Noodles in Sesame Sauce

This is one of the recipes I adopted from the Recipezaar account.

• Ready In: 0 mins
• Serves: 2

Ingredients

• 10  ounces  fresh Chinese noodles
•  oil
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons  vegetable oil
• 3  green onions, minced
• 3  cloves garlic, minced
• 1⁄2 piece ginger, minced
• 2  small Asian chili peppers
• 3 1⁄2 teaspoons rice vinegar
• 2  tablespoons soya sauce
• 2  tablespoons sugar
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons  Chinese sesame paste
• 1⁄2 cup  chicken stock or 1⁄2 cup broth
• 1  teaspoon  sesame oil

• Garnish

• 1  tablespoon roasted sesame seeds
•  fresh coriander leaves, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup carrots or 1⁄2 cup cucumber, julienned

Directions

1. Cook noodles, fresh or fried, until al dente.
2. Drain and rinse in cool, then cold, water.
3. Drain well.
4. Sprinkle with vegetable, peanut or sesame oil. (Cold, oiled cooked noodles can be stored in the fridge for several days).
5. SAUCE: In a small skillet, heat vegetable oil and saute onions, garlic, ginger and chili peppers until garlic is soft but not brown.
6. Turn off heat and add vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, sesame paste and chicken stock.
7. Heat and simmer sauce, stirring for 2 minutes.
8. Stir in sesame oil.
9. Cool to room temperature.
10. Pour sauce over chilled noodles and mix well.
11. Heap noodles on s platter and garnish with sesame seeds, coriander and julienned vegetables.