Garlic noodles…just the name alone conjures up buttery, garlicky, flavorful noodles with Parmesan cheese, a popular Asian-flavored noodles found in many restaurants. Now what’s better than garlic noodles? These nutty, intensely aromatic Brown Butter Garlic Noodles.
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I created my famous Garlic Noodles recipe 10 years ago, in 2008. Many of my readers have since tried the recipe and loved it. Today, I am upgrading the recipe with fewer and easy-to-get ingredients, with brown butter.
What is Brown Butter
Brown butter is basically butter, but “cooked” over high heat until the butter becomes foamy and turn brown in color.
The heat “cooks” the milk contents in the butter so they form the brown bits in the butter, hence turning the butter brown in color.
See the above picture of brown butter (image credit: Serious Eat).
When cooked with brown butter and seasoned with oyster sauce and Parmesan noodles, this simple noodle dish becomes one of the most delicious noodle recipe ever!
You can eat these noodles plain, or with a simple protein dish such as grilled shrimp. Bon appetit!
How Many Calories Per Serving?
This recipe is only 274 calories per serving.
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Brown Butter Garlic Noodles Recipe
Brown Butter Garlic Noodles - the best noodles ever with garlic, brown butter, Parmesan cheese and oyster sauce. This recipe is delicious and takes 20 mins to make.
Ingredients
- 8 oz. spaghetti
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 1/2 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
Directions
- 1
Bring a pot of water to boil. Cook the spaghetti until al dente. Drained and set aside.
- 2
Heat up a skillet on medium-high heat and add the melted butter. Cook until the butter starts to foam and turn slightly brown. Add the garlic, stir a few times before adding the noodles and oyster sauce. Stir to mix well.
- 3
Add the Parmesan cheese, stir to combine well with the noodles. Turn off the heat and serve immediately.
mckellen
how much water do I need to put in
Rasa Malaysia
You mean water for cooking the spaghetti? You can check the packaging information or enough water to cover the spaghetti.
Dee
I never used oyster sauce, Is it fishy and or salty?
Rasa Malaysia
Not fishy but salty.
Jeanie
Wow! This looks DELISH!
Wondering if this dish can be made in larger quantities to serve about 50 people at a Christmas open house? The recipe reads to serve immediately. Does it hold well in a chafing dish? Thinking I would add seasoned, shrimp. Thank you & Happy Holidays
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Jeanie, of course this is perfect for parties. Just make a big batch. This is great when it’s cold. You should totally make it. Yeah, serve it with shrimp, check out all my shrimp recipes: https://rasamalaysia.com/tag/shrimp. Chili Garlic Shrimp or Honey Garlic Shrimp will be awesome. Happy holidays!
Jacquelyn
What can you substitute the oyster sauce with? My hubby is allergic to oysters and I would like to try this recipe.
HelloLori
There is vegetarian oyster sauce that is made with mushrooms. My son is allergic to shellfish and that is what we use.
Josephine L
Where do you get the caloric and nutritional information from? It seemed cut-and-pasted. If it is from another source, it could be misleading.
Jo
Rasa Malaysia
Josephine, it’s from Very Well, it’s accurate.
Ellen Scott
I have to tell that it is not easy to make brown butter (to me). In some case (before I success) I made black and too brown butter and its flavor is not great at all. But after that, I feel it is deserved to spend time for this recipe!
Audrey
Thanks for this simple & delicious recipe! I’ve made it three times, my hubby said it’s the best version I’ve cooked to date :). I also added some chili flakes for heat.
IMO it tastes better than the garlic noodles from a certain expensive seafood (known for their crabs) restaurant. Overall a real winner. Thanks again!
Rasa Malaysia
That’s awesome, so glad you like this brown butter garlic noodles.
The Modern Proper
I love the simplicity of these tasty noodles!
Rasa Malaysia
Yes, thanks. This brown butter garlic noodles are very simple and nice!
ejulz
wahhhh.. sedap ni.. lapar pulak rasanya ni. hehe
Judy
Love all the vegetarian recipes that I can try ????? Thank you ?