Soy and Sesame Garlic Noodles

Name: Soy and Sesame Garlic Noodles
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 300g noodles; 1 tbsp neutral oil; 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped; ½ tsp Authentic Lahori All Purpose Mix; 2 tbsp low-salt soy sauce; 1 tbsp oyster sauce; 2 tsp rice vinegar; 1 tsp honey or brown sugar; 1 tsp sesame oil; 3 tbsp noodle water; 3 spring onions, sliced; 1 tsp sesame seeds; Chilli crisp, optional

Twenty minutes, mostly store cupboard. The garlic goes in over low heat so it sweetens instead of burning.

Prep

10 mins

Cook

10 mins

Total

20 mins

Serves

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Before you cook

The details that make or break this dish, mapped to the exact step where they matter.

Avoid thisKeep the garlic pale
Avoid thisBloom for only 10 seconds
Watch forToss until glossy
Avoid thisTaste before adding salt

Ingredients

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Method

9 steps

Mix the soy sauce, oyster sauce, vinegar, honey, sesame oil and noodle water.
Cook the noodles until just tender.
Drain, reserving some cooking water.
Heat the neutral oil over medium-low heat.
Add the garlic and cook for 30–45 seconds without allowing it to burn.
Avoid this
Keep the garlic pale
Use medium-low heat and stop when it is fragrant with only the faintest gold. Brown garlic turns bitter in the finished sauce.
Add the AL Mix and stir for around 10 seconds to bloom the spices.
Avoid this
Bloom for only 10 seconds
Stir the mix briefly and add the sauce immediately. Dry spices can scorch quickly in the hot oil.
Add the sauce, followed immediately by the noodles.
Toss over high heat for 1–2 minutes until the noodles are glossy and the sauce clings to them.
Watch for
Toss until glossy
The sauce should cling to every noodle without collecting in the wok. Add reserved water only if the noodles look dry.
Add more noodle water if they become dry.
Finish with spring onions, sesame seeds and chilli crisp if using.
Do not add extra salt until you have tasted it.
Avoid this
Taste before adding salt
Soy sauce, oyster sauce and the mix already season the dish. Extra salt is rarely needed.

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