I shared this easy pantry dish last week on IG stories and have heard SO much tasty feedback from you guys! It’s quickly become a comfort dish for us, so I love hearing that many of your families including little ones have lapped it up and requested it again. This is inspired by the garlic noodles that I’ve only been able to find at crawfish / seafood boil restaurants – these restaurants often have mixed cultural influences, so it’s no surprise they came up with a tasty fusion dish involving buttery, garlicky noodles with subtle Asian flavors.
This was Nick’s best attempt using what we had in our kitchen, so adjust the toppings and ratios per your tastes and based on what you have on hand. We used shrimp that we had in the freezer, but I’ve loved seeing your renditions with either mushrooms, spinach, fish, bacon, sausage, or served alone with a glass of wine – yum!
For more easy meal ideas, check out our past Extra (Ap)Petite recipe posts!
EXTRA (AP)PETITE: ADDICTIVE GARLIC NOODLES
Ingredients
- Half a box or 8 oz of pasta*
- Approximately 6 cloves of garlic minced
- 1 to 2 Tbsp butter
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
For the sauce
- 1 Tbsp oyster sauce**
- 1 tsp soy or fish sauce***
- 1 Tbsp brown sugar
For toppings
- Chopped scallions
- Parmesan cheese
- Optional: Drizzle of sesame oil, black pepper, Trader Joe’s chili onion crunch hot sauce
Instructions
- Cook pasta per box instructions in lightly salted water, and set aside a little pasta water in a bowl for later. Drain the pasta, rinse under cold water to avoid clumping and set aside.
- While pasta is cooking, chop up and heat the garlic in a large pan with the olive oil and butter over low-medium heat for 5 – 10 minutes, until garlic softens and is fragrant. It’s important to cook the garlic slowly on heat that isn’t too high, to avoid burning the garlic. You can let it sit in the pan and don’t need to constantly sauté it – maybe just stir once every few minutes. The goal is to infuse the garlic flavor into the butter and oil.
- Note: if you’re including shrimp or other seafood, season it separately then simply sauté it in the garlic oil..S et your cooked seafood aside to mix in later.
- Mix up the sauce in a separate small bowl. Soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, and optional fish sauce.
- Add noodles to the pan once the garlic is done sautéing, while keeping the heat on. Toss the noodles, garlic, sauce mixture and scallions. Add in a little of the saved pasta water to help everything mix smoothly.
- Top with grated parmesan cheese and an optional drizzle of sesame oil and chilis!
Notes
Garlic butter and oil cooking slowly on low-medium heat.
Season optional seafood (used defrosted frozen shrimp here), cook in garlic, and set aside to avoiding overcooking.
Pasta drained with a little pasta water set aside, while garlic finishes sautéing.
Toss cooked noodles with the garlic butter, sauce, and scallions.
Garnish with parmesan cheese, a drizzle of sesame oil, and some chili and black pepper if desired.
I love seeing your take on this dish! Thanks for sharing the below photos with me!
This recipe is simple, quick, and DELICIOUS! I find myself making it at least once a week.
So simple and easy to make yet its delicious ❤️ Thanks for sharing
So good and easy to make!
Love this recipe! It’s simple and delicious. I am not a good cook, but I was able to nail this recipe and get rave reviews from the entire fam. Including my mother in law and picky husband. Thank you so much for sharing.
I made this with bacon and it was SO good! My family LOVED it and requested that I make this more often. I might have to make this again this week. ❤
The best, easiest, highest ROI dish I’ve made in a long time!! They were gone pretty much immediately, and I’m pretty sure they’ll make it into the weekly rotation!
After seeing all the pics of this dish I had to give it a try. Was a bit unsure about the combo of flavors, but it was so delicious!! I even said aloud as I was eating it “OMG SO GOOD” (& I live alone 😆). Bonus that it comes together so quickly. Really enjoy seeing your cooking!! P.S.- just followed your potstickers cooking technique & they came nice & crispy 🥟
These noodles are so addictive and delicious! They are easy to make and only take about 15 min so super great if you’re on a time crunch.
So easy and delicious!
Made this several times! Super easy and very flavorful!
Excellent recipe! Truly addictive and yet so quick and simple. Had all the ingredients on hand too.
such a simple quick recipe and tastes amazing!!
Super friendly recipe and delicious too
super easy and very very addicting.
Sooo yummy and easy to make! Will be a go-to during quarantine and afterwards too 🙂
Absolutely delicious and easy! I like making mine with shrimp
Super easy and yummy!
Delicious!
The noodles are so yummy!
One of my new weeknight go-to meals! My 2 year old loves it, and I’ve had so many friends ask for the recipe.
So so good and easy!
So friggin good!!
This recipe is so easy to make, delicious and the whole family loved it! Thanks Jean!
Loved this recipe! I’ve literally made it several times in the past week. Such a quick meal to whip up and satisfy a craving 🙂 Thanks for sharing all of your recipes!
Quick & addictive!
I hate to cook but this was super easy. I’ve made it twice now and both times were very successful. My toddler ate more than usual! Thank you!
Best Noodles ever!
Not only were they amazing but Jean sent me her personal notes and saved Easter dinner for us! While being away from restaurants the authenticity of this dish brought the restaurant taste to us! Thanks for sharing!
So simple to make and super delicious!! Thank you for the recipe!
This recipie was easy to follow and oh so delicious. We kept coming back for more. Thanks so much for sharing!
