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20 Minute Garlic Oil Schezwan Peanut Noodles. Ramen noodles made with garlic oil, chili flakes, peanut butter, sesame, and frizzled scallions. All tossed with quick-cooking (and delicious) ramen noodles! These noodles come together in about 20 minutes. Not only is this a healthy (vegan) noodle bowl, it’s delicious. Perfect for nights you’re craving saucy noodles, but need them to be homemade – and quick.
If I’m not making tacos for dinner then I’m making chicken fried rice. My family is very predictable and repetitive in what they love to eat. But I always try to switch it up for them because I get bored.
Noodles are of course something we all enjoy. So I created these super easy peanut noodles for a small twist on a very quick dinner.
I added chicken for the heavy meat eaters, but the rest of us all agree that the noodles are just perfect on their own. Do what works best for you.
What’s even more exciting is just how quickly these noodles come together! Some nights are busy and we just need a quick recipe like this to get dinner on the table.
These noodles are oddly inspired by my late Nonnie. Back when I was a kid, she’d often either take me out to dinner or have me over for dinner, just the two of us. We had a really special bond and loved being together.
For the most part, my Nonnie was a pasta girl, a sandwich girl, and an all-around bread lover. Just like my mother. But there was this restaurant she’d often take me to. I can’t remember the name. But if my memory is right, she’d order the creamy, spicy peanut noodles on various occasions.
If she wasn’t eating cheese, then it was peanut butter for sure! She also loved a good peanut butter burger (have you ever had one?).
Her noodles came very saucy and instead of any kind of Asian noodle, the restaurant definitely used spaghetti. Oh well, neither of us complained.
We both loved the noodles. For whatever reason, I was thinking about these noodles last week, so I made my own. And while they’re nothing like what we used to order, they sure are easy (Nonnie only made easy recipes) and delish.
Here are the details
The oil is what makes the recipe. Well, of course, the noodles are important too, but it’s really the oil that adds all the flavor. You’ll want to start out by warming together the sesame oil and green onions (or scallions whatever you prefer to call them – I say green onions). Warm until the green onions are super fragrant and frizzled up.
Basically, you’re frying the onions in the oil, which creates a really wonderful flavor. Once the onions are frizzled up, turn the heat off.
Then add the garlic, ginger, chili flakes, and cilantro to a nice big bowl. One Big enough to toss your noodles in.
When the oil is ready, pour the hot sizzling oil over the garlic, ginger, chili flakes, and cilantro. The heat from the oil will cook the garlic and you’ll immediately smell all the fresh herbs.
Next mix in the tamari, the peanut butter, and the tahini. Then a touch of honey or maple syrup to tame the heat level.
Boil the noodles. I love using Brown Rice Ramen (which you can find at Whole Foods and in many grocery stores). They’re much healthier, gluten-free, and vegan.
Toss the noodles with the oil and chopped peanuts, then serve them up warm, so delish!
Looking for other fun noodle recipes? Here are some favorites:
Crispy Sesame Garlic Chili Oil Noodles
Stir Fried Honey Ginger Sesame Noodles
Creamy Thai Turmeric Chicken and Noodles
Lastly, if you make these 20 Minute Garlic Oil Schezwan Peanut Noodles, be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!
20 Minute Garlic Oil Schezwan Peanut Noodles
Servings: 4 bowls
Calories Per Serving: 540 kcal
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sesame or peanut oil
- 1/4 cup green onions or scallions sliced
- 3-4 cloves garlic grated
- 1 tablespoon grated ginger
- chili flakes, or Korean chili flakes
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 4 squares brown rice ramen noodles or 6 ounces rice noodles
- 1/3 cup tamari or soy sauce
- 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 3 tablespoon tahini
- 2 teaspoons honey or maple
- 1/3 cup chopped peanuts
Instructions
- 1. In a skillet, cook the sesame oil and green onions over medium heat until very fragrant, 3-5 minutes.2. in a large bowl, mix the garlic, ginger, cilantro, and season with chili flakes. Pour the hot oil over top the garlic herb mix. Let site 3-5 minutes, then whisk in the tamari, peanut butter, tahini, and honey.3. Cook the noodles according to package directions, then drain. Toss the warm noodles with the oil. Note, you may not need/want all the oil, but I use it all. 4. Serve the noodles with green onion, cilantro, and peanuts.
Let’s change the spelling in this recipe to respect and honor the Asian heritage that influenced it.
I think the word “Schezwan” is actually spelled “Sichuan” or “Szechwan”.
