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20-min Dry Wonton Noodles

20-min Dry Wonton Noodles

Wonton Noodles is a popular noodle dish in Southeast Asia and can be served dry or with soup. This noodle recipe is very easy and quick to make and takes only 20 minutes to prepare. If you have all the desired accompaniments (wontons and/or a protein accompaniment, vegetables and/or pickled chillies) already available and prepared earlier, then preparing the noodles itself will only take a jiffy to be ready.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine Asian, Chinese, Malaysian, Vegetarian
Servings 4
Calories

Ingredients
  

  • 400 grams fresh or dry wonton noodles (egg noodles) I used fresh
  • ½ bunch choy sum washed and cut into 2-inch lengths OR 2 bak choi cut into halves. I used both Bak Choi and Choy sum
  • pinch of salt optional
  • 1 tablespoon Vegetable oil
  • Ground white pepper to taste
  • Spring Onions/Scallions optional garnish
  • 500 grams Protein Accompaniment - store bought or home made vegetarian or chicken char Siu and /or wontons. Char Siu is sliced into bite-sized pieces
  • Pickles chillies OR few Fresh long green chillies sliced and added to soya sauce in a sauce dish optional

TOSSING OIL - for each individual serving of noodles

  • 2 teaspoons thick dark soy sauce OR thick Sweet Soya Sauce (Kecap Manis)
  • 2 teaspoons light soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons oyster sauce OR Hoisin Sauce bean paste with Chinese 5 spices
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 2-3 teaspoons Garlic Oil OR shallot flavoured oil store bought OR home-made

HOME MADE GARLIC OIL

  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 4 cloves garlic minced

Instructions
 

  • Prepare the pickled chillies from 2 hours to a day in advance
  • Have your Protein accompaniment Ready and set aside (Wontons/Char Siu Chicken/vegetarian Char Siu). See my blog links to Chicken and Vegetarian/vegan char siu recipes

PREPARE GARLIC OIL

  • Heat the oil in a pan and fry the minced garlic over low-medium heat until it starts to turn lightly golden in color and crisp. Transfer immediately to a heat proof bowl and set aside.

PREPARE VEGETABLES

  • Wash and rinse vegetables. Cut each head of bak choi into halves. Set them aside. For choy sum, cut into 2-inch lengths.
  • Bring a medium or large pot of water to the boil. Add 1 tbsp vegetable oil and a pinch of salt (optional). Blanch the vegetables. Remove, drain and set aside. Do not discard the water. It will be used to blanch the noodles as well.
  • Prepare 4 serving plates with cutlery – chopsticks and Chinese soup spoon or just a fork.

PREPARE NOODLES

  • In each shallow serving bowl, place 1 serve of the tossing sauce.
  • With the same boiling water used for blanching the vegetables, bring it to a boil. Using a pair of chopsticks, add individual servings of noodles into water to cook, stirring continually, for about 25-30 seconds (100 g or adjust quantity depending on each person).
    fresh wonton noodles
  • Use a large sieve to drain the noodles and run it under cold running tap water for 5 seconds, then dip the noodles in the boiling water again just to warm it up.
    Blanching noodles
  • Lift up noodles using noodle sieve basket. Do not discard water.
  • Transfer the noodles into the serving bowl and toss them in the tossing sauce.
  • Add a dash of white pepper (optional)
  • Place individual servings of vegetables, char siu chicken and/or wontons in each plate of noodles.
  • Garnish noodles with spring onions/scallions - optional
  • Serve immediately wth pickled green chillies and a bowl of wonton soup OR clear chicken/vegetable broth with a little white pepper and scallions as flavour and garnish.
    Pickled Green chillies

Notes

  1. If you like it spicy, but wish to opt out of the pickled green chillies, then mix the noodles with some Sriracha chilli sauce, chilli paste or any favourite plain sambal of your choice.
  2. You can prepare and mix the tossing sauce enough for 4 servings in a bowl and divide servings into 4 plates. 
  3.  Recipe of Grilled Char Siu Chicken : https://www.sweetsharings.com/recipe/grilled-char-siu-chicken
  4. Recipe of Quick Pickled Green Chillies : https://sweetsharings.com/recipe/quick-pickled-green-chillies
Keyword Dried Wonton Noodles, Malaysian, Noodles, Southeast Asian, vegetarian, Wonton Noodles
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