Egg Fried Noodles

A bowl of steaming hot Egg Fried Noodles is a pure comfort food and we all love it. This recipe helps you make restaurant quality egg fried noodles at home using pantry staples. This can easily satisfy your Chinese takeaway & restaurant meal cravings for the weeknight dinner. Al dente cooked noodles tossed with veggies, sauces and eggs is all what this dish is about.

Customize the dish further with the choice of your veggies and sauces to suit your liking.

About Egg Fried Noodles

Egg fried noodles are a delicious Chinese dish of stir fried noodles tossed with umami sauces, nutrient rich veggies and protein-packed eggs. These are quite popular in the Chinese fast food places, takeaways and fine dining restaurants.

Stir fried noodles can be made to a vegetarian, eggetarian or meat dish. Egg fried noodles is similar to the vegetable noodles except that eggs are added here.

For this recipe usually Chinese noodles like egg noodles or hakka noodles are used. They are easily available in the Asia stores or Indian grocery stores. However you may use any kind of noodles including udon, soba or even spaghetti.

A good bowl of noodles smell great, have a perfect al dente texture and taste super delicious, with a bunch of flavors that range from umami to hot and sour, all depending on the kind of sauces you use.

My recipe will teach you how to make a perfect bowl of egg fried noodles with all the about features.

Veggies like spring onions, carrots, cabbage, green beans and bell peppers go well in this. But you can always make your egg noodles using only spring onions or onions and leave out the other veggies.

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How to Make Egg Fried Noodles (Stepwise Photos)

Cook Noodles

1. Bring 8 cups water to a rolling boil in a large pot. Add 2 cakes of noodles (2 servings) and cook till al dente. The noodles should have a bite to them and not be overcooked.

2. Drain them to a colander and rinse thoroughly under running water to remove unwanted starch. This step also helps prevents the noodles from clumping up.

3. Set the colander aside. Add one tsp oil and toss the noodles to prevent sticking.

While the noodles cook, prepare the veggies from the recipe card below.

Make Egg Fried Noodles

4. Pour 2 tablespoons oil to a wok or pan. When the oil turns hot, regulate the flame to high. Add 1 to 2 slit green chilies (optional), onions (or white spring onions) and 1 to 1½ tablespoon chopped garlic. Fry the garlic and chillies for a minute, add bell pepper, green beans and carrots. If using green onions, use only the whites. Reserve the greens for later. Fry till the veggies turn slightly tender yet crunchy. Do not over cook.

I also love to add a star anise and a strand of mace.

5. While the veggies fry, rinse a bowl and break the eggs into it. Check for shells. If you want you may whisk them with a fork until frothy.

6. Slide the veggies aside in the wok/pan. I reduce the heat/flame as much as possible. Pour the eggs to the pan, but not on to the veggies.

7. Lightly scramble them. Cook till soft set.

8. Add 1 teaspoon vinegar (optional), 1 tablespoon soya sauce and ½ teaspoon crushed pepper. Vinegar will take away the raw smell of eggs, so I prefer to use. If you like to use chilli sauce, add it now.

9. Add the noodles and sprinkle more black pepper and salt to taste.

10. Toss well. Increase the flame to the highest and fry for about one to two minutes. If you have chopped spring onions you can use them for garnishing.

Serve Egg fried noodles hot.

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Recipe Card

Egg Fried Noodles Recipe

Egg Fried Noodles are a classic dish from the Chinese cuisine, made in many ways. This recipe will help you make restaurant quality Egg noodles with a burst of flavors and deliciousness.

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Prep Time2 minutes

Cook Time20 minutes

Total Time22 minutes

Servings2

AuthorSwasthi

Ingredients (US cup = 240ml )

• ▢ 2 cakes noodles (serving 2)
• ▢ 3 to 4 eggs
• ▢ 2 tablespoons peanut oil (or any cooking oil)
• ▢ 1 to 1½ tablespoon garlic cloves chopped finely, about 2 to 3 large
• ▢ 2 to 3 green chilies slit (optional)
• ▢ ½ teaspoon black pepper or white pepper crushed
• ▢ 1 teaspoon rice vinegar (skip if you don't have)
• ▢ 1 tablespoon soya sauce (adjust to taste)
• ▢ 1 tablespoon hot red chilli sauce (or any hot sauce, optional)

optional

• ▢ 1 onion or 2 sprigs of spring onions chopped
• ▢ ½ cup bell peppers chopped
• ▢ 1 carrot julienne
• ▢ 4 to 6 French beans (green beans, optional)

Instructions

Boil Noodles

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  Bring 8 to 10 cups of water to a rolling boil in a large pot. Add the noodles and let cook al dente, meaning fully cooked but the noodles should have a bite to them. Follow the cook time from your pack of noodles. Mine takes about 3 mins.
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  Drain the noodles to a colander. I rinse mine under cold running water following the manufacturers instructions.

Prepare Veggies

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  While the noodles cook, rinse and chop the veggies. Separate the greens and the whites from the green onions while you chop.
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  Break the eggs in a rinsed bowl & scramble them with a fork until frothy. Set aside.

How to Make Egg Fried Noodles

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  Heat a wok with oil. When the oil is hot enough, add the chopped garlic and the spring onion whites. Let fry for 30 seconds.
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  Add carrots, bell peppers and green beans. Fry them on a high heat until slightly tender yet crunchy.
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  Slide the veggies aside in the wok and reduce the heat. Pour the eggs. Scramble them and cook till done but not overcooked.
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  Sprinkle salt and pepper. Pour the sauces and vinegar. Add the cooked noodles.
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  Stir fry the noodles just for a minute or so on the highest heat. Sprinkle pepper.
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  Serve egg fried noodles while still hot.

Alternative quantities provided in the recipe card are for 1x only, original recipe.

For best results follow my detailed step-by-step photo instructions and tips above the recipe card.

NUTRITION INFO (estimation only)

Nutrition Facts

Egg Fried Noodles Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 305 Calories from Fat 189

% Daily Value*

Fat 21g32%

Saturated Fat 5g31%

Trans Fat 0.03g

Polyunsaturated Fat 6g

Monounsaturated Fat 9g

Cholesterol 246mg82%

Sodium 849mg37%

Potassium 326mg9%

Carbohydrates 20g7%

Fiber 4g17%

Sugar 10g11%

Protein 11g22%

Vitamin A 1715IU34%

Vitamin C 61mg74%

Calcium 72mg7%

Iron 2mg11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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