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Time poor? Use instant dashi for the broth; it just needs to be steeped in water.

Recipe collection

Ready in an instant: 15 speedy new ways to use your noodles

Slip them into a stir-fry, soup, salad or toss through a tray bake.

15 recipes
Danielle Alvarez’s spicy shiitake and cabbage udon.
EASY

Danielle Alvarez’s spicy shiitake and cabbage udon

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Sriracha, butter and roasted tomato noodles.
EASY

Sriracha, butter and roasted tomato noodles

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Mongolian beef noodles is a satisfying meal in a pan.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ Mongolian beef noodles

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s niku udon (beef udon noodle soup).

Niku udon aka Japanese beef noodle soup (plus a shortcut for the shiitake-dashi broth)

  • 2 hrs +
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Kung pao chicken tray bake.
EASY

Kung pao chicken tray bake

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Coconut prawn noodle soup.
EASY

Coconut prawn noodle soup

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
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EASY

Grilled steak and vermicelli salad with spicy dressing and smashed cucumbers

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Pork and cabbage yakisoba.
EASY

Yakisoba with pork belly and cabbage

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Crispy tofu and lemongrass larb.
EASY

Vegetarian noodle salad crispy tofu and lemongrass larb

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Adam Liaw’s char kwai teow.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s char kwai teow

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
RecipeTin Eats’ ginger beef and noodles.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ noodles with sesame ginger beef

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
15-minute Singapore-style noodles with crispy prawns.
EASY

Singapore-style noodles with crispy prawns

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
RecipeTin Eats’ Cashew chicken noodles.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ cashew chicken noodles

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
Pad see ew.
EASY

Karen Martini’s pad see ew (Thai rice noodle stir-fry)

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Adam Liaw’s XO sauce and two ways to use it.

Adam Liaw’s spaghetti vongole with XO sauce

  • Adam Liaw