Chili Oil Noodles

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Chili Oil Noodles #9 · lunch · chinese Host: The Woks of Life · 15-Minute Hot Oil Noodles (You Po Mian) → TikTok → web writeups Online recipe (as published / commonly shared) 1 serving · Prep 5 min · Cook 10 min · Total 15 min We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card. Noodles and greens dressed with garlic and chile, then sizzled with hot oil. Boil according to package directions until al dente: 4 oz. dried wheat noodles In the same pot, blanch until cooked through: a handful of leafy greens (choy sum, spinach, or baby bok choy) Drain. Add the cooked noodles and greens to a heatproof bowl, along with: 1 teaspoon light soy sauce 1 teaspoon dark soy sauce 1/2 teaspoon Chinese black vinegar Crushed red pepper flakes (to taste) Salt (to taste) Chopped scallion Chopped cilantro 2 cloves garlic (minced) In a small pot, heat until shimmering: 2 1/2 tablespoons oil Pour over the bowl of noodles: the hot oil Mix everything together. Serve. Source: The Woks of Life · 15-Minute Hot Oil Noodles (You Po Mian) tags: noodles,chili-oil,garlic,soy · popularity: evergreen · meat: no	Chef Chen Dailu's Spicy Sesame Noodles (Chen Shifu Hong You Su Mian) Book: Every Grain of Rice by Fuchsia Dunlop (2012) crumb: noodles with greens in soy, vinegar and chili oil Every Grain of Rice includes “Chef Chen Dailu's Spicy Sesame Noodles (Chen Shifu Hong You Su Mian)”. Fuchsia Dunlop wrote it (2012). This book covers everyday Chinese home cooking, mostly from Sichuan. It uses simple ways to cook: steaming, boiling, stir-frying and easy sauces. Differences: Both toss wheat noodles and quickly boiled greens with light and dark soy and Chinese black vinegar. Both add garlic, chili and scallion. The online version pours smoking-hot oil over chili flakes and garlic in the bowl. It does this instead of using ready-made chili oil. It leaves out Dunlop's sesame paste and Sichuan pepper and adds cilantro. So it tastes sharper and less nutty.

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Chili Oil Noodles
#9 · lunch · chinese
Host: The Woks of Life · 15-Minute Hot Oil Noodles (You Po Mian) → TikTok → web writeups

Online recipe (as published / commonly shared)

1 serving · Prep 5 min · Cook 10 min · Total 15 min

We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card.

Noodles and greens dressed with garlic and chile, then sizzled with hot oil.

Boil according to package directions until al dente:

4 oz. dried wheat noodles

In the same pot, blanch until cooked through:

a handful of leafy greens (choy sum, spinach, or baby bok choy)

Drain.

Add the cooked noodles and greens to a heatproof bowl, along with:

1 teaspoon light soy sauce

1 teaspoon dark soy sauce

1/2 teaspoon Chinese black vinegar

Crushed red pepper flakes (to taste)

Salt (to taste)

Chopped scallion

Chopped cilantro

2 cloves garlic (minced)

In a small pot, heat until shimmering:

2 1/2 tablespoons oil

Pour over the bowl of noodles:

the hot oil

Mix everything together. Serve.

Source: The Woks of Life · 15-Minute Hot Oil Noodles (You Po Mian)

tags: noodles,chili-oil,garlic,soy · popularity: evergreen · meat: no

Chef Chen Dailu's Spicy Sesame Noodles (Chen Shifu Hong You Su Mian)
Book: Every Grain of Rice by Fuchsia Dunlop (2012)

crumb: noodles with greens in soy, vinegar and chili oil

Every Grain of Rice includes “Chef Chen Dailu's Spicy Sesame Noodles (Chen Shifu Hong You Su Mian)”. Fuchsia Dunlop wrote it (2012). This book covers everyday Chinese home cooking, mostly from Sichuan. It uses simple ways to cook: steaming, boiling, stir-frying and easy sauces.

Differences:

Both toss wheat noodles and quickly boiled greens with light and dark soy and Chinese black vinegar. Both add garlic, chili and scallion. The online version pours smoking-hot oil over chili flakes and garlic in the bowl. It does this instead of using ready-made chili oil. It leaves out Dunlop's sesame paste and Sichuan pepper and adds cilantro. So it tastes sharper and less nutty.

Match: Somewhat close

Online recipe

Chili Oil Noodles

Online recipe (as published / commonly shared)
1 serving · Prep 5 min · Cook 10 min · Total 15 min

We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card.

Noodles and greens dressed with garlic and chile, then sizzled with hot oil.

Boil according to package directions until al dente:
4 oz. dried wheat noodles

In the same pot, blanch until cooked through:
a handful of leafy greens (choy sum, spinach, or baby bok choy)

Drain.

Add the cooked noodles and greens to a heatproof bowl, along with:
1 teaspoon light soy sauce
1 teaspoon dark soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon Chinese black vinegar
Crushed red pepper flakes (to taste)
Salt (to taste)
Chopped scallion
Chopped cilantro
2 cloves garlic (minced)

In a small pot, heat until shimmering:
2 1/2 tablespoons oil

Pour over the bowl of noodles:
the hot oil

Mix everything together. Serve.

Citations
- The Woks of Life · 15-Minute Hot Oil Noodles (You Po Mian): https://thewoksoflife.com/hot-oil-noodles-you-po-mian/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=Chili+Oil+Noodles
- web writeups: https://www.google.com/search?q=Chili+Oil+Noodles+recipe

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- Affiliate: buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393089045?tag=recipeancesto-20
- Reference: Every Grain of Rice by Fuchsia Dunlop (2012). Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2013 edition, hardcover, ISBN 978-0393089042.

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Dish: Chili Oil Noodles
Match: Somewhat close
Ancestor: Chef Chen Dailu's Spicy Sesame Noodles (Chen Shifu Hong You Su Mian)
Source: Every Grain of Rice by Fuchsia Dunlop (2012)
Differences: Both toss wheat noodles and quickly boiled greens with light and dark soy and Chinese black vinegar. Both add garlic, chili and scallion. The online version pours smoking-hot oil over chili flakes and garlic in the bowl. It does this instead of using ready-made chili oil. It leaves out Dunlop's sesame paste and Sichuan pepper and adds cilantro. So it tastes sharper and less nutty.
Book recipe: We do not offer this for print or share because it is not public domain. Buy or borrow the book.
Online sources: The Woks of Life · 15-Minute Hot Oil Noodles (You Po Mian) (https://thewoksoflife.com/hot-oil-noodles-you-po-mian/)
TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=Chili+Oil+Noodles)
web writeups (https://www.google.com/search?q=Chili+Oil+Noodles+recipe)
Date: Sep 2026

Source: what this book is
Every Grain of Rice by Fuchsia Dunlop (2012).
This book covers everyday Chinese home cooking, mostly from Sichuan. It uses simple ways to cook: steaming, boiling, stir-frying and easy sauces.

Affiliate: buy the book

Reference: Every Grain of Rice by Fuchsia Dunlop (2012). Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2013 edition, hardcover, ISBN 978-0393089042.

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