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Garlic Noodles ❤️ These are SO good and balanced! The flavors here turned out amazing.
If you loved this recipe, check out my Oxtail Ramen!
Why You’ll Love Garlic Noodles
This is a low effort high reward meal. Sooo easy and delicious! These are garlicky, creamy, and a bit spicy. This is one of my go to late dinner meals, because it is very filling and they are quick to make.
How To Prepare Garlic Noodles
🧄 First, drizzle some olive oil to the garlic head with some salt, cover in foil and roast at 400F for 1 hour.
🥬 Secondly, shave the cabbage and remove the excess moisture REAL well.
🔪 Then, squeeze the garlic and form a paste with the back of a knife.
🌶 Mix the garlic, tahini, maple syrup, rice vinegar, Tamari, Shichimi Togarashi, Gochujang and sesame oil. It will be thick and that is okay, you’ll add noodle water.
🔥 Preheat a pan on high for 2 minutes. Then, add a bit of sesame or olive oil and sauté until charred.
💧 Bring water to a boil, add salt and the ramen. They cook super fast, like 2-3 minutes maximum.
🧂 Then, add noodle water to the sauce until thin enough. Add salt/pepper if needed.
🌿 Add noodles to the cabbage with the sauce, scallions and cilantro. Then, mix and serve.
🍋 Lastly, top with more Shichimi Togarashi, scallions and lime.
Substitutions and Variations
- You can adjust the amount of gochujang to your desired level of heat.
- Herbs and toppings are very easy to swap out for your favorite ones or which ever ones you have on hand.
- You can use regular white garlic instead of purple.
Chef Nadia’s Tip
Make sure you don’t skip the roasting of the garlic. It makes a big difference in flavor.
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Common Questions
Yes of course! You can use white garlic instead of purple.
I use Nakano Rice Vinegar.
Garlic Noodles
Ingredients
- 2 packages ramen noodles, plain
- 1/3 napa cabbage, shaved
- 1/4 cup scallions
- 2 tbsp cilantro
- 1/3 cup tahini
- 2.5 tsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp tamari
- 2 tsp rice vinegar
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 1.5 tbsp gochujang
- 1 tbsp shichimi togarashi, start with less if you don’t want it as hot
- 1 head purple garlic, cut the top off
Directions
- First, drizzle some olive oil to the garlic head with some salt, cover in foil and roast at 400F for 1 hour.
- Secondly, shave the cabbage and remove the excess moisture REAL well.
- Then, squeeze the garlic and form a paste with the back of a knife.
- Mix the garlic, tahini, maple syrup, rice vinegar, Tamari, Shichimi Togarashi, Gochujang and sesame oil. It will be thick and that is okay, you’ll add noodle water.
- Preheat a pan on high for 2 minutes. Then, add a bit of sesame or olive oil and sauté until charred.
- Bring water to a boil, add salt and the ramen. They cook super fast, like 2-3 minutes maximum.
- Then, add noodle water to the sauce until thin enough. Add salt/pepper if needed.
- Add noodles to the cabbage with the sauce, scallions and cilantro. Then, mix and serve.
- Lastly, top with more Shichimi Togarashi, scallions and lime.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
