Scallion Oil Noodles
Ingredients
- 2 bundles (65g each) dry wheat noodles or other noodles of choice
- More chopped scallions, for topping
- Veggies and mushrooms of choice, optional
- Salt, to taste
- Scallion Oil
- 1/4 cup olive oil, you can also use other oil like rice bran, canola, sesame
- 3/4 cup chopped scallions (around 5 stalks) - 1/4 cup of the white part + 1/2 cup of the green part
- 2-3 tsp soy sauce*
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp mushroom/dark soy sauce for colour (optional but highly recommended!)
- 1/2 tsp sesame seeds *For the soy sauce, start with 2 tsp then just adjust according to desired taste
Preparation
For the veggies and mushrooms (if using), sauté them in a pan with some oil until cooked
Season with some salt, to taste
Et aside or mix with the the noodles later on
Heat a pot of water
Once it boils, add in the noodles
Ook until chewy and then drain the water
While the noodles are cooking, heat a pan
Add 1/4 cup oil
Leave to heat on medium low heat
Add in the white chopped scallions first
Leave to cook over low heat for 3-4 minutes or until lightly brown, so as not to burn them
Add in the green part of the scallions
Mix well and then cook for another 3-4 minutes until lightly brown
Add in the sesame seeds and then mix
Add the cooked noodles into the scallion oil
In a small bowl, mix soy sauce and sugar until sugar is diluted
Add soy sauce mix into the noodles
Feel free to add more soy sauce to taste
Add in the dark soy sauce (if using) for colour
Mix well and then leave to cook for a few more minutes
Enjoy while hot
