Garlic Noodles
Garlic noodles with double the garlic! Made with oven roasted garlic & black garlic (for it's umami-ness), these noodles are packed with garlicky flavor & a must try for every garlic lover out there!
Servings: 3 Servings
Calories: 993kcal
Ingredients
- 200 g spaghettini
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2-3 tablespoons oil
Garlic Mash
- 2 whole garlic bulbs
- 1 black garlic bulb
- 3-4 tablespoons oil
Sauce
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
Instructions
Preparation
- In a small bowl, combine 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon oyster sauce, and 1 teaspoon sesame oil. Set it aside for later
Boil the Noodles
- Set the stove to medium-high heat, set a large pot of water on it, and wait until the water boils.
- Once it starts to boil, add in the spaghettini and cook it for 4-5 minutes. Drain the spaghettini and rinse with cold water and set the noodles aside for later.
Roasting the Garlic
- Pre-heat oven to 400F (242C)
- Peel off a few layers of skin from the garlic bulb, but keep a few layers on so the garlic bulb stays intact
- On a cutting board, cut the garlic top off the garlic horizontally. Cut far enough down that so that you are cutting the tops off all of the cloves but don't throw the top away.
- Place the bottom of the garlic in a large piece of foil and drizzle oil on it.
- Sprinkle a pinch of salt over the oil and garlic
- Place the garlic top back on and close the foil up into a packet, and make sure it is well sealed. Place it on a pan, cookie sheet or muffin tin.
- Once the oven has reached 400F (242C), put the garlic in for 35-40 minutes. Check at the 30 minute mark if the garlic is soft when you press a fork against the clove, if it's very soft then it's done - if it's not then continue to cook it for another 5-15 mins, but make sure to check it every 5 minutes.
- Once it is done, remove it from the oven and let it cool before handling it.
Preparing the Garlic Mash
- Once the roasted garlic has cooled, remove the cloves from the pods and place them on the cutting board. (Save the garlic oil, if there is any left in the foil)
- Peel the black garlic.
- With a fork, mash the black garlic and roasted garlic together.
- Once they are well combined, put it into a bowl and add 3-4 tablespoons of oil and any garlic oil from the foil into the bowl and continue to mix everything together until you have a soft black garlic mash. Set this aside.
Putting It Together
- In a frying pan, add 2-3 tablespoons of oil with 2 tablespoons of butter and set the stove to medium low heat.
- Once the butter has melted, add the garlic mash into the oil and toast it for 3-5 minutes, spreading it out as much as you can into a thin single layer on the pan while keeping the garlic moving (so it doesn't burn)
- Turn the heat up to medium heat and add in the noodles and mix the garlic mash into the noodles for about 1 minute
- Add in the sauce and continue to flip and mix the noodles so they get an even distribution of garlic mash and sauce on it. Cook it for about 2-3 minutes
- Plate it up, and Enjoy! :)
Notes
- If you can't find black garlic, you can substitute it with 1 teaspoon of aged modena balsamic vinegar (which is more syrupy and less acidic) mixed with ½ tablespoon of honey. Normal balsamic vinegar is too acidic to be a good substitution so if you can't find the aged modena balsamic vinegar you can just substitute it with ½ tablespoon of honey without any balsamic but it won't be a 100% true substitution.
Nutrition
Serving: 1Serving | Calories: 993kcal | Carbohydrates: 108g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 56g | Sodium: 911mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 7g