Chinese Chili Oil Noodles 油泼面 (Yóu pō miàn)

| By: Jessica Lan|

Ingredients

Prep & cooking time: 15-20 minutes

• 3 green onions

• 3-4 cloves of garlic (same amount as green onions)

• 2 spoonfuls of gochugaru (고춧가루/Korean chili powder)

• ¼ spoonful of chicken powder

• ½ spoonful of sugar

• 1 spoonful of sesame seeds

• oil of your choice (I used olive oil, but vegetable oil is probably best)

• 4 spoonfuls of soy sauce

• ¼ spoonful of sesame oil

• ¼ spoonful of chili oil (spice-infused sesame oil)

• 1 spoonful of Chinese black vinegar (if you don’t have this, you can try using balsamic vinegar, but it might taste a bit different)

• noodles of your choice (I recommend wider-cut Chinese noodles!)

Cooking Instructions

1. Boil your water

   1. Depending on how long your noodles need to cook, you may want to cook them prior to heating your oil. Otherwise, you can also wait until after, but before you add in the liquid ingredients, so everything will be as fresh as possible

2. Thinly slice the green onions

3. Mince the garlic

4. Combine above with dry ingredients (gochugaru, chicken powder, sugar, sesame oil) in a bowl

5. Cook your noodles as the instructions advise

6. Heat ~7 spoonfuls of your oil in a pan until nearly smoking

7. Once ready, pour your hot oil over the dry ingredients. You should hear it sizzle! Then stir

8. Add in your wet ingredients (soy sauce, vinegar, and both sesame oils) and stir

9. After draining your noodles, throw them into the bowl, mix well, and enjoy! :)