Sesame Oil Mixed Noodles
A frugal lazy-person dish: sesame oil mixed noodles. I’m sure everyone has times when they need to save money. Here’s a personal recipe that’s durable to eat and budget-friendly. No need for many steps—just boil, drain, eat.
Ingredients and Tools
- Air-dried instant noodles / any brand of instant noodles (no seasoning packet needed)
- sesame oil
- ground pepper
- dark soy sauce
- salt
Measurements
- Water 1 liter
- Instant noodles 1 block
- sesame oil 15ml
- dark soy sauce 10 grams
- salt 30 grams (optional, this 30g of salt will not be fully consumed)
- ground pepper 10 grams
- light soy sauce 5 grams (optional)
Steps
- Pour water into the pot and bring to a boil (If you like Q弹 noodles, add 30 grams of salt to the water; noodles boiled in salted water will be more Q弹)
- Add the instant noodles to the pot for 3 minutes (also refer to the cooking time for your current brand of instant noodles)
- When the noodles start to loosen, you can start stirring so the noodles heat evenly
- Drain the water and put the noodles into a bowl
- Add sesame oil, dark soy sauce, ground pepper, and light soy sauce (optional) according to the measurements above
- Mix evenly with chopsticks
- A simple, money-saving lazy-person sesame oil mixed noodles is done