Manchurian Noodles
Manchurian Noodles is an Indo-Chinese dish where noodles and veggies are tossed in Manchurian sauce. They're saucy and so delicious.
Servings: 4 servings
Equipment
Ingredients
for the ramen noodles (prep)
- 8 ounces ramen noodles 225 grams, I like Ocean's Halo
for the dark sauce (prep)
- 1 tbsp red chili sauce
- 2 tbsp ketchup
- 2 tbsp tamari gluten-free
- 1 tbsp chili vinegar or rice wine vinegar
for arrowroot/cornstarch slurry (prep)
- 1 tbsp arrowroot powder
- 1/2 cup water
for the sauteed veggies
- 1 1/2 tbsp avocado oil
- 1 cup red onion sliced
- 1/2 cup red bell pepper sliced
- 1/2 cup green bell pepper sliced
- 8 ounces cremini mushrooms sliced
for the manchurian noodles
- 1 1/2 tbsp avocado oil
- 1 tbsp ginger chopped
- 1 tbsp garlic chopped
- 1 green chili finely chopped
- add dark sauce
- add arrowroot/cornstarch slurry
- add ramen noodles
- add sauteed veggies
- 6 ounces baby corn rinsed & drained
for garnish
- 1/2 cup scallions chopped
- black pepper to taste lots of it
Instructions
Prep
- Slice the mushrooms. Chop ginger, garlic, and green chilies. Rinse and drain canned baby corn.
- Slice onions, and red & green bell peppers.
- Prepare your dark sauce - red chili sauce, ketchup, tamari (or soy sauce), chili vinegar.
- Prepare your arrowroot slurry mix with arrowroot powder (or cornstarch) and water.
Boil Noodles
- Heat up a pot of hot water and once hot, add ramen noodles and cook according to the directions on the package.
- Rinse noodles under cold water and set them aside.
Cook
- Heat up a wok on medium-high heat. Add 1 1/2 tbsp of oil.
- Once hot, add onions and bell peppers. Saute for a minute. Do not overcook the veggies so they still have some crunch.
- Add sliced mushrooms. Saute for another minute and a half.
- Set aside vegetables.
- In the same pot on medium heat this time, add 1 1/2 tbsp oil.
- Add ginger, garlic, and green chilies. Cook for 30 seconds.
- Add the soy sauce. Stir. Cook for a minute.
- Now add the cornstarch slurry. Cook for a couple of minutes until the sauce thickens up.
- Your sauce is ready.
- Add the noodles. Coat the noodles.
- Add all the vegetables.
- Now add the baby corn. Toss.
- Garnish with scallions.
- Season with lots of black pepper.
Notes
for gluten-free option: use gluten-free ramen noodles and gluten-free tamari/soy sauce.
Nutrition
Calories: 451kcal | Carbohydrates: 60g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Sodium: 1859mg | Potassium: 673mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 940IU | Vitamin C: 51mg | Calcium: 58mg | Iron: 3mg