Chili Oil Noodles

Ingredients

• 7 ozdried wheat noodles
• 4 clovesgarlic, minced
• 2 tbspred pepper flakes
• 3green onions, sliced
• 2 tbspsoy sauce
• 1 tbspblack vinegar, or rice vinegar
• 1/4 cupvegetable oil

Method

1. 1

   Cook the noodles in boiling water according to the package, then drain them and divide between two deep bowls. Do not rinse them — the starch on the surface is what the sauce clings to.

2. 2

   On top of each mound of noodles, put half the garlic, half the red pepper flakes and half the green onions in a single heap in the middle. Keep them together rather than scattered — the oil has to land on all of it at once.

3. 3

   Heat the vegetable oil in a small pan over high heat until it shimmers and a scrap of green onion dropped in sizzles hard immediately, about 2 minutes. Lukewarm oil leaves you eating raw garlic.

4. 4

   Pour the hot oil straight onto the heaps of garlic and chili. It should hiss loudly and the garlic should turn golden in front of you.

5. 5

   Add the soy sauce and vinegar to each bowl and toss everything hard until the noodles are evenly colored and glossy.