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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♬ original sound - Joanne He
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