5 Classic Takeaway Noodle Faves You Can Make at Home

Asian takeaway foods are renowned around the world for their convenience and satiating flavours. Noodle dishes are among the favourites, packing meat, veggie and carbs in slurp-tastic delights. Many of which are also quite simple to cook, which means you too, can add them to your home-cook repertoire.

Here are 5 classic Asian noodle takeaways to get you started!

Pad Thai

Literally created as Thailand’s national dish, Pad Thai is a unique slim flat rice noodles stir-fried and flavoured with fish sauce, palm sugar and tamarind paste that’s great to pair with pretty much any meat and seafood you like. Topped with crunchy bean sprouts and crushed peanuts. Served with a lime wedge for you to squeeze and lather the juice on your Pad Thai. A delicious one-plate meal that’s savoury-sweet with a piquant tang. Come learn how to cook authentic Pad Thai with our handy guide and check out our Pad Thai recipes collection!

Chow Mien

Chinese stir-fried noodles or Chow Mien is among the most common takeaway foods around the world. Simply flavoured with a trio of essential Chinese sauces: light soy sauce gives the thin, springy noodles a base savoury taste, dark soy sauce adds a sweet-savoury boost and appetizing dark brown colour, and oyster sauce completes the umami taste; with onions and sesame oil for a tantalising aroma. Super easy to cook, yummy on its own, or you can pair your Chow Mien with your preferred meat, seafood and veggies too!

Char Kway Teow

Chinese flat rice noodles are shaped wider than Pad Thai, and has a soft, silky texture. Malaysian and Singaporean hawker stalls whip it up into the classic Char Kway Teow. A richly savoury stir-fry with prawns, sweet Chinese sausage and crunchy bean sprouts. Served with a spicy, tangy chilli sambal paste. Fast to cook and awesome to taste!

Indonesian Mie Goreng

Kecap Manis sweet soy sauce gives the Mee Goreng its unique Indonesian boldness and savoury-sweet flavour, enriched with a combo of light soy sauce, dark soy sauce and oyster sauce. A slurp-licious noodle stir-fry with succulent prawns, shredded cabbage and bean sprouts. Garnished with chilli, spring onions, spicy sambal and a wedge of lime to squeeze. Cook it up with our easy step-by-step recipe.

Korean Black Bean Sauce Noodles

Introduced by Chinese migrants during the late 19th Century Joseon era, Jjajangmyeon had long since become a beloved staple takeaway in South Korean food culture. Also, a traditional birthday celebration dish! The sumptuous gravy is the star of Jjajangmyeon, with diced pork, daikon, zucchini, potatoes and cabbage in a bold savoury-sweet black bean sauce. Lathered on fresh boiled noodles and garnished with julienned cucumber. Pure umami satisfaction in every slurp. Come grab the authentic recipe!

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