30 Minute Better Than Takeout Thai Drunken Noodles…with all the summer vegetables. Quick-cooking, gluten-free rice noodles tossed in a sweet and spicy Thai sauce with lean chicken, zucchini, garden fresh bell peppers, carrots, and summer basil. Every bite is filled with saucy noodles, delicious vegetables, and hints of sweet basil. It’s so good and much healthier than something you might find at your favorite Thai place. Major bonus? This is made mostly in one pan and without the use of your oven.
Something about August and this time before “class kickoff” consistently leaves me motivated to make speedy cooking Asian propelled plans. Growing up, my father would frequently make us chicken sautéed food on occupied evenings. Particularly during the late August and early September days when school was beginning back up. With six children all in school, and an infant, our home was past turbulent, so fast cooking pan fried food was a go-to for my dad.He’d just cook the chicken with a lot of soy sauce, at that point toss in whatever he had filling in his late spring garden… generally a wealth of chime peppers and new basil. He’d serve his pan fried food over rice and top with peanuts. My father kept his pan fried food unbelievably basic, brimming with vegetables, and a touch on the pungent side. I recall it being not terrible, but not great either great, obviously, I was only a child.
Thinking back Dad’s most likely might have utilized somewhat more flavor and a touch more tone. Yet, we couldn’t have cared less, we as a whole suspected his sautéed food was the bomb. I’ve made a great deal of sautéed food plans since those long periods of eating fathers. Furthermore, I should say, I think I’ve gotten very great. Only a couple weeks prior I shared a straightforward sweet Thai basil chicken, and the previous summer it was weeknight udon noodles. Today? It’s about these Thai inebriated noodles, a dish I’ve been needing to make for quite a long time now.If you’ve at any point had plastered noodles at your number one Thai eatery then you realize that these noodles are hot, sassy, and a touch sweet. Extremely exemplary to numerous Thai dishes.So here’s the manner by which you make these sassy, hot plastered noodles. You prepared for this? It’s actual speedy and straightforward.
There are many ways individuals make tipsy noodles, yet usually, they’re made with a blend of chicken, rice noodles, new bean stew peppers, soy sauce, clam sauce, fish sauce, and a lot of Thai basil. I’ve really kept these flavors all lovely comparable, however my enormous expansion? Parts more vegetables. I’m talking new zucchini, chime peppers, and carrots. I figured with a cooler loaded with produce, why not throw them all in with my intoxicated noodles?
The vegetables absorb all the sauce and become profoundly habit-forming. Truth be told, I may like the vegetables more than the noodles.
Ingredients
- 8 ounces wide rice noodles
- 1/3 cup low sodium soy sauce or liquid aminos
- 3 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon Thai fish sauce
- 2 teaspoons honey or maple
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil or extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 pound boneless chicken breast, cut into strips (optional)
- 2 shallots, thinly sliced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced or grated
- 1-2 red Fresno peppers or jalapeño peppers, seeded and chopped
- 4 green onions, chopped
- 1 medium zucchini, cut into ribbons or chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
- 2 carrots, cut into ribbons or chopped
- 1 cup fresh Thai basil or regular basil, roughly chopped.
Instructions
- Cook the rice noodles according to package directions. Drain.
- Combine the soy sauce, oyster sauce, fish sauce, honey, and 1/3 cup water in a bowl.
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. When the oil shimmers, add the chicken, if using. Season with black pepper and brown all over. Add the shallots, garlic, Fresno peppers, and green onions. Cook another 2-3 minutes, until the shallots are soft and the garlic is fragrant. Add the zucchini and bell peppers, cook another 5 minutes, until the vegetables have softened. Pour in the sauce and bring to a boil over medium-high heat and cook until the sauce coats the chicken, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in the noodles, carrots, and basil. Toss to combine, cooking another 3-5 minutes until the sauce coats the noodles. Serve the noodles warm, topped with additional basil. Enjoy!
