Scallion oil only needs a few ingredients and easy to make. Cook more and store the remaining oil in a jar and keep it in the refrigerator.  In a busy weeknight, just take 5-10 minutes to cook noodles, then add a couple of spoons of scallion oil, dinner is ready in no time 🙂

You’ll need:

 Preparation:

Wash and clean scallion, cut out the white part of scallion, keep only green part of scallion. Then cut the green parts into 2-inch long pieces

Take a bowl, mix light soy sauce and dark soy sauce, then add sugar to the mix, stir and mix

Instructions:

Heat the wok over low heat, add oil. When the oil is warm, cook scallions slowly till golden brown and crisp. Take cooked scallions out of the oil.

     

Pour in the mix of light soy sauce, dark soy sauce and sugar, cook till bubbles appear, then remove from the heat

     

Bring a pot of water to a boil, when the water is boiling, add a pinch of salt and few drops of oil (~1tsp). Once the noodles are cooked, drain well.

Serve noodles in a bowl, add 1-2 spoons of sauce to the noodles, mix well. Taste and add more sauce if needed. Top with finely chopped scallion. Optional: add chili sauce if you prefer.

 

Serve and Enjoy!

Cooking Tips

  • Let the remaining scallion oil cool down, seal in a clean jar. Keep it in the refrigerator.

Scallion Oil Noodles
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
25 mins
 

Make scallion oil and keep it in the refrigerator. For a quick dinner in a busy night (e.g. soccer practice night :-)), just boil noodles and dinner is served in 10 minutes

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese
Servings: 2 people
Ingredients
  • 200 g noodles
  • 100 g scallion
  • 60 ml light soy sauce
  • 80 ml cooking oil
  • 50 ml dark soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp sugar (~2 tbsp)
Instructions
Preparation
  1. Wash and clean scallion, cut out the white part of scallion, keep only green part of scallion. Then cut the green parts into 2-inch long pieces

  2. Take a bowl, mix light soy sauce and dark soy sauce, then add sugar to the mix, stir and mix

Instructions
  1. Heat the wok over low heat, add oil. When the oil is warm, cook scallions slowly till golden brown and crisp. Take cooked scallions out of the oil.
  2. Pour in the mix of light soy sauce, dark soy sauce and sugar, cook till bubbles appear, then remove from the heat

  3. Bring a pot of water to a boil, when the water is boiling, add a pinch of salt and few drops of oil (~1tsp). Once the noodles are cooked, drain well.
  4. Serve noodles in a bowl, add 1-2 spoons of sauce to the noodles, mix well. Add more sauce if needed

  5. Serve and Enjoy!
Recipe Notes

Cooking Tips:

  • Let the remaining scallion oil cool down, seal in a clean jar. Keep it in the refrigerator.