Garlic Sesame Noodles are so easy, and so delicious. It makes a great dinner, and a wonderful lunch for a brown bag. It’s also a great recipe for a potluck; anything that’s already made, delicious, and can be served cold is perfect for a potluck or family holiday gathering in my book!
Freaky Friday
Welcome to Freaky Friday! With an excellent recipe for Garlic Sesame Noodles from A Dish of Daily Life.
What’s Freaky Friday, you ask? It’s an old-fashioned blog hop. I’ve made and shared a recipe from Michelle at A Dish of Daily Life, and she’s made a recipe from someone (a secret that I don’t know who it is yet), and she’s made a recipe from someone, and if you clicked through all the way around all the blogs, you would get back to my blog. Thus, a blog hop! So, if you would be so kind as to hop around and take a look at everyone participating, I promise it’ll be fun, and you’ll get lots of new recipe ideas!
A Dish of Daily Life
This is the first time I’ve gotten A Dish of Daily Life for Freaky Friday. Though I’ve known Michelle for many years, and I have the pleasure of calling her my friend. I’ve even made one of her recipes for my blog once before.
I made Michelle’s Crab Imperial Appetizer when she had neck surgery, and we were all supporting her.
This time around I had a hard time deciding what to make of Michelle’s fabulous collection. Should I make a dessert recipe like her amazing looking Peanut Butter Tarts or her PB&J Bars with Strawberry Jam? Or, a main dish like her Cajun Shrimp with Lemon Cream Pasta.
And, don’t forget to scroll all the way down and see all the amazing recipes my friends made for this Freaky Friday blog hop!
Garlic Sesame Noodles
In the end, this Garlic Sesame Noodles won because my husband saw them and asked me to make them. Well, sold! And, they were delicious. This is a recipe we will make again and again.
Michelle says, “you can eat it cold or warm it up slightly before eating”. We also served some of the leftovers hot after sizzling them in the skillet with some veggies. It was perfect! So, it’s great any way you like it!
These Garlic Sesame Noodles made a big dish full. We got 6 or 7 servings out of it. And, I like serving them with different veggies and proteins in it. We tried tofu and meatballs, both of which were great. I’d also try shrimp added to these. For the veggies, we tried adding water chestnuts, red and yellow bell peppers, sprouts, shredded carrots, and frozen green peas. Cabbage and bok choy would also be wonderful.
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Bacon Fatte – Spiced Bakery Style Ginger Pear Muffins
Bowl Me Over – Beef Tips and Gravy
The Devilish Dish – Chocolate Covered Snickers Strawberries
Full Belly Sisters – Easy Crockpot Cesar Chicken
LeMoine Family Kitchen – Frittata Ranchera Black Bean Salad
Life Currents – Garlic Sesame Noodles
Lisa’s Dinnertime Dish – Low Carb Cheeseburger Meatloaf
Mildly Meandering – Slow Cooker Zuppa Toscana Soup
Plattertalk – Whole Wheat Irish Soda Bread
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West Via Midwest – Spicy Smoke Sauced Shrimp
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Garlic Sesame Noodles Recipe
Garlic Sesame Noodles
Ingredients
- 1 pound thin spaghetti
- 4 cups broccoli florets
- 1/3 cup sesame oil
- 1/3 cup rice vinegar
- 1/3 cup low sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- dash of red pepper flakes
- 3-4 green onions chopped (include green tops)
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil, and add thin spaghetti, following package directions to cook to al dente. A couple of minutes before pasta is to be drained, add broccoli. Cover pot.
- While pasta cooks, whisk together sesame oil, rice vinegar, soy sauce, light brown sugar, garlic, and red pepper flakes.
- Drain pasta and broccoli. Pour sesame oil mixture over the pasta and broccoli; mix to coat pasta. Add green onions, and sesame seeds, and toss.
- Refrigerate for several hours to allow pasta to absorb dressing. Serve cold, or reheat as desired.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations, and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary based on brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes, and more.
These look so delicious! I love sesame noodles. Cold or hot. And they’re so versatile! Toss in shrimp, chicken, beef. So delicious.
These noodles are just over-the-top delicious! I’ve made this recipe before and we loved it. Leftovers were perfect for lunch on day two, such a winning recipe!!
This looks so good. I could easily substitute some gluten free ingredients. I can’t wait to try this!
This is great for a shower! I can make it ahead, then serve it room temperature! Br
I love Asian noodles and these sound absolutely amazing! I love how versatile they are!
I am so excited to try these noodles! I have a love of asian inspired meals and this one is easy and the flavors sound just perfect! I may grill up some chicken and make a whole meal out of this! Yum!!
Great idea for a potluck and especially nice that this can be made in advance. I have just the occasion to share this at work. Bookmarked!
A friend actually made these for me while I was recovering from that surgery! They were so good, I begged her for the recipe! 🙂 So glad you enjoyed them too!
I just love garlic and sesame flavors, and I’ve got all the ingredients on hand… Perfect! This dish is definitely happening in my kitchen soon!
Mmm, this looks so simple but also so flavor-packed!
These garlic sesame noodles are the perfect comfort food! I can also imagine eating them cold out of a storage container in the middle of the night standing in front of the fridge!
These are right up my alley!! I love sesame and the veggies? Perfect!!
Looks yummy, easy and budget friendly! Pinned 🙂
These look so delicious and easy to whip up! Sesame , noodles and broccoli are a great combo!!
My family are such noodle freaks – they’d love this!
These noodles look simply delicious! I love the flavors and cannot wait to whip them up!
I had actually been wanting to make garlic sesame noodles for a long time! I’m definitely going to give this a try now, these look fantastic!
These Garlic Sesame Noodles look great! I could have this all the time. I love noodles, and will be making this soon!!!
There’s so mich to love about this noodle creation, I can easily see how it could become a family favorite and a perfect and affordable menu option for entertaining guests too. I can also understand where it’s versatility affords the option of complimenting any number of proteins from shrimp to steak and all things in between including a vegetarian tofu option. On top of everything else the Asian flare of this dish seems to elevate it to an even higher level. Thanks so much for covering this awesome food idea!
This is my go to recipe for potlucks now. It’s tasty and I always have the ingredients on hand! I’ve tried using asparagus instead of the broccoli which works really well, but I sauté the asparagus in a pan instead of boiling it. This is definitely easy to make gluten-free with gluten-free noodles and gluten-free tamari. Awesome dish!