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Scallion Oil Noodles

Make scallion oil and keep it in the refrigerator. For a quick dinner in a busy night (e.g. soccer practice night :-)), just boil noodles and dinner is served in 10 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese
Keyword Scallion Oil Noodles
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 2 people

Ingredients

  • 200 g noodles
  • 100 g scallion
  • 60 ml light soy sauce
  • 80 ml cooking oil
  • 50 ml dark soy sauce
  • 30 g sugar (~2 tbsp)

Instructions

Preparation

  • Wash and clean scallion, cut out the white part of scallion, keep only green part of scallion. Then cut the green parts into 2-inch long pieces
  • Take a bowl, mix light soy sauce and dark soy sauce, then add sugar to the mix, stir and mix

Instructions

  • Heat the wok over low heat, add oil. When the oil is warm, cook scallions slowly till golden brown and crisp. Take cooked scallions out of the oil.
  • Pour in the mix of light soy sauce, dark soy sauce and sugar, cook till bubbles appear, then remove from the heat
  • Bring a pot of water to a boil, when the water is boiling, add a pinch of salt and few drops of oil (~1tsp). Once the noodles are cooked, drain well.
  • Serve noodles in a bowl, add 1-2 spoons of sauce to the noodles, mix well. Add more sauce if needed
  • Serve and Enjoy!

Notes

  • Let the remaining scallion oil cool down, seal in a clean jar. Keep it in the refrigerator.
  • Top the noodles with cooked scallions if prefer.