Drunken Noodles

Rice noodles, chicken, and vegetables are cooked in a spicy sauce made with oyster sauce, vinegar, and lime juice in this recipe for drunken noodles.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 656 Calories

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons white sugar
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 1 medium onion, sliced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced, or more to taste
• 1 tablespoon canola oil, or more as needed
• 1 large green bell pepper, sliced into strips
• 1 (16 ounce) package rice noodles
• 6 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 1 bulb shallot, chopped
• 1 pound boneless chicken, thinly sliced
• 2 sprigs fresh basil, leaves removed and torn

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place rice noodles into a bowl. Fill the bowl with hot water and separate noodles with a fork or your hands. Soak until softened, about 45 minutes.

Step 2

When noodles have been soaking for 30 minutes, whisk oyster sauce, sugar, vinegar, and lime juice together in a bowl until smooth; set aside.

Step 3

Pour enough oil into a wok or large skillet to coat the bottom; set over medium-high heat. Add onion, shallot, and garlic to hot oil; cook and stir until fragrant and slightly softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Add chicken and bell pepper; cook and stir until chicken is no longer pink, 5 to 7 minutes. Move chicken mixture to one side of the wok.

Step 4

Pour beaten egg into the empty side of the hot wok; cook until it becomes slightly set, 1 to 2 minutes. Flip egg and cook until set, 1 to 2 minutes more. Break egg apart with a fork and stir into chicken mixture. Mix in reserved sauce and basil.

Step 5

Drain noodles, then add to chicken mixture. Cook and stir until heated through, 2 to 3 minutes.