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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!)
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
Instructions
- Rinse the yellow noodles with running water to discard the oil from the noodles. Drain and set aside.
- Heat 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.
- Prepare 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.
- To serve, just toss all the noodles with the garlic sauce. Add the Parmesan cheese, toss to combine well. Serve immediately.
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Nutrition
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I was raised in Kansas USA and now live in Texas USA and even the distance between those two states it’s amazing how little things get changed due to where you are raised. I’m glad for the variations, they make food so interesting!
Sob that being said, I made this tonight and even before I got what little leftovers put up, my roommate is already planning trip to store for more noodles! She loves it! I had some chicken pieces I roasted last night so added them to bottom of bowl before putting noodles in, big hit, thank you!
Hi Kim, thanks for trying this garlic noodles recipe. Yes, it’s very good and goes well with just about anything! :)
For ease and convenience, I like to use a one pound package of dried linguine in place of fresh noodles, reserving some pasta water when they are nearly done. I like to double the amount of sauces and always extra garlic to make is saucy. Very good recipe.
Thanks for trying my garlic noodles recipe.
The amount of butter in this recipe is completely unreasonable. I halved the amount. It was still completely unreasonable but so delicious, you just want to keep eating it forever.
SO TASTY and easy.
Hi Sarah, lol, the more butter the better. :)
I Love coating my noodle with peanut oil and garlic
Thanks so much for posting this. New owner of my favorite little place didn’t get the recipe when they bought the shop, and I have been garlic noodleless for too long. On my second batch also added a bit of hot spice, but either way I’m in heaven. Thanks again
Thanks for trying my garlic noodles recipe. :)
Greetings from Japan! I’ve never tried this before, but it was delicious :)
A little too buttery / oily for my liking, but I’ll just cut the butter next time! Only added some chili flakes and pepper to up the spice factor.
Thanks for the keeper recipe Bee! :)
Yes
What to you mean by yellow noodles? Egg noodles? Chow mien noodles? Or are they just advertised as ‘yellow noodles’?
Ranch99 has so many noodles that are yellow in color.
I’m assuming fresh noodles, not dried.
Can you take a picture of the package/brand of the kind you buy?
Thanks!!
Yellow noodles coated with oil.
Made this tonight and was soooooo delicious!
I was CRAVING noodles, but I didn’t have yellow noodles, so I used soba noodles & it was DELICIOUS!!! I paired this with Bee’s Hawaiian Shrimp Scampi recipe… It was the easiest, most DELICIOUS dinner in 25mins I have ever whipped up!!! THANK YOU so very much for perfecting both these recipes, Bee!!! xoxo