The Joy of Making Drunken Noodles at Home

I still remember the time I was in a restaurant and ordered drunken noodles, and after trying to recreate them at home, they turned out incredibly delicious. In this article, I will share with you my recipe for making these tasty noodles from scratch.

To start, you'll need some large or wide rice noodles. You can easily find these in any large Asian store, or even use any kind of rice noodle or linguine as a substitute if needed. Once you've got your noodles, pour hot water over them and let them sit for about 10-15 minutes until they become soft.

While the noodles are cooking, it's time to make our ever-so-tasty sauce. To do this, combine two tablespoons of oyster sauce, two tablespoons of dark soy sauce (if you don't have the dark, you can just use regular), a couple of tablespoons of fish sauce, a few tablespoons of brown sugar (you can also use white sugar if preferred), and finally, a couple of tablespoons of water. Mix everything together with your spoon until well combined.

Now, let's talk about the origins of drunken noodles. There are various stories behind how this dish came to be, but I'll just share one of them for fun. Apparently, some people claim that a guy came home drunk and whipped up these noodles as an impromptu snack. While I don't know if this story is entirely true, it's certainly a popular myth surrounding the dish. Others say that drunken noodles are simply a perfect remedy for a hangover – a "thirsty get" to quench your cravings.

Moving on to the cooking process, heat some oil in a pan over medium-high heat (or a wok, if you have one). You can use any type of protein you like, such as beef, chicken, prawns, or lamb. In this recipe, we'll be using about three-quarters of a pound of thinly sliced beef. Add a small chopped onion and four cloves of garlic to the pan, along with some red bell pepper and hot pepper flakes (about a teaspoon). Stir-fry everything for a few minutes until the vegetables are tender.

Next, add your protein of choice to the pan and stir it around for just a few minutes, making sure it's cooked through. Now, it's time to add our noodles to the pan, along with the incredibly delicious sauce we made earlier. Pour the sauce over the noodles and gently toss everything together until they're fully coated in that savory goodness.

Finally, garnish your dish with some fresh basil (or Thai basil if you have it), and feel free to add in any additional vegetables you like – broccoli, bok choy, or even fresh chives from your garden. Give the dish one last quick toss to distribute everything evenly, and voila! Your drunken noodles are ready to be devoured.

The finished result is truly heavenly – those noodles are cooked to perfection, the beef is tender, and that sauce... well, it's just the perfect combination of savory and sweet flavors. I can see why people would want to eat these noodles even when drunk (although I wouldn't recommend overindulging in them). So go ahead, give this recipe a try, and enjoy the delicious taste of homemade drunken noodles!

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fish sauce a couple of tablespoons of brown sugar you can use white as well and last but not least a couple of tablespoons of water of course grab up our spoon and mix this up and the funny story behind drunken noodles some some people say some guy came home drunk and made them up i don't know he must have been fairly cold coherent because it's a good dish others say it just kind of uh sues that thirsty get when you get a hangover i don't know whatever the story is okay now it's time to fry so i'm gonna add some oil to a pan over medium-high heat actually it's not a pan it's a wok but you can use a pan in with a small chopped onion and four cloves of garlic some red bell pepper and some hot pepper flakes about a teaspoon of hot pepper flakes and i'm just going to stir and saute this for a few minutes now i use bell pepper and chili flakes here it really should be hot chilies but i didn't have them so you have the hot chilies go ahead and use them next in with about three quarters of a pound of thinly sliced beef now you can use chicken prawns lamb whatever you like here any kind of protein and we'll just stir this around and let it cook just for a few minutes after 10 minutes we'll add these noodles in pour that incredibly delicious sauce over oh this already smells so good guys and we'll gently give this a quick toss until those noodles are completely covered with that sauce and they're heated through now we'll garnish this up with some basil it actually should be thai basil but i'm just going to use regular i don't have any and i should mention too that you can you know you can add in broccoli uh bok choy whatever you like in here as well and some fresh chives right from the garden and we'll give this one more quick gentle toss that will kill the heat here guys and this smells absolutely drunken delicious yeah it smells incredible actually and there you have it guys our drunken noodles oh just look at this guys absolutely incredible okay let's grab these up guys 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