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Schezwan Noodles

Jan-10-2016
Vinod Chaudhary
20 minutes
Prep Time
25 minutes
Cook Time
5 People
Serves
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ABOUT Schezwan Noodles RECIPE

Schezwan Noodles - Spicy stir fried vegetable noodles with schezwan sauce.

Recipe Tags

  • Veg
  • Medium
  • Dinner Party
  • Chinese
  • Pan fry
  • Stir fry
  • Frying
  • Basic recipe
  • Healthy

Ingredients Serving: 5

  1. Ingredients for cooking the noodles:
  2. 250 grams hakka noodles or plain noodles (1 pack of noodles)
  3. 6 cups of water
  4. 1 to 2 tsp oil to coat the noodles
  5. ½ tsp of oil to be added while heating water
  6. Other Ingredients:
  7. 2 to 3 cups finely chopped vegetables : a mix of 1 carrots, 8-10 french beans, ½ cabbage, 2 mushrooms, 2 capsicum, fresh Green peas
  8. 2-3 small spring onions or 1-2 medium spring onions or ¼ cup spring onions, finely chopped, reserve the greens for garnish
  9. 5-6 garlic finely chopped
  10. 3 tbsp schezwan sauce (Chetney), you can add more for a more spicy taste
  11. 1 tbsp white vinegar
  12. ¼ to ½ tsp black pepper powder
  13. ½ tsp light soy sauce #x26; 1 tsp Chili sauce
  14. 5 to 6 tbsp of spring onion greens
  15. 3 tbsp oil for stir frying
  16. 1 inch ginger, finely chopped
  17. Salt as required

Instructions

  1. Instructions for prepping the noodles:
  2. Boil 5 cups of water in a pot or pan with some salt and a few drops of oil. Add the noodles in the hot boiling water.
  3. Cook the noodles according to the package instructions. Noodles are just about cooked, meaning al dente.
  4. Strain the noodles in a colander. Rinse the noodles in running cold water very well.
  5. This method stops the cooking process and removes the starch. Add oil to noodles. toss the noodles gently, so that the oil gets coated evenly on the noodles.
  6. This method gets rid of stickiness from the noodles. Let the noodles cool completely before you add them to the stir fried veggies.
  7. Preparing the veg Schezwan noodles:
  8. Heat oil in a pan. on medium heat, add the garlic, ginger and saute for a few seconds. Increase the flame and then add the finely chopped spring onions/scallion whites.
  9. Stir fry on a high heat for about 30 seconds to 1 minute. Add the french beans. keep on stir frying on high flame for about 3 to 4 minutes.
  10. Add the remaining veggies: finely chopped carrots, capsicum, mushrooms, cabbage. Keep on stir frying the veggies on the high flame.
  11. Stir fry for about 7 to 8 minutes till the edges of the veggies start to slightly brown. You can cut down on the stir frying time, if you prefer half cooked or more crunchy veggies.
  12. Now reduce the flame to medium heat Add schezwan sauce (chutney), salt and black pepper.
  13. Add the hakka noodles in batches and stir fry. Increase the flame and keep on tossing and stir frying the noodles till the schezwan sauce coats all the noodles well.
  14. Add ½ tsp white vinegar, ½ tsp chili sauce, ½ tsp soy sauce and mix well. Check the seasoning and add more schezwan sauce, pepper and salt if required.
  15. Add the chopped spring onions to schezwan noodles. stir. Serve schezwan noodles hot in serving bowls or plates.

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