Teriyaki Noodles that are better than take-out!

This recipe for teriyaki noodles is fast, easy, and super flavorful. Forget take out and make your own delicious meal at home! This is a quick dinner whipped together in less than 25 minutes AND the homemade teriyaki sauce is a hundred times better than store-bought!

Next time try the teriyaki chicken bowl - SO GOOD! And if you love these, (and I know you will!) make this teriyaki steak marinade with your favorite cut of meat!

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• ❤️ Why you'll love this recipe  
• Ingredients
• Instructions
• Equipment
• 🙋‍♀️ FAQ's
• Variations
• Serving suggestions
• Related recipes
• Teriyaki Noodles

❤️ Why you'll love this recipe  

Served hot or cold you'll love these noodles as a light dinner or lunch. It makes for an easy meal! It's also a terrific side mayo-free salad for the buffet, perfect for a cookout or BBQ!

For a main dish, serve it topped with roasted shrimp, or chicken - super yummy!

Teriyaki noodles are always a favorite for take out, but do you know how easy they are to make at home? So simple and delicious, it's packed with healthy veggies and definitely a hundred times yummier than takeout!

Ingredients

For the exact measurements, please refer to the recipe card at the bottom of this post. 

• thin spaghetti - you can use any kind of noodles; substitute gluten free pasta, ramen noodles, whole wheat spaghetti, egg noodles, buckwheat noodles, soba noodles, rice noodles or udon noodles - use your favorite!
• you can purchase store bought soy sauce or make a simple homemade teriyaki sauce. For this you'll need sesame oil, brown sugar, ginger, soy sauce, garlic and green onions.
• carrots, onions, garlic, ginger, cilantro, snow peas, snap peas or steamed broccoli florets.
• sesame seeds

Instructions

This is an overview of the instructions. For the complete directions for the cold noodle salad just scroll down to the bottom!

1. Cook the spaghetti in boiling salted water according to package directions. For best results cook to al dente.
2. While the water is boiling and noodles are cooking, prepare the vegetables. 
3. Slice the snow peas and onions.
4. Shred the carrots and loosely chop the cilantro.
5. If you're making the sauce, mix the teriyaki sauce ingredients in a small bowl. Remove one cup, reserve the remaining sauce for another use.
6. Drain the noodles and rinse with cold water.
7. Add the vegetables reserving a small amount of the onions and cilantro for garnish.
8. Toss with the sauce - garnish with the remaining vegetables.

Of course you can buy store bought teriyaki sauce for the noodles but it's super easy to make. You'll find the recipe here; Teriyaki Noodle Sauce Recipe 

Equipment

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• A micro plane zester is perfect to grate the garlic and ginger.
• A box grater is what you'll need for the carrots.
• Every cook needs a good knife - this is the one I use. Be sure to keep it sharp!
• I absolutely love this beautiful serving bowl - it would be perfect on the table for serving!

🙋‍♀️ FAQ's

Variations

If you're looking for a meaty meal then by all means use the leftover homemade teriyaki sauce to marinade a protein. Chicken breast or chicken thighs, shrimp, tofu or beef are terrific with this teriyaki noodle bowl if you're looking for extra protein.

The vegetable add-ins for this salad are endless, you can use a variety of fresh vegetables - edamame, sautéed mushrooms or bok choy, frozen peas, spring onions, thinly sliced bell peppers, beans sprouts, grilled zucchini and yellow squash.

Really you can add your favorite veggies. Whatever you enjoy most to get all the flavor and crunch you're looking for!

Topping the noodle salad with peanuts, cashews and a handful of toasted sesame seeds really gives it the best crunch and texture! A good dash of hot sauce or a pinch of red pepper flakes in the sauce will add some spice.

Noodles are life - you know what I mean?!!! 🤣🤣🤣

If you want to make this more of a pasta salad, add sliced strawberries and mango, diced cucumber and slices of red, yellow or orange bell pepper and serve chilled, YUM!

Or do what I did, serve it just like the recipe - light, simple flavors!

Serving suggestions

This is terrific with anything grilled - bbq Tri Tip, Lemon Pepper Chicken or grilled shrimp. And as I had mentioned earlier, it's perfect as a light lunch or cold teriyaki noodle salad. It's perfect for a pool party or cookout.

Related recipes

• Korean Black Bean Noodle Recipe - filled with authentic flavor, this recipe is easy to make with black bean sauce - delicious!
• Creamy Lemon Garlic Pasta - an easy 20 minute meal that's incredibly delicious and fancy enough for company!
• These recipes for Teriyaki Chicken Bowl and Teriyaki Chicken Kabobs both use a similar sauce. Can you have too much teriyaki? Nah!!!
• This recipe for Korean BBQ Beef Bowl has the most wonderful sauce.

Another easy dinner recipe is this simple Korean Glass Noodle Soup Recipe. It takes minutes (like way less than 30 minutes!) to make and just that easy, dinner is done!

Looking more quick and easy recipes? Make Pressure Cooker Mongolian Beef, Korean Style Beef Broccoli Rice Bowl a simple 15 minute meal or an Easy Homemade Ramen Bowl. It will take longer to make the rice than either of these dishes!

See? Simple right? 🍜 This recipe is SO GOOD! I'd love to hear what you think of this recipe, be sure to leave a comment below!