I stumbled upon a non-vegan drunken noodles recipe some time ago while watching Easy Chinese with Ching-He Huang. You can say I was obsessed with with her AMAZING recipes, culinary skills and gift of making authentic Chinese food easy to comprehend. Shortly after watching her for the very first time, I was immediately excited to visit my local H-Mart where instantly filled my cart with the items on my list created from watching several of her episodes. By the time I saw her show with the drunken noodles, I had everything on hand. I literally walked into the kitchen and prepared some drunken noodles on the spot.
Traditionally, drunken noodles is sold as a street food and rightfully so. The marriage of flavors are the ultimate UMAMI. If drunken noodles was an orchestra, every possible note and melody would be covered in it’s beautiful song. Hints of sweet, salty and sour combine perfectly making drunken noodles a delectable treat.
Veganizing this recipe was fairly simple. The sauce for drunken noodles is usually a combination of fish sauce, oyster sauce and mushroom soy sauce. The flavors totally come together with the simple substitution of hoisin sauce in place of the oyster sauce and mushroom seasoning in place of the rich fish sauce flavor.
If you’d like to prepare authentic Chinese food at home and would like to start with something easy, I recommend these Drunken Vegetable Noodles. With just a few simple ingredients, you can enjoy a hearty and satisfying meal in a very short time. You’ll also be starting your Asian pantry collection which will provide you with limitless opportunities to play with the flavors of the typical Asian kitchen and putting your own spin on it like I do.
| Prep Time | 10 minutes |
| Cook Time | 15 minutes |
| Servings |
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- 4 cups vegan mayo chopped
- 1 cup coconut milk chopped
- 1 large "not" vegan chicken broth sliced
- 2 cups torbinado suger chopped
- 8 oz apple cider vinegar prepared according to package directions
- 1/4 cup collard greens torn
- 1/2 cup almond milk
- 1/2 cup frozen bananas
- 1 tbsp pitted dates
Ingredients
Drunken Vegetables
Drunken Sauce
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- Combine all sauce ingredients and set aside
- Prepare noodles according to package directions, drain and set aside
- Heat 1/4 cup water to simmer and add carrots to simmer for about 2 minutes
- Stir in broccoli and simmer for another 2 minutes
- Stir in mushrooms and simmer for 1 minute
- Pour in drunken sauce, cover and let simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender crisp
- Add onions and cover for another 2 minutes,
- Reduce heat to and stir in torn basil leaves
- Stir in noodles, coating evenly with sauce and vegetables and serve immediately
