This Chinese noodle soup recipe is super easy and quick. It is an excellent idea for a quick dinner in a busy night or for a late-night snack. No need to stir fry or saute, only one-pot to cook the noodles. Additionally, it doesn't need complex ingredients. Only those ones that you can easily find in your pantry.

A close-up view of a bowl of cooked noodle soup with chopped scallion on top, a jar of Lao Gan Ma chili crispy next to the bowl. A small chunk of ginger and scattered star anise on the table as a decoration.

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Easy and Simple Chinese Noodle Soup

Ingredients

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Light soy sauce
Sesame oil
Dry thin noodles
Fined chopped Chinese green onion/scallion
Chili oil (optional)

Instructions

Cook noodles in boiling water in a pot on stove top

Bring a pot of water to boil and add the noodles to the pot.

A white bowl contains 1 tablespoon soy sauce and 1 tablespoon sesame oil

Take a bowl, add soy sauce and sesame oil.

A white bowl of 1 tablespoon of soy sauce and sesame oil, diluted with one soup spoon of the boiling water, the soup spoon lying on the side.

Take a big soup spoon of the boiling water to the bowl, taste, and adjust with either soy sauce or water to your liking.

Once the noodles are cooked, scoop up the noodles from the water or drain the noodles in a drainer. Carefully add the noodles to the soup. Sprinkle the finely chopped green onion on top of the noodles.

Add chili source if you like. I use Lao Gan Ma chili crisp.

Enjoy!

Cooked noodle soup served in a white bowl with chopped green onions sprinkled on top. Lao Gan Ma chili crisp is next to the bowl.

Variations

This recipe is very versatile, you can vary based on your liking: spicy, non-spicy, you can add some vegetable if you happen to have some in your pantry; you can poach an egg while boiling the noodle; you can add sea weeds if you prefer. You can be as creative as your imagination goes...

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Overhead view of cooked Chinese noodle soup in a white bowl with chopped scallion on top. A jar of Lao Gan Ma chili crispy next to the white bowl. A small chunk of ginger and scattered star anise on the wooden table as a decoration.

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