Please research the names you are using for recipes ahead of time and spell them correctly. Its Szechuan or Sichuan and is a region in China. Also… this is not representative of food from that region.
HUGE HBH fan and have liked 100% of the many many recipes I have made. I gave this one a shot and unfortunately it fell flat, very flat. I read reviews and tried to alter recipe according to the feedback. When that didn’t work, I followed recipe exactly. This one just didn’t work for me.
Hi Josiline,
Thanks so much for making this recipe and so many others! So sorry to hear this one was not a fave, please let me know if there is anything that I can do! xx
Saw a reel of this recipe on your Insta and was excited to try. The noodles were dry and not very saucy like the video. Came across the video again today and realized your written directions i followed doesn’t mention adding soy sauce at the end. Might was to mention that for those following the recipe step by step
Hi Mercedes,
Thanks for trying this recipe and sharing your feedback! Did you use the soy sauce in step 2? That should give the same effect as what I did in the video:) Sorry to hear they were dry. xx
Would’ve been good if I had tamari, but I used soy sauce, and it was wayyy too salty.
If you’re using regular soy sauce, cut the amount to 1 tablespoon or so.
Hi Kat,
Thanks for trying this recipe and sharing your feedback! Sorry to hear this was salty for you! Let me know if you give it another try using the tamari! xx
These were just okay for me.. I wanted to love them and glad I tried them but not my fav HBH recipe. Also, I noticed that the instructions were not consistent with the video that was posted. Maybe that could be the case for my disliking.
Overall, love HBH recipes but this was not great :/
Hey Jaci,
Thanks so much for making so many recipes, so sorry to hear this one wasn’t a fave! Thanks for giving it a try! xT
These were just fine for us. I think the sauce was a bit heavy. I’d opt for less peanut butter and maybe even halving the sauce if you want a lighter dish. Otherwise the flavor was nice.
Hi Alison,
Thanks for giving this dish a try and sharing your feedback, sorry to hear it wasn’t a fave! xx
it’s Szechwan, babe
I typically love HBH meals and make them a couple times per week. But these noodles, like other peanut based HBH meals I’ve made are so peanut buttery. I followed the recipe above to a T and both my husband and I thought they tasted like peanut butter noodles. Any suggestions?
Hi Melissa,
Thanks for making this recipe and sharing your feedback. You could always reduce the amount of peanut butter to your liking:) Please let me know if you have any other questions! xx
You like how she just ignores all the comments stating she spelled the Chinese region wrong and still hasn’t changed it?
Shame on you. Throw your pride out the window and change the name.
Hi! I have everything but the tahini! Is there a substitute or do I need to make this another night? 🙂
Hey Ashley,
You’ll definitely want to use the tahini or another nut butter:) Please let me know if I can help in any other way, I hope you love this recipe! xx
Another hit!!! Love this one more than the 20 min curry noodles and thats saying something! I added lime juice and a drizzle of honey before serving. YUM!
Hi Allison,
Awesome!! Thanks a bunch for testing this recipe out, so glad to hear it turned out well for you! xT
Would a fish or shrimp be a good addition to this? I’m not well-versed in fish types/flavor profiles… anything you’d recommend?
Hey Hillary,
Sure, shrimp would be great to add here! Let me know if you give this recipe a try, I hope you love it! xx
Wow, this was absolutely delicious, and so easy to make. The only change I made was to use 3 squares of regular ramen (9 ounces) because I couldn’t make sense of the ingredients (almost 12 ounces of brown rice ramen or 6 ounces of rice noodles). I also thought it was a creative way of making it with the hot oil going into the garlic herb mix and then after adding the other ingredients, the noodles going into that. We used all the oil, and it was perfect, although it also could have taken one more square of ramen if necessary. Anyway, this is one of our favorite noodle recipes and one we’ll be having again and again!
Hey Helen,
Fantastic!! So glad to hear that this recipe turned out well for you, thanks so much for making it! Have a great weekend:)
This was so good! I made it for dinner tonight and we added two chicken breasts and a bag of broccoli to make it a bit more well rounded. There was plenty of sauce to cover it all!
Hey Samantha,
Happy Friday!!☀️🐰 Thanks so much for making this recipe and sharing your feedback, love to hear that it was delish! xT
Very easy to make! Added chicken and it worked out well.
Hey Jess,
Happy Friday!!☀️🐰 Thanks so much for making this recipe and sharing your feedback, love to hear that it was delish! xT