Hakka Noodles is an easy dish made in Asian flavors, more precisely in Chinese flavors. This is vegan and loaded with lots of vegetables. One of the delicious dishes to add to your quick lunch or dinner menu.
Making hakka noodles is an easy task indeed. To make the noodles, 1st cook the noodles in hot water for a few minutes till they are tender. Saute the veggies, like cabbage, carrots, french beans, bean sprouts, bell peppers, and mushrooms. Then add the Asian sauces and the boiled noodles. Garnish with fresh green beans for that crunch.
This is an easy Chinese main course dish. Hakka noodles are a popular Chinese-Indian dish that has its roots in the Hakka region of China but has been adapted to suit Indian tastes.
Ingredients You'll Need:
Hakka noodles (or any eggless noodles of your choice)
Mixed vegetables - bell peppers, carrots, cabbage, beans, spring onions, onions
Fresh Garlic, minced - add garlic in a generous amount
Fresh Ginger, minced
Sauces - Soy sauce, Chili hot sauce (adjust to your preferred level of spiciness), Vinegar
Vegetable oil
Salt and pepper to taste
How To Make Hakka Noodles?
Boil the noodles according to the package instructions until they are al dente. Be careful not to overcook them. Drain, rinse with cold water, and set aside.
Heat some oil in a large wok or a deep pan over high heat. Add the minced garlic and ginger. Stir-fry for 30 - 40 seconds or until fragrant.
Add the mixed vegetables to the wok and stir-fry for a few minutes until they start to become tender but are still crisp. Then add the boiled noodles to the wok and stir-fry them along with the vegetables for 2 - 3 minutes on a high flame. Stir in between.
Season with soy sauce, chili sauce, and a dash of vinegar. You can adjust the quantity of these sauces to your taste preference. Stir-fry the noodles and vegetables together for a few minutes, making sure the sauces are evenly distributed. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Finally, add chopped spring onions and toss the noodles one more time. Garnish the Hakka noodles with some additional spring onions. And serve hot.
Side Dish to Serve with Noodles
These are a few of the side dish ideas to serve with Hakka noodles.
Hakka Noddles
Ingredients
- 200 gms hakka noodles
- 1 small bell pepper sliced
- 1 cup cabbage shredded
- 1 small carrot shredded
- ½ cup green beans cut into ¼ inch
- 1 onion sliced thin
- 1 tsp salt as per taste
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- 1 tbsp green chilli sauce optional
- 1 tsp red chilli sauce hot sauce
- 1 tbsp garlic minced
- 1 inch ginger minced
- 2 medium green chili slit into halves
- ½ cup spring onions finely chopped
- water as required
- 4 - 5 tbsp refined oil
Instructions
- Heat 4 glass of water in high flame. Add a pinch of salt and 1 tsp oil in it. Add the noodles to the boiling water and cook till its tender but make sure you don’t over boil the noodles.
- Boil for around 5 minutes till its 90% cooked. After it’s done drain out the water and cool the noodles under running water to avoid over cooking of the noodles. Add 1 tsp of oil and mix with par cooked noodles.
- Heat a large pan or wok on a high flame. Add 3-4 tsp oil.
- Add minced or finely chopped garlic, ginger, green chilies, and spring onion white and greens, onion slice. Sauté for 1 min.
- Add all vegetables to it. Stir fry for 4 - 5 minutes on high flame stirring in between till veggies turn tender but crispy.
- Then add the cooked noodles into it. Toss them and cook on high flame for 2 –3 minutes.
- Add soy sauce, chili sauce, and vinegar to the frying pan and toss to mix everything well.
- Taste and season with salt as required. Add crushed black pepper as taste preference.
- Turn off the gas and remove from heat.
- Garnish with spring onions and veg hakka noodles is ready to be served.
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