Comments on: Crustacean-inspired Garlic Noodles and Roasted Crab Recipes

By: New garlic noodles recipe. « Irene en route.

New garlic noodles recipe. « Irene en route. — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:29:44 +0000

[...] references are usually this recipe from Rasa Malaysia and this one from Andrea Nguyen at Viet World Kitchen. Their ingredients are decidedly different [...]

By: earl farnsworth

earl farnsworth — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:56:13 +0000

I always put the crab guts (not the brain) in with the sauce ingredients. PPQ Island, Thanh’s rival, Has a more liquid sauce for their roasted crab, which is also delicious and starts may arguments over rankings…

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:18:38 +0000

Ok I believe I have found it: “Crustaceans Garlic Noodles” Recipe. Tastes GREAT!
Serves/Makes: 4
Ingredients:
1 pound Asian style egg noodles (FRESH, not dried)
4 tablespoons butter
6 cloves garlic smashed
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
2 teaspoons fish sauce
1/4 cup parmesan cheese

Directions:
Cook noodles as directed in package*** and set aside. Melt butter in a pan over medium low heat then add smashed garlic and saute for 5 minutes. You want to infuse the butter with garlic but do not want to brown them as it will be bitter. Adjust heat if you need.

Discard garlic. Add fish sauce and oyster sauce to the butter, stir and mix. Add cooked noodles and Parmesan cheese and toss.

***I personally like Japanese Yakisoba noodles that comes in three small pouches in one bag. Boil 3/4 cups of water for all three pouches, add noodles and cook until all the water is absorbed, 2 to 3 minutes

Crustacean Restaurant, San Francisco

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:46:21 +0000

Wheat Or egg? I love your site!!

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:46:45 +0000

I tried this recipe last night and it was very, very close. A great substitute from having to fly from OC to SF for a yummy dinner. I took the advice and added a bit of fish sauce and brown sugar. About 1/8 tsp. of fish sauce and 1 Tbsp. brown sugar. It adds an extra depth of flavor and brings out the sweetness in the garlic.

Noodles – I used store bought dried chow mein noodles. I followed the directions, but left them very al dente since there would be the residual cooking after drained due to the warmth of the noodles. After draining, I added a bit of olive oil to prevent the noodles from sticking while sitting.

If you start the sauce as soon as you put the noodles in boiling water, you can have a warm version, which I prefer. I didn’t let the sauce cool before tossing and it came out divine!!

Thanks for the recipe!! :)

By: An ode to garlic « East 404

An ode to garlic « East 404 — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:12:22 +0000

[...] Crustacean-inspired Garlic Noodles Recipe Recipe from Rasa Malaysia [...]

By: gaard

gaard — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:50:23 +0000

This crab recipe is SPOT ON! Well, not quite…it’s actually BETTER than Crustacean’s! I’ve made it several times now and prefer the Knorr brand of bouillion so far. But watch out for Knorr’s many varieties of bouillion, several of which are only “chicken flavored.” But how can we make the noodles hot? And not mushy? I’ve been using the egg noodles found in the grocery store (the ones in the produce section next to the tofu and wonton wrappers). Is that the wrong kind of noodle, maybe? Looking forward to the possible update with brown sugar and fish sauce.

By: Rasa Malaysia

Rasa Malaysia — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:07:52 +0000

I used fresh noodles from Chinese stores.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:48:53 +0000

OMG I’ve read everyone inquiring about “what type of noodle to use” but I still haven’t seen a response. YES I LOVE the CRAB!! Thank you for the receipe, it came out 99% like Crustaceans overly priced crab!!! BUT the noodles were too garlicy and a bit on the mushy side… HELP!! I voluneteered to make this for Xmas dinner .. any suggestions on the noodles and where to get it????

DESPERATE

By: Roasted crab & garlic noodles « Joie de vivre

Roasted crab & garlic noodles « Joie de vivre — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:42:28 +0000

[...] crab & garlic noodles Successfully made roasted crab and garlic noodles for the first holiday dinner party. Now drinking crappy Sutter Home cooking wine while waiting [...]