Hungover Noodles (Noodles With Fried Egg)
Hungover noodles are a fun name for an easy noodle bowl loaded with a fried egg on top. With spicy chorizo, bacon, noodles and a slick sauce.
Servings: 4
Calories: 253kcal
Ingredients
Noodle Sauce
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce Note 1
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- ½ tablespoon sriracha sauce Note 2
Noodles
- 2 chorizo sausages Note 3
- ½ cup diced bacon Note 4
- ½ tablespoon peanut oil
- 1 bunch green onions (scallions) roots and tips trimmed and then finely sliced, Note 5
- 4 cloves garlic thinly sliced
- ½ teaspoon salt Note 6
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 4 packets dried noodles (2 mins noodles) Note 7
- 1 cup spinach leaves Note 8
- 4 medium eggs free range, Note 9
To serve (optional):
- sriracha sauce
Instructions
- Sauce: gather the sauce ingredients and then add the soy sauce, fish sauce, sesame oil and sriracha sauce to a small glass and use a mini whisk to stir till consistently combined. Then set aside.
- Chorizo and bacon: place a large frying pan onto the stove top, turn the heat to high and add the sliced chorizo and bacon pieces. Cook these for 3-4 minutes, using a wooden spoon to move them around in the pan as they cook. Once done, transfer them to a paper towel lined bowl.
- Garlic and green onions: next without rinsing or cleaning the pan add the peanut oil, sliced green onions, garlic, salt and pepper. Cook these for 2-3 minutes until they wilt slightly and soften.
- Noodles: read and follow the instructions on the noodle packet to cook them, gently breaking them up with chopsticks as they soften. Once cooked, use a colander over the sink to drain the noodles and discard the water.
- Combine: add the cooked chorizo and bacon mixture to the cooked garlic in the pan then add the cooked noodles. Next pour the sauce over the top and then use kitchen tongs to toss and combine.
- Spinach: place the spinach leaves on top of the noodles and gently stir as they wilt and fold them into the dish.
- Eggs: place a 2nd frying pan onto a seperate element on the stove and use high heat to fry the eggs.
- To serve: portion the combined noodles into bowls and top each bowl with a fried egg. Then drizzle some sriracha sauce on top (optional).
Notes
- Note 1 - Measurements: an Australian tablespoon is 20ml, an American one is 14.8ml. If you are using an American tablespoon use 1 and ⅓ of each for the sauce.
- Note 2 - Sriracha sauce: if you are new to using sriracha then use it sparingly as it is hot!! Add a little, then taste, then a little more etc. When drizzling, be really refined, a couple of drops, squirt is perfect, too much and it will ruin the other flavours in the dish.
- Note 3- Chorizo: you will be able to get these spicy sausages from the fridge section where the sandwich meats are or in the deli. We simply need to chop them into thin slices.
- Note 4 - Bacon: save time and purchase diced bacon (no need to chop, add straight to frying pan).
- Note 5 - Green onions: I mistakenly called these shallots when I 1st published the recipe. Apologies! I always thought they were called that. A faithful reader corrected me, thankfully😉👍. I did double the amount used from 4 to a full bunch when I updated the recipe.
- Note 6 - Salt: the bacon and chorizo have a salty taste, so it is fine to omit the additional salt if you don't want it in the dish.
- Note 7 - Noodles: the type of noodles that work best for this recipe are the quick to cook style. Also known as 2 minute noodles or ramen noodles. Discard the packet seasoning and dried vegetables and use only the dried noodles.
- Note 8 - Spinach: or rocket (arugula) leaves are easy as there is no prep work. Choose your favourite. Spinach is mild whereas rocket has a peppery taste. I doubled this amount from 1 to 2 cups when I remade the recipe.
- Note 9 - Eggs: serving size is for 1 egg per person (fried, runny yolk).
Nutrition
Calories: 253kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 217mg | Sodium: 1453mg | Potassium: 161mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 1242IU | Vitamin C: 14mg | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 2mg