Garlic noodles is my favorite noodles all these years. There is nothing not to love about Asian noodles tossed with lots of garlic, butter, Parmesan cheese, with savory Asian sauces. It’s one of the most requested dishes on my dinner table!
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I learned to make Garlic Noodles after I tried it out at the famous Vietnamese Thanh Long restaurant in San Francisco and Crustacean in Beverly Hills.
Both are sister restaurants and their main draws are roasted crab and garlic noodles, which are utterly delicious. I was instantly hooked and developed this easy homemade garlic noodles recipe.
For the best result, use Asian noodles such as yellow noodles from Asian stores. But pasta such as spaghetti or linguine works just fine. You can eat the garlic noodles plain or serve it with roasted crab (try my recipe!).
You can also serve the noodles with garlic shrimp. Bon appetit!
How Many Calories per Serving?
This recipe is only 304 calories per serving.
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Garlic Noodles (The Best!)
Garlic Noodles - the easiest and best noodles with garlic, butter, Parmesan cheese and Asian sauces. So good and so easy to make!
Ingredients
- 20 oz. yellow noodles or spaghetti
- 1 tablespoon bottled grated Parmesan cheese
- water for boiling the noodles
Garlic Sauce:
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic or more to taste
- 1 tablespoon Maggie seasoning sauce
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon sugar
Directions
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1Rinse the yellow noodles with running water to discard the oil from the noodles. Drain and set aside.
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2Heat up a pot of water until boiling. Add the noodles into the boiling water and cook the noodles until al dente (you want it to still have a good chewy bite), or for a few minutes. You can taste the texture of the noodles while cooking. Do not overcook as the noodles will turn soggy. Transfer the noodles out and drain dry.
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3Prepare the Garlic Sauce using a saute pan on medium to low heat. Add the butter into the pan and when it melts, add the garlic and saute until aromatic but not browned. Add all the seasonings into the pan, stir to combine well. Transfer the garlic sauce into a small bowl.
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4To serve, just toss all the noodles with the garlic sauce. Add the Parmesan cheese, toss to combine well. Serve immediately.
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Recipe Notes
For individual serving of the garlic noodles, take some noodles to a bowl and add some garlic sauce to taste. Drizzle some grated Parmesan cheese, stir to combine well before serving. If you can't find any yellow noodles, you can use spaghetti or linguine.
Lisa Higham
Absolutely delicious. I’d probably pare back the butter a bit. I served this with roast Chinese pork and sugar snap peas. Gorgeous!
Rasa Malaysia
Good!
Genevive
Wow this was so freaking delicious with some garlic bok choy on the side. It’s the perfect comfort dinner. I ended up using spaghetti cooked al dente, it was perfect.
Rasa Malaysia
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Misty
Do you have a recommendation for any gluten free noodles?
Rasa Malaysia
Sorry but I don’t!
K
I used gluten-free ramen noodles with this recipe and it was delicious . I also used gluten-free oyster and fish sauce
Rasa Malaysia
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Anna
Hi,
What is Maggie seasoning?
Thanks!
Anma
Rasa Malaysia
It’s a seasoning sauce…just Google Maggi.
Tina
I just made it and my husband and I both tried it before even plating it. We both literally said “oh my god!! This is amazing!” And yes, it was AMAZING!!!!
Rasa Malaysia
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Michael Ngo
It’s basically Soy Sauce
JoAnn D
I want to make these for a large crowd. Can the sauce be made in advance and stored in the refrigerator?
If you put it together in advance will it reheat well?
Rasa Malaysia
Yes.
Tim P
I was looking for something quick and easy and this recipe showed up. Excellent flavor. I decided 2 tablespoons of minced garlic were not enough and added an additional tablespoon of garlic. Very tasty.
julie
This is absolutely wonderful! It’s so flavourful yet so simple.
I made this using spaghetti noodles (make sure to cook it al dente!), and omitted the parmesan cheese, and it turned out perfect!
Thank you for this wonderful recipe!
Julieta Maria
These garlic noodles are off the chain! They can compete any day with garlic noodles at a restaurant very famous in San Francisco. Very easy to make as well and the ingredients are available at your local grocery store.
Admin
Thanks.
Laurie Beth
These garlic noodles are off the chain! They can compete any day with garlic noodles at a restaurant very famous in San Francisco. Very easy to make as well and the ingredients are available at your local grocery store.
Romeo Torres
Can I use wheat noodles ?
Admin
You can try!
Three Ng Circus
I’ve made this recipe a bunch of times. It’s great. I make the sauce portion in bulk so I can have it in a pinch.
Recently used this to flavor some fried rice I was making and it was AMAZING.
Rasa Malaysia
Good idea!
Marie
Made these tonight! Delicious. And so easy to throw together.
Rasa Malaysia
Awesome!
Susan B
Which brand of yellow noodles do you recommend? There are so many different brands and size of yellow noodles.
Rasa Malaysia
Doesn’t really matter.
Sharon
Love Garlic Noodles