Noodle 3: Wu-Mu Silver Line Noodle

Type: dried

Size: 14 oz.

Price: $2.29

Price per oz.: $0.16

Sauce (for about 200 g noodles):
2 tbsp creamy natural peanut butter

1 tbsp sesame oil

2 tsp white sugar

1 tbsp soy sauce

1 tbsp rice vinegar

Lao Gan Ma spicy chili crisp to taste

Vegetables:
Cucumber

Green onions

I wanted to make this as a quick, easy meal after work. And this was perfect for that.

The noodle package says to cook for 3 minutes and serve hot, cold or in soup. I wouldn't even cook for 3 minutes next time. They were very soft. They're a very thin noodle, so I think it's easy to overdo it.

I looked at a lot of peanut sauce recipes online and combined what I saw. I think this sauce was doing too much. Next time I'd probably leave out the sugar and rice vinegar. (I'm also asking everyone I know for their peanut sauce recipes to try.)

Lao Gan Ma spicy chili crisp is the perfect topping for these noodles. It provides a much needed heat and crunch. Disclaimer: I think most dishes are improved with the addition of Lao Gan Ma.

I preferred the cucumbers and Anfernee preferred the green onions. Good thing about this meal is that next time we can both add only what we want.

No leftovers! I only used about half of the package, so I'll be using these noodles again soon.

Noodle 9: Lucky K.T. Co., Inc. Steamed Chowmein

Type: fresh Size: 14 oz. Price: $2.19 Price per oz.: $0.16 For this noodle, I adapted Joshua Weismann's The Cheapest Noodle Dish Ever (Chicken Chow Mein). Alterations: Instead of hoisin sauce or oyster sauce, I used mushroom based vegetarian oyster sauce. Instead of fresh garlic, I used jarred (the fresh garlic I bought had sprouted significantly in the few days since I bought it.) Instead of chicken, I used tofu. Instead of celery and bean sprouts, I doubled the carrots and green onions. This was just alright. I don't think it was enough sauce, and the noodles were very very dry. I would try this again with different brand noodles and I'd use 1.5x sauce (hopefully with fresh garlic!) I think the fault mostly lies with the noodles. Luckily, I made the full package of noodles (had leftovers for lunch for a week), and now I don't need to find a way to use them again.

Noodle 5: Qiao We Birthday Noodles

Type: dried Size: 16.7 oz. Price: $2.98 sale (regular price: $3.99) Price per oz.: $0.18 (regular price: $0.24) Sauce: 1/2 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup rice wine 2 Tbsp brown sugar Vegetables: 1 small yellow onion Broccoli 2 heads bok choy Green onion I saw birthday noodles in the noodle aisle and knew I had to pick them up for my birthday. I didn't have the time to look up a traditional longevity noodle recipe on my birthday, so I used the same sauce as Noodle 1 . I used 3 bundles of noodles, which was about half of the package. The main cooking instructions on the noodle package called for a 3 minute cook time. Otherwise, it was all up to me. First, I cooked the onions in a bit of oil. Then I added the bok choy and broccoli. I removed those from the heat. Then I cooked the noodles in boiling water, drained them, and added them to the vegetables. I added the sauce and let it cook down. Then served! The sauce turned out milder than the first time, which was nice w

Noodle 3: Round 2

The original Noodle 3 blog can be found here . I adjusted the sauce recipe from last time. Last time, I thought the sauce was doing too much. So I simplified it to a 2:1:1 ratio of peanut butter to sesame oil to soy sauce. It was perfect. I topped it off with a cucumber (one lil pickling one), sesame seeds and Laoganma spicy chili crisp. This isn't the end of my journey with peanut sauce or Wu-Mu Silver Line Noodles (still have some left in the package).

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