Ingredients
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For Chilli Paste
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1cup Oil
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½ cup Garlic chopped
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4tbsp Ginger chopped
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1cup Spring Onions Chopped
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1cup Chilli flakes
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¼ cup Soya sauce
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2tbsp Sugar
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to taste Salt
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For Stir Fried Noodles
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2 tbsp Oil
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2nos Dry red chillies
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1 tsp Garlic chopped
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1 tsp Ginger chopped
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1 cup Onion sliced
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½ cup Carrot sticks (julienne)
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1 cup Cabbage (shredded)
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¼ cup Yellow capsicum shredded
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¼ cup Green capsicum shredded
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¼ cup Red capsicum shredded
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to taste Salt
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1 tbsp Vinegar
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2 tbsp Light Soya sauce
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to taste Salt
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handful Spring Onions Chopped
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Chilli Paste (prepared above) - 3tbsp
Directions
This quick and easy Chilli Garlic Noodles recipe will satisfy all your Chinese takeout cravings – Learn how to make the chilli garlic paste, the 5 key ingredients that make this dish what it is.
Steps
1
Done
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For Chilli PasteHeat oil and add garlic. Cook the the garlic till it starts turning brown. At this stage add ginger, give a quick stir and then add spring onions. Cook the onions for a minute and then add chilli flakes. Give the chilli a quick stir so that their colour starts to deepen a little. |
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At this stage add soya sauce. If you are using light soya sauce then add about half a cup. Sprinkle sugar and salt and cook till the oil oozes out from the sides. This should take 3-4 mins. Remove the chilli paste and let it cool completely. You can now bottle this and use it up to a month and can store it in a fridge. |
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For NoodlesHeat a pan and drizzle oil. Add in dried red chillies and give a quick stir and add chopped garlic and lightly brown it. Add ginger and give a quick stir on high heat and add the sliced onions, carrots, cabbage, capsicum and salt. Now cook these veggies for 2 mins on high heat. |
4
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Keep stirring and tossing them. Add boiled noodles on the top followed by the chilli paste we prepared, vinegar, soya sauce, salt and toss them together. Cook the noodles for another 2-3mins in the pan. |
5
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Check and adjust the seasoning and add in the chopped sponge onions. Using tongs remove the noodles into a bowl and serve them hot. |