Kittencal's Quick 5-Minute Chinese Noodles

Kittencalskitchen's Note:

I make this often it's easy and a great way to use up leftover cooked spaghetti, after you chop the garlic and green onions this takes only about 5 minutes to make, the amounts listed are really only a guideline you may use any amount of spaghetti and adjust all other ingredients to suit your taste --- I have left the chili flakes as optional you may omit or adjust to heat level, we like spicy so I always use lots! --- make certain to use only cold spaghetti for this, you may use cooked Chinese soba noodles if desired in place of the spaghetti, I like to add in a few teaspoons sesame oil also while cooking, prep time does not include cooking the spaghetti

• Total Time: 10 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• ½ lb spaghetti (regular or thin)
• 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 6 garlic cloves , finely chopped (do not mince the garlic finely)
• ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (or adjust to heat level)
• ¼ cup low sodium soy sauce (or to taste)
• fresh ground black pepper (optional)
• 1 large green onion , finely chopped

Directions:

1. Cook the spaghetti in boiling water until al dente (it is best to slightly under cook) drain then rinse well under cold water, then drain again; transfer to a bowl, cover and refrigerate until cold.
2. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; add in the chopped garlic and chili flakes, cook stirring for 2 minutes.
3. Add in the cold spaghetti and toss using long tongs until the pasta is hot.
4. Pour the soy sauce over the hot pasta and continue tossing with tongs adding in more soy sauce if needed until you have the desired flavor that you want.
5. Season with black pepper if desired.
6. Transfer to a bowl then toss with chopped green onions.

Reviews

[Miss Lucky]

I make this at least once a month. Even the kids like this one, green onions and all! I serve it with egg rolls. Fast and delicious!

[Marie Nixon]

A very good, budget-friendly, have all the ingredients on hand recipe! I used a linguini pasta. I liked the addition of a few shakes of sesame seed oil that I did.

[AshleyMiranda]

So this recipe was a little different for my husband and I. With the first few bites of the noodles we weren't sure how we felt about the flavor but as we kept eating we started to like it more and more and by the end we couldn't stop talking about how incredible they tasted! I used chinese noodles and I accidentally overcooked them a little so when I added them to the pan I let them stir fry a few minutes to add some extra texture. Other than that I made exactly as recipe directed. One little note however, my garlic was really strong so the full 6 cloves was a little overpowering for us and we love garlic, so I would just check your garlic before you add it all.