This 20-minute Spicy Thai Noodles recipe is the perfect quick, last-minute dinner idea for any weeknight. You can serve the leftover stir fry noodles hot or cold for lunch the next day! This Asian stir fry noodle recipe is insanely delicious, easy, customizable and is affordable to make!
Spicy Thai Noodles - A Quick Stir Fry Recipe:
This Spicy Thai Noodles recipe is a stir fry noodle that is meatless! You just need to throw in some healthy vegetables in a wok and season the noodles with my homemade Asian stir fry sauce. If you love Thai cuisines and are looking for new Thai Food recipes to add to your weekly meal plan then don't skip this one!
Spicy Thai Noodles Ingredients:
I called this Spicy Thai Noodles because it has fresh Thai Chili Pepper and a Thai Fish Sauce, both of which add a kick to the sauce (and some Thai-inspired flavors). If you don't like spicy, feel free to skip the chili pepper.
I highly recommend using a mortar and pestle to pound the garlic, chili, and shallots. You can purchase the mortar and pestle set here.
Thai Chili Pepper:
Thai Chili Pepper, aka Bird's eye chili, is commonly found in Ethiopia and across Southeast Asia. Thai Chili Peppers are considered "hot", and are definitely hotter than the average heat of a jalapeno.
You can find Thai Chili Peppers at most Asian supermarkets. If you don't have access to Asian grocers, don't worry and just check out Ralph's, Sprouts, or Walmart Supercenter for its availability.
If you still can't find Thai chili peppers, feel free to use about 1-2 tablespoons (or more) of Sriracha or Chili Garlic Sauce as a replacement ingredient. Please keep in mind that these spicy hot sauces have sodium added. Therefore, you may need to reduce the soy sauce amount by a tiny bit.
CHECK OUT MORE THAI RECIPES:
- GREEN PAPAYA SALAD
- THAI BASIL CHICKEN
- THAI SALAD DRESSING (THAI PEANUT SAUCE)
- THAI RED CURRY CHICKEN
- THAI LEMONGRASS SOUP
- EASY LARB RECIPE WITH CHICKEN
Thai Fish Sauce:
Thai Fish Sauce adds umami, earthy, savory flavor to the dish. As a result, the dish will have a more complex flavor and crave-able. In general, Thai Fish Sauce is saltier and more pungent flavor than its Vietnamese counterpart.
I highly recommend using Thai Fish Sauce as one of the ingredients for this recipe. However, if you can't find this fish sauce at any store near your area, feel free to skip it or use a small amount of Wosterchire sauce as a replacement item.
Noodles:
You can use spaghetti, fettuccine, linguini or any type of Asian noodles for stir fry. I personally used spaghetti because it has the perfect texture for the sauce, and always tastes good the next day for lunch.
Soy Sauce:
Soy sauce is one of the most used condiments in Asian cuisines. Soy sauce is also one of the most important ingredients for any Asian stir fry recipe, including stir fry noodles.
For this recipe, I used a combination of a low sodium soy sauce and a dark soy sauce.
Dark soy sauce is thicker and darker in color than light soy sauce. It's also less salty. Therefore, dark soy sauce is the perfect stir fry ingredient to add a beautiful caramelized color to the dish and add flavor without bumping up to a crazy amount of sodium.
Hope you'll enjoy this easy Thai Noodles recipe!
Spicy Thai Noodles
Ingredients
- ½ pound spaghetti
- 1 tbsp vegetable or peanut oil
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 shallot
- 2 Thai chili pepper, (use less or more or skip it according to your liking)
- 2 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 1 tbsp less-sodium soy sauce, (use more according to your liking)
- 1 tbsp pure honey, (use more according to your liking)
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 - 1½ tsp Thai fish sauce
- 1 tsp rice wine vinegar
- ½ large size red bell pepper , (cut into thin slices or julienne)
- ½ large size green bell pepper, (cut into thin slices or julienne)
- 1 carrot, (julienned)
Toppings:
- chopped green onions
- chopped peanuts
Optional:
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
Noodles:
- Cook the spaghetti noodles according to the packaging. Set aside.
- In a large mortar and pestle, pound the garlic, shallots, and chilies until there are no more big chunks. (SEE NOTES)
- In a small bowl, mix dark soy sauce, less-sodium soy sauce, fish sauce, sesame oil, honey, rice wine vinegar until well combined. Set aside.
- Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat, stir in the garlic, shallots and chilies mixture. Keep stirring to prevent burning for about 5-10 seconds.
- Stir in the bell peppers and carrots. Cook and stir frequently for about 2-3 minutes or until tender. Stir in the spaghetti, keep stirring for about 10 seconds and add the stir fry sauce.
- Cook and keep stirring all the ingredients frequently until the noodle is coated with the sauce for about 3-4 minutes. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper, or additional low sodium soy sauce according to your liking. (SEE NOTES). Serve immediately with fresh chopped onion, and chopped peanuts.
Amber Myers
I shall be making these! I am all about spicy foods. This looks like a delicious meal.
Sarah Bailey
OK now, this sounds absolutely delicious. I have to admit I do love noodles and I bet these taste wonderful. I am going to have to try and make it for myself.
Jeanette
This looks AMAZING! I love Thai food! This is a perfect dinner from my hubby and I on a date night in.
Theresa
Now this looks like a dish I could totally get behind. So many wonderful flavors with a hit of spice? Sign me up!
Ruth I
This makes me so so hungry. I am a huge Thai cuisine fan. It looks like it has explosive and wonderful flavors.
Rena
This looks so A-MAZ-ing! I have had trouble knowing what spices to use and this makes it look so easy.
Catalina
This spicy noodles look fabulous! I am sure that my husband will love it and ask for more!
Brandy
These look like a tasty treat to make for the family. I love a good spicy meal to try out and I"m always a huge fan of these noodles. Spicy Thai Noodles will be on my list of recipes to try to make!
Tasheena
This recipe looks amazing. Looking forward to adding it to my menu plan. My family loves noodles.
Kathy
Thai food is my favorite. I will certainly be trying this recipe out. I also really love a good recipe with a bit of spice. This would be great for me.
Nancy L
My hubby and I love Thai food! I have to get some Thai Fish Sauce and then I'll have all the ingredients to make this recipe. I used to buy fish sauce years ago and it really does add a nice flavor to dishes. Can't wait to try this recipe!
Shannon Gurnee
This looks and sounds like a yummy recipe. I haven't made anything like this before.
Amanda
Yum! This recipe sounds so good 🙂 I’ll have to give them a try this weekend 🙂
Star Traci
This looks terrific and easy. We love Thai food in our house and even with my limited skills, I think I could do this.
Jenn @ EngineerMommy
I really LOVE thai cuisine and these noodles sound amazing to me. I totally need to try this recipe one day!!
Kimberly Storms
This looks awesome and quick for dinner and it isn't just because your photos are great! I love that you included what to do for those of us who can't handle spice! LOL
Jona Shares
Looking at it seems that it is really spicy! I am not a lover of spicy food but my husband do. I guess I will try this out and surprise him when he arrive next month.
sheenam @thetwincookingproject
Oh my! these noodles look amazing!!!!