Quick and Easy Dry Noodles

My son loves to eat noodles because he loves slurping it up!

I don't mind cooking noodles often because it is versatile and very easy to prepare. I can use it in soup, toss it in a soy sauce mixture or stir fry it with vegetables and meat.

Preparing noodles for breakfast can be really quick and easy. Just pre cut some vegetable salad the night before or fry an egg before you make the soy sauce mixture (in the same pan or wok). If you have left over soup, just heat it up and pop the dry noodles in and there you go - a bowl of hot nutritious noodles soup to start the day.

Today, I'll share with you the dry version of our favourite organic ramen noodles.

Ingredients: Dry ramen noodles or any other dry noodles of your choice, shallots, garlic, scallions, fresh red chillies, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, sesame oil, cooking oil.

1. Boil water in a pot.

2. When the water is boiling, put the dry noodles in and boil according to the instructions on the package.

3. Meanwhile, chop some shallots and garlic.

4. In a pan or a wok, heat some cooking oil. Fry the shallots and garlic until golden brown. Turn off the heat.

5. Add in soy sauce, dark soy sauce and sesame oil according to your taste.

6. Once cooked, remove noodles from the pot with a strainer, pour them into the soy sauce mixture and toss until evenly coated.

7. Lastly, garnish it with finely or coarsely chopped scallions and fresh chillies.

8. You can eat it with a variety of dishes such as eggs, meat, vegetables or soup.

Hope you'll try it and do let me know if you like it too!😋

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