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Easy and Quick Stir-fried Flat Rice Noodles with Chili Bean Sauce

written by Marvellina Updated: December 23, 2022
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Easy and Quick Stir-fried Flat Rice Noodles with Chili Bean Sauce – Flat rice noodles are stir-fried with eggs and spicy chili bean sauce. Super simple to make and totally delicious.

Easy and Quick Stir-fried Flat Rice Noodles with Chili Bean Sauce

Easy and Quick Stir-fried Flat Rice Noodles with Chili Bean Sauce

Flat rice noodles or what we call kwe tiau in Hokkien or fun in Cantonese is one of our family’s favorite noodles. It’s something that I make on a weekly basis when I don’t feel like cooking up a storm. Like stir-fried noodles or rice, this is one of my easy solution for the day I don’t want to spend so much time at the kitchen. This stir-fried flat rice noodles with chili bean sauce is just one of the many varieties of stir-fried kwe tiau out there.
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SPECIAL INGREDIENT USED IN THIS STIR-FRIED FLAT RICE NOODLES WITH CHILI BEAN SAUCE.
Chili bean sauce
Chili bean sauce is also known as dou ban jiang in Mandarin. Sometimes also known as broad bean paste. It is made of fermented broad beans, soy beans, salt and chili. It is has salty and spicy taste profile

Easy and Quick Stir-fried Flat Rice Noodles with Chili Bean Sauce

VARIATIONS YOU CAN DO WITH THIS STIR-FRIED FLAT RICE NOODLES WITH CHILI BEAN SAUCE
1. To make it not spicy
What makes this recipe special is the addition of the chili bean sauce (dou ban jiang), which adds that savory and spicyness to the overalldish. You can just use regular fermented bean paste without chili if you want to make it not spicy. It just adds saltiness though. If you really want to make it not spicy, I highly recommend this restaurant-style beef chow fun instead.
2. Veggies
I used snap peas, but you can use other greens like brocollini, broccoli, bok choy, yu choy, mung bean sprouts

3. Add meat
I only use eggs in this recipe, which is very common in the little home town where I grew up to have stir-fried kwe tiau with eggs (usually duck eggs). You can add in slices of beef, chicken, pork, or even seafood. Just remember to cook the seafood or meat first and then dish out to preven overcooking. Refer to this beef chow fun recipe. It has pretty similar cooking method

Easy and Quick Stir-fried Flat Rice Noodles with Chili Bean Sauce

TIPS ON HOW TO MAKE GOOD STIR-FRIED FLAT RICE NOODLES WITH CHILI BEAN SAUCE
1. Use fresh/refrigerated flat rice noodles
The texture is just not the same when you use dried noodles. But I know fresh/refrigerated flat rice noodles may not always be available especially if you live outside of Asia (like me!)
2. Bring on the heat
Yes, I’ve said it too many times. You need a good wok or skillet that can withstand high heat, for example cast-iron pan or carbon steel wok. I wrote a bit about “wok hei” if you are interested to read more about it
3. Don’t cook a large portion at one go
This is very important because when you cook a large portion, usually it’s hard to maintain that high heat and more often than not, temperature is lowered and