Easy and Quick Sweet + Spicy Noodles

Ingredients

• Garlic - 4
• Ginger - 1
• Green onion - 5
• Doubanjiang - 1 tbsp
• Soy sauce - 0.5 tbsp
• Dark soy sauce - 1 tsp
• Black vinegar - 1 tsp
• Toasted sesame oil - 0.5
• Maple syrup - 0.5 tbsp
• Peanuts - 0.25 cup
• White sesame seeds - 1 tsp
• Dry ramen noodles - 70 g
• Avocado oil - 2 tbsp
• Gochugaru - 1 tsp
• Crushed chili flakes - 1 tsp

Steps

1. Bring some water to boil for the noodles
2. Finely chop the garlic and ginger. Finely chop the green onions keeping the white and green parts separate
3. Make the stir fry sauce by combining together the doubanjiang, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, black vinegar, toasted sesame oil, and maple syrup
4. Heat up a nonstick pan to medium heat. Add the peanuts and white sesame seeds. Toast for 2-3min, then set aside
5. Boil the noodles for half the time to package instruction (in this case 2min). Gently loosen the noodles with chopsticks
6. Place the pan back to medium heat. Add the avocado oil followed by the garlic, ginger, and the white parts from the green onions. Sauté for about 1min
7. Add the gochugaru and crushed chili flakes. Sauté for another minute
8. Strain out the noodles and add to the pan followed by the stir fry sauce. Add the green onions, toasted peanuts, and sesame seeds but save some for garnish
9. Sauté for a couple of minutes, then plate the noodles. Garnish with the remaining peanuts, sesame seeds, and green onion