Pad Thai
The real thing is sour, salty and only lightly sweet — a world away from the ketchup-orange version. Tamarind, palm…
Wheat, rice and egg — in soup, in a wok, and cold. 123 recipes on the site call for noodles.
Stir-fried, soup and cold noodle dishes from across Asia. Wheat, rice, glass and buckwheat noodles all cook differently, and the method says how long to soak or boil each, and whether to rinse them.
Noodles is in 123 recipes from 26 cuisines, among them 68 dinners, 25 quick meals, 17 lunches and 6 appetisers and small plates. The cuisines that use it most here are Chinese (25), Japanese (21), American (13) and Malaysian (9). Of these, 48 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Egg Noodles with Butter (10 min), Instant Noodle Upgrade (13 min) and Cucumber Noodle Salad (15 min). For 16, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 75 easy, 40 medium and 8 hard.
As written, 24 are vegetarian, 7 vegan, 3 gluten-free and 94 dairy-free. Another recipe meets a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.
The real thing is sour, salty and only lightly sweet — a world away from the ketchup-orange version. Tamarind, palm…
The milky, collagen-heavy pork broth that made Hakata famous, boiled hard for eight hours until the fat and gelatine…
A clear, aromatic broth simmered for four hours with charred ginger and onion and a bundle of toasted spices, poured…
Built from a whole chicken so the broth carries real body, with the noodles cooked separately so they never turn to…
Sapporo-style ramen: a miso tare whisked into rich pork or chicken broth, stir-fried pork and vegetables piled on…
Strips of seared beef in a mustard and soured cream sauce with mushrooms, done in twenty-five minutes. It is a fast…
Taiwanese braised beef noodle soup: shin and tendon cooked for hours in a broth built on soy, doubanjiang and…
Soft egg noodles tossed rather than fried, coated in a glossy soy and oyster sauce with chicken and crisp…
Prawn and pork wontons in a clear, dried-flounder broth with springy thin egg noodles. Cantonese, and the noodles go…
Springy egg noodles tossed with chicken and vegetables in a savoury brown sauce, with a few noodles crisped against…
Shatteringly crisp vegetable spring rolls with a filling that stays crunchy inside the wrapper. Cooling the filling…
Curry laksa: a coconut and spice paste soup with two kinds of noodle, prawns, tofu puffs and cockles, finished with…
Wheat noodles fried on a griddle with cabbage, pork and a thick fruity brown sauce, finished with aonori, bonito…
Wide rice noodles charred in a screaming wok with dark soy, egg and Chinese broccoli. The dish is defined by wok…
Northern Thailand's coconut curry noodle soup, with soft egg noodles beneath and a nest of crisp fried ones on top…
Chengdu street noodles: a pool of chilli oil, sesame paste and black vinegar at the bottom of the bowl, topped with…
Wide rice noodles seared in a smoking wok with velveted beef, beansprouts and chives. Judged on wok hei and on…
Chewy sweet potato noodles tossed with individually stir-fried vegetables and a sesame-soy dressing. Naturally…
Flat rice noodles fried at ferocious heat with prawns, Chinese sausage, cockles, egg and chives. Judged entirely on…
A hot pot cooked at the table: thin beef seared in a heavy iron pan, then simmered in a sweet soy warishita with…
Vietnamese fried spring rolls wrapped in rice paper rather than wheat wrappers, which gives a blistered, bubbly…
Central Vietnam's spicy beef and pork noodle soup: a lemongrass and shrimp paste broth, thick round rice noodles…
Wheat noodles tossed with pork, prawns, chicken and vegetables in a soy and oyster sauce broth the noodles absorb as…
Thick, bouncy udon in a clear kake broth of dashi, soy and mirin — restorative, restrained and on the table in…
Buckwheat noodles rinsed in ice water and served cold on a bamboo mat with a small cup of concentrated dipping…
Indonesian turmeric chicken soup with a fragrant spice paste, served over noodles and rice with sambal, fried…
Chewy buckwheat noodles in an icy beef and radish broth, with pear, cucumber, sliced beef and half a boiled egg. The…
Beef and potatoes simmered in dashi, soy and mirin until the potatoes have soaked up the broth and started to fall…
A thick Persian soup of beans, lentils, greens and noodles, finished with fried mint oil, crisp onions and kashk.
Rebuilt without the tin of soup: a proper mushroom béchamel, egg noodles cooked short, and a buttered crumb top with…
Cold noodles in a peanut, sesame and black vinegar sauce, thinned with hot noodle water so it coats instead of…
Shanghai’s cong you ban mian: spring onions fried slowly in oil until they are dark and brittle, the oil they leave…
A thick soup of hand-broken noodles, three kinds of bean and a lot of greens, red with harissa. Winter food from the…
Thick wheat noodles under a dark salty pork sauce and a heap of raw shredded vegetables that you mix in yourself at…
Chicken, potatoes and peppers stewed with beer and chilli in one enormous plate, with wide hand-pulled noodles slid…
Wuhan's breakfast: alkaline noodles blanched, oiled, cooled and then reheated to order under sesame paste, pickled…
Egg noodles tossed with shredded vegetables over a high flame. The Indian Chinese restaurant staple, and fifteen…
Thick wheat noodles under a black bean sauce of pork and diced vegetables. Korea's most-ordered delivery food, eaten…
Army base stew: kimchi, gochujang, sausage, tinned meat and instant noodles in one bubbling pan. Invented from…
A clear chicken broth seasoned with a soy tare, with chashu pork, a marinated egg and thin curled noodles. The…
Glass noodles tossed with egg, prawns and vegetables in a light soy dressing. Twenty-seven minutes and lighter than…
Chicken pho: a clear broth of charred ginger and onion with poached chicken and flat rice noodles. Lighter than the…
Thin noodles toasted golden in oil, then simmered in a tomato broth. Thirty minutes, and it is what Mexican children…
Thick yellow noodles braised in dark soy with prawns, pork and cabbage until the sauce coats every strand. Kuala…
A clear beef broth over hand-pulled noodles with white radish, coriander and a spoonful of chilli oil. Two and a…
A warming Himalayan noodle soup of chicken, vegetables and egg noodles in a spiced broth, finished with lime and…
Egg noodles stir-fried with sweet soy sauce, garlic and chilli, with chicken, prawns and greens, and topped with…
Bouncy beef meatballs in a clear, savoury beef broth with noodles, tofu and fried shallots. The most popular street…