If you love big flavour, this dish delivers it in full force. Crispy Fried Garlic Noodles are rich, fragrant, and absolutely packed with garlicky goodness — the kind of simple comfort food that hits every craving. With buttery garlic chips, soft onions, a savoury soy-based sauce, and spring onions for freshness, it’s a quick 10-minute dish that transforms everyday ingredients into something irresistible.
Our very own Franko cooked this at home and loved it — and if you want to check out more of his kitchen adventures, you can catch him over on Instagram.
Serve these noodles on their own for a satisfying meal or pair them with your favourite stir-fried veg, crispy chicken, or a big bowl of dumplings. Full recipe below — enjoy!
Crispy Fried Garlic Noodles
Ingredients
- 1 Bulb Garlic peel and roughly chopped
- 1 Onion finely diced
- 1/2 Thumb Ginger cut into thin matchsticks
- 2 tbsp Oil Vegetable
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 3 tbsp Light Soy Sauce
- 1 tbsp Dark Soy Sauce
- 1 tbsp Chinese Rice Wine
- 1 tbsp Oyster Sauce
- 3 Spring Onions Finely Chopped
- 200 g Ready to Wok Noodles
Instructions
- Rinse your ready to wok noodles under warm water to loosen, drain and place to one side.
- In a bowl mix together the water, light and dark soy sauce, oyster sauce and rice wine.
- Place your wok over a medium to low heat, add the oil and butter, followed by the chopped garlic and allow to fry for 1-2 minutes until fragrant.
- Turn the heat up to medium high and continue to cook the garlic until it begins to brown and go crispy (being very careful not to burn).
- Once browned transfer to a bowl.
- To the residual oil add the onions, ginger and spring onion whites, fry until softened and then add the noodles. s.
- Fry for a further minute and then add the sauce mixture, stirring to combine and once everything is piping hot, turn off the heat
- Add the cooked garlic. Give everything a good mix, transfer to a serving plate and top with the spring onion green
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