My son loves this dish. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Thanks so much for this recipe, Jean! I’ve already cooked it twice this week! My 2 year old makes the best “Mmmm yummy” noises when she eats this dish. I love how versatile it is – one day with shrimp, another day with Vietnamese pork meatballs and spinach. I love that you’re sharing dishes that you and your family enjoy.
I loved this recipe because it was so easy to make and so delicious to eat. My picky 6 year old even liked it. Thank you!
Just made your noodles – So delicious ! Would it possible to substitute pre minced garlic ?
Hi DJ, you could definitely use pre-minced garlic for this recipe! x Jean
My family adored this meal! My 2 1/2 year old, husband and I had it with the sauce, while my 5 year old preferred the noodles with just the garlic butter.
I used shrimp, and doubled the sauce (with hoisin, half the sugar, and the extra fish sauce).
It was delicious.
Hi Anneke, I’m so glad you all enjoyed it! x Jean
Hi Jean! Thanks for sharing this excellent recipe. I tried preparing this by adding stir-fried catamelised onions to the mix — gosh the dish was glorious and slurped up by everyone within minutes.
Thank you, this was really tasty! We used stir-fried broccoli and some leftover pulled pork 🙂
Hi Jean, You know what, this garlic noodles recipe is my favorite recipe. I prepared your recipe a few days ago. It was really very very delicious. I loved this recipe so much. Keep sharing yum recipes like this.
So good! Here with beef, bok Choi, snow peas, onions and a pina colada!
This looks delicious and sounds very easy to make. I can’t wait to try! My hubby isn’t a fan of fish sauce but I love it, do you think soy sauce is sufficient if I didn’t use fish sauce at all?
Maureen
Hi Maureen – yes you could definitely omit the fish sauce, but I promise he wouldn’t be able to taste it at all if you do use it! It just adds a little saltiness and isn’t fishy in the dish.
x Jean
This looks really good. Has anyone tried with veggies such as zoodles? Thanks
Hi Roons – several people have shared with me that they tossed zoodles in the same garlic butter and sauce mixture and it came out great! Some of them also used half pasta, half zoodles for added texture.
x Jean
love the half and half idea – thank you!
I just saw a post the other day on making it in the instant pot. I think you can use the same sauce ratios but just add raw noodles and water to the same pot to prepare it more easily!
https://foodisafourletterword.com/recipe/instant-pot-garlic-noodles-recipe-copycat-of-crustacean-anqi-thang-long/?fbclid=IwAR3v_tgiUPawAjTwJhvOUunNkOl75R82tYh442DbgIQf7rC8252hPr6lJdA
That’s a great idea, I love my instant pot – thanks for sharing!
x Jean
Thanks for this recipe, Jean! This dish was wonderful. I added a dash of red pepper flakes to the shrimp instead of chiles and it was perfect and very satisfying.
That’s a perfect substitution, I’m all about using whatever you already have on hand. I’m glad you enjoyed it!
x Jean
This meal seems delicious. I really love asian cuisine so I need to make it!
Miki x
I didn’t have any noodles and used pasta shells instead; just as delicious and the sauce coats the pasta well! I paired it with a side of stir fry broccoli for some greens. Thank you for the recipe!
Stir fry broccoli on the side sounds so good, I’ll have to do that the next time we make it!
x Jean
Ah I really want to try this! X
Thank you, Jean, your posts always cheer me up (especially these lonely days)! I have an unrelated question. You look so good in these jeans – do you have any general tips on how to style non-extra-skinny jeans on petites? I always look weird in them – I’m somewhat heavy on the bottom and anything non-skinny makes my otherwise normal behind look more bulky than it actually is. (Winter coats/boots and non-skinny pants are also a challenge.)
Hi!
I would say that if skinny jeans work well and are flattering on your body type, no need to change a good thing! I’ve been experimenting with more straight cut jeans that are higher waisted to balance out the wider cut and have found that having the right length is important. Often I’ll cuff up the bottoms since for non-skinny jeans I like them to hit a little shorter above the ankle.
For winter boots, I love how other people have style straight cut jeans with a raw hem with ankle booties that have a slim top opening.
x Jean
Thank you so much for sharing such a simple yet delicious-sounding recipe! Can’t wait to try it tomorrow for lunch with my two sons.
Jean, any suggestions on how to cook seafood so it’s not fishy tasting? My seafood cooked at home always tastes different than the restaurant
Hi Anne – good question! Try rinsing it in cold water and patting dry before cooking. I also often add some lemon when serving to brighten it up. I hope this helps! x Jean
Thanks Jennifer, I hope you all enjoyed it!
x Jean
Thanks for sharing! I love that your recipes are so easy and simple. Your pasta fagioli (sp?) soup is a favorite of mine. I am also planning to try your white chicken chili soup recipe. Keep the simple recipes coming!
Thank you Angela, I’m so glad you’ve enjoyed the recipes!
x Jean
I made this last night along with your salmon and it was sooo good and super easy! The family loved it. Thanks so much for sharing!
Hi Cindy – I love the idea of doing the salmon with these noodles!
x Jean
The first time I made this dish, I doubled the sauce. The second time I didn’t. Much better the second time. Thanks
My boyfriend loves this dish. Such a simple yet delicious hearty meal. Thanks for sharing! 😁
I’m so glad you guys enjoyed it 🙂
x Jean
My toddler loves this dish! Thanks so much for sharing!
Hi Lina – I’m so glad! Toddlers are tough critics so I’m glad this dish passed the test 🙂
x Jean
Made this with shrimp and rice noodles for my family. They all loved it! My hubby says to put this in regular rotation. Thank you for sharing this recipe!