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Thai Saucy Tossed Noodles - Guay Tiew Klook

Egg noodles tossed in an umami packed sauce, garlic oil, roasted peanuts, and more. It's an easy, super tasty dish. Components can be made in advance to make an easy weeknight meal.
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
 
 

  • 10 cloves garlic, chopped
  • ¼ cup neutral oil
  • ½ lb ground pork, or ground chicken/turkey
  • cup roasted peanuts, coarsely ground (see note 1)
  • 9 oz fresh wonton egg noodles, (see note 2)
  • ½ lb Asian meatballs, or cooked protein of your choice
  • ½ lb beansprouts
  • 1 green onion, chopped
  • 8 sprigs cilantro, chopped
  • 2 juicy limes, cut into wedges
  • roasted chili flakes, to taste

Sauce

  • 1 Tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 Tablespoons Golden Mountain Sauce, or sub more soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons fish sauce
  • 2 Tablespoons brown sugar, packed, dark is preferred but light is fine
  • 1 ½ Tablespoons black soy sauce, (see note 3)
  • 2 Tablespoons sriracha-style hot sauce

Notes

1. I pound the peanuts in a mortar and pestle, but you can also quickly blitz them in a small food processor or hand-chop them finely with a knife.
2. Though for testing my preference was for egg noodles, rice noodles or other kinds of noodles are fine. You'll have to eyeball the amount of noodles as the weight provided is for fresh wonton noodles, so be prepared to adjust the amount of sauce. 
3. I prefer Healthy Boy Brand black soy sauce for this because it gives an intense dark colour. Dragon Fly brand comes out quite light and it doesn’t look as tasty, but it’s still okay to use. You can also try using Chinese dark soy sauce, but since it is much saltier than Thai black soy sauce, I would omit the Golden Mountain Sauce altogether and then taste and adjust. 

Instructions
 

  • *The garlic oil, ground pork and sauce can be all prepped in advance.
  • Make Garlic Oil and Fried Garlic. In a small pot, add the oil and turn the heat on to medium low. Add a piece of garlic as a tester, then once the test garlic is bubbling, add the remaining garlic.
    Fry garlic in oil until golden, stirring frequently, being careful not to let it turn brown. Strain, keeping the oil and garlic separate and set aside. This can be done far ahead of time.
    10 cloves garlic, ¼ cup neutral oil
  • Cook the ground pork. In a small or medium pot, add 1-2 tablespoons of water just to coat the bottom and put it on medium-high heat. Once the water is bubbling, add the ground pork and stir, breaking up the lumps, until fully cooked. Transfer to a bowl and set aside and keep covered so it stays warm; there will be lots of pooling liquid, this is fine.
    ½ lb ground pork
  • Make the sauce. In a small bowl, combine all the sauce ingredients, and then take about 1 tablespoon of the juice from the ground pork and add it to the sauce as well - this added liquid will help the sugar dissolve. Stir until the sugar is dissolved.
    1 Tablespoons soy sauce, 1 Tablespoons Golden Mountain Sauce, 2 teaspoons fish sauce, 2 Tablespoons brown sugar, 1 ½ Tablespoons black soy sauce, 2 Tablespoons sriracha-style hot sauce

When ready to cook and serve:

  • Bring a large pot of water to a boil (6-qt pot minimum). Meanwhile, cut the noodles down with scissors so they’re not too long; this will help make it easier to toss and serve. Loosen the noodles to ensure no strands are stuck together.
    9 oz fresh wonton egg noodles
  • Heat the sauce up either in the microwave or in a pot on the stove, just until it's hot/warm so that it won’t cool down the noodles too much. Don’t let the sauce reduce. Keep covered until ready to use.
  • If your ground pork is no longer warm, you can heat it up in the microwave or stovetop as well.
  • Once the water is boiling, add the meatballs and boil them for about a minute or 2 until they are hot. Scoop them out and set aside.
    ½ lb Asian meatballs
  • Once the water comes back to boil, add the bean sprouts and blanch them for literally 3 seconds just to warm them up, then scoop them up and place in a large mixing bowl.
    ½ lb beansprouts
  • Wait for the water to come back to a boil, then cook the noodles for 2-3 minutes, if using wonton noodles, or however long your particular noodles take to cook. Scoop them out with a wire skimmer, shake off all excess water and place them into the mixing bowl with the bean sprouts.
  • Pour the garlic oil over the noodles and toss to separate the noodles and mix them with the beansprouts. Then add the ground pork, holding back any pooling liquid in the bowl. Add the peanuts, chili flakes, the sauce, and chopped green onions and toss to mix well.
    ⅓ cup roasted peanuts, roasted chili flakes, 1 green onion
  • Divide into serving bowls and top each bowl with the meatballs, chopped cilantro, fried garlic, and a lime wedge. Be sure to squeeze the lime over the noodles before eating, and feel free to add more chili flakes or sriracha as desired. Enjoy!
    8 sprigs cilantro, 2 juicy limes
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