Vegan Fried Noodles
Classic Fried Noodles - easy and delicious meal! Reminds me of my travels to Sri-Lanka. Give it a try! You won't regret!
Servings: 2 people
Calories: 545kcal
Ingredients
- 180 g Noodles or Spaghetti whole grain
- 1 tbsp Oil coconut
- 1 tbsp Ginger
- 3 cloves Garlic
- 0.5 small Dried chili
- 1 medium Onion
- 1 medium Carrot
- 0.5 medium Bell Pepper
- 50 g Cabbage
- 30 g Broccoli
- 1 drop Sesame oil
- 2 tbsp Soy sauce
- 2 stalks Spring onion optional
- 200 g Tofu
To make Tofu taste fishy (optional)
- 1.5 sheet Nori optional
- A bit of Garlic, Ginger, Soy Sauce and Sesame Oil optional
Instructions
- Cook the noodles according to the instructions on the package. (see notes)
- Meanwhile, preheat the coconut (or other) oil in a skillet. adding chopped ginger, hot chili and garlic straight away.
- Cut the onion lengthwise into thin slices and fry until golden brown.
- Then add carrots and cabbage (cut in strips). Fry vegetables for a minute or two over high heat. Add broccoli florets, bell peppers (also cut in strips), and a drop of sesame oil (for flavor).
- By this time, the noodles should have been cooked. Drain and add the noodles to the fried vegetables.Fry gently stirring in vegetables for 3 minutes.
- Add green onions and soy sauce at the end.
- Fry tofu pieces separately on both sides in a little oil and add to the Fried Noodles when serving. Optionally you can marinate tofu and wrap it in Nori before frying. (see notes). Also some spycy sauce like chili paste would be nice add-on to this dish.
Nutrition facts
Follow the link to see detailed nutritional data (calculated by cronometer.com).
But if you have difficulty finding such noodles, any other type will do just fine! Moreover, it is beneficial to use whole grain noodles here, because the aromas of vegetables interrupt the “special” flavor of whole grain noodles. And visually soy sauce would make white noodles look darker as well). I recommend trying it! Tofu. If desired, tofu can be decorated in another way. You can cut tofu into small cubes and add it to vegetables when frying. I like to pre-marinate tofu and fry it wrapped in a nori sheet, as I do when I make Ramen (watch video). It gives some fishy kick to this yummy asian dish!
Notes
Noodles. Curly wok noodles would work the best. But usually it contains eggs, so I recommend checking the ingredients. Vegan noodles do happen! An egg is not a necessary ingredient for this type of noodle.But if you have difficulty finding such noodles, any other type will do just fine! Moreover, it is beneficial to use whole grain noodles here, because the aromas of vegetables interrupt the “special” flavor of whole grain noodles. And visually soy sauce would make white noodles look darker as well). I recommend trying it! Tofu. If desired, tofu can be decorated in another way. You can cut tofu into small cubes and add it to vegetables when frying. I like to pre-marinate tofu and fry it wrapped in a nori sheet, as I do when I make Ramen (watch video). It gives some fishy kick to this yummy asian dish!