichuan-inspired dish is served cold and is perfect for the summer heat. You can make this easy and aromatic sesame sauce to serve on top of the noodles.
Ingredients you need for your cold sesame noodles:
- half pack of lo mein noodles (egg noodles) – can sub with your favorite egg noodles or wheat noodles
Sesame Sauce:
- Chinese sesame paste
- rice vinegar
- soy sauce
- sugar
- water
Oil Sauce:
- garlic cloves
- ginger
- oil (vegetable or canola oil)
- salt
- chicken bouillon (can sub with salt)
Garnish (optional but makes it more delicious!):
- cilantro
- green onions
- toasted sesame seeds
- english cucumber
- chili oil (Lao gan ma or sichuan chili oil is recommended)
Steps to make the cold sesame noodles:
- Step 1. Cook noodles according to package directions. After the noodles are done cooking, rinse under cold water to make the noodles more chewy!
- Step 2. Make sesame sauce by mixing 1.5 tablespoons of Chinese sesame paste, 1 tablespoon rice vinegar, 1 tablespoon sugar, and 1 tablespoon soy sauce and 2 tablespoons water until smooth (no sesame paste chunks).
- Cooking tip: when using sesame paste, make sure to stir the jar to ensure the oil can mix with the paste at the bottom. Then, scoop your sesame paste.
- Step 3. Make oil sauce by adding minced ginger, minced garlic, 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon in a bowl. Heat up 2.5 tbs oil in a pan until you see smoke. Then add the hot oil into the bowl and mix until salt has dissolved.
- Step 4. Add sesame sauce, oil sauce, & 2 teaspoons chili oil to the noodles. Top the noodles with chopped cilantro, green onions, sliced cucumber and sesame seeds. Mix well and enjoy!
More Delicious Noodles:
- Easy Dan Dan Noodles – tender thin noodles with sesame sauce and minced pork
- Cheung Fun Noodles – Hong Kong rice noodles with peanut and spicy sauce
Cold Sesame Noodles
Springy cold noodles with a savory and spicy sesame sauce!
Servings: 1 people
Calories: 1162kcal
Ingredients
- half pack lo mein noodles (egg noodles) can sub with your favorite egg noodles or wheat noodles
Sesame Sauce
- 1½ tablespoon Chinese sesame paste
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 tablespoon water
Oil Sauce
- 3 garlic cloves minced finely
- ½ tablespoon ginger minced
- 2½ tablespoon oil vegetable or canola oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon can sub with salt
Garnish
- chopped cilantro
- 1 green onion sliced
- toasted sesame seeds
- half english cucumber cut julienne
- 2 teaspoon chili oil Lao gan ma or sichuan chili oil
Instructions
- Cook noodles according to package directions. After the noodles are done cooking, rinse under cold water to make the noodles more chewy!
- Make sesame sauce by mixing Chinese sesame paste, rice vinegar, sugar, soy sauce and water until smooth (no sesame paste chunks).
- Make oil sauce by adding minced ginger, minced garlic, salt and chicken bouillon in a bowl. Heat up 2.5 tbs oil in a pan until you see smoke. Then add the hot oil into the bowl and mix until salt has dissolved.
- Add sesame sauce, oil sauce, & chili oil to the noodles. Top the noodles with chopped cilantro, green onions, sliced cucumber and sesame seeds. Mix well and enjoy!
Video
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Notes
- Cooking tip: when using sesame paste, make sure to stir the jar to ensure the oil can mix with the paste at the bottom. Then, scoop your sesame paste.
- can sub chicken bouillon with salt
Nutrition
Calories: 1162kcal | Carbohydrates: 141g | Protein: 23g | Fat: 58g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 16g | Monounsaturated Fat: 33g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 3884mg | Potassium: 447mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 293IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 89mg | Iron: 2mg
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Carrie C says
The absolute best cold noodle recipe. Have used this multiple times and obsessed with it.