Sesame Garlic Noodles with Cashews
Sesame Garlic Noodles with Cashews. A quick and easy side dish to serve with any of our Asian Inspired dishes from glazed pork belly to General Tso Wings and beyond.
Longtime followers of Rock Recipes will know that Spouse and I are quite fond of a quick and easy dinner. We have featured many here over the years.
From quick pasta dishes to quick and easy soups or grilled chops, there is no shortage if ideas. Our real favourites though are mostly inspired by Asian cooking.
Quick stir fries are often on the table, served with steamed rice. In recent years though, the rice has increasingly been replaced by quick noodle dishes.
We recently featured a Chinese Chicken Ball recipe which we serve with either Sweet and Sour sauce or a tangy Lemon Sauce. These particular noodles are a favourite to serve with those in particular.
Sesame Garlic Noodles, a kind of neutral side dish.
The toasted sesame oil is what brings the familiarity to this dish. It is one if those background flavours that you instantly recognize from so many Chinese takeout dishes in particular.
If you've never used it before, you'll soon recognise the fragrance from your last take out dinner! You'll also find out that a little goes a long way. A couple of teaspoons r just a drizzle can flavour a dish that serves several people, as it does here.
That familiarity in Chinese cuisine, makes it almost a neutral flavour to complement different sauces from sweet and sour to spicy. It kind of goes with everything yet complements, rather than overpowers.
This side dish can complement almost anything you would normally use with plain rice, but with just a bit more personality.
With or without the cashews as a crunchy garnish, you'll find yourself serving this beside, or under, your favourite stir fried dishes too.
Check the recipe Notes for my list of Best Asian Cooking Ingredient to keep on hand too!
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Check out his delicious collection if some if our family's favourite Chinese Takeout at Home Recipes. Some if these have been faves for many years.
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Sesame Garlic Noodles with Cashews
Sesame Garlic Noodles with Cashews. A quick and easy side dish to serve with any of our Asian Inspired dishes from glazed pork belly to General Tso Wings and beyond.
Ingredients
- 8 ounces dry egg or rice noodles
- 1 tablespoon peanut or canola oil
- 6 cloves garlic, chopped
- ¼ cup low sodium soy sauce or tamari
- 3 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 teaspoon sriracha sauce, or to taste
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger (powdered ginger)
- ½ cup toasted cashews, chopped
- 2 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
- 1 green onion chopped
Instructions
- Cook the noodles in boiling salted water as directed on package.
- In a small bowl, mix together the soy sauce, water, rice vinegar, sesame oil, honey, sriracha sauce and ground ginger.
- Stir together until all the ingredients are well combined.
- In a wok over medium heat add the oil and lightly sauté the garlic for just a minute.
- Add the liquid mixture you prepared and simmer for just 3 or 4 minutes.
- Add the cooked noodles and toss in the sauce over medium heat until the noodles are evenly coated.
- Serve with garnishes of all or any combination of the cashews, sesame seeds and green onion.
Notes
TOP TEN Asian Cooking Ingredients to keep on hand.
Hoisin Sauce is one of the best and most versatile Asian cooking ingredients to have on hand at all times. I use this brand which was recommended years ago by Bon Appetit magazine.
Many recipes here make use of some basic Asian cooking ingredients that I always keep in the fridge or cupboard.
My TOP TEN Asian cooking ingredients that I always try to have on hand are:
- Hoisin sauce
- Fish sauce
- Toasted sesame oil
- Ginger root. ( I keep mine in the freezer and then easily grate it frozen)
- Rice wine vinegar.
- Five Spice powder.
- Low sodium soy sauce (recommended for all my recipes that call for it)
- Oyster Sauce
- Sesame seeds
- Crushed chili paste ( sambal oelek or similar)
Roasted cashew nuts are another ingredient I like to garnish some Asian dishes with, both for great flavour and added crunchy texture.
Nutrition Information
Yield
6Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 272Total Fat 19gSaturated Fat 3gUnsaturated Fat 16gSodium 744mgCarbohydrates 23gFiber 2gSugar 5gProtein 6g
The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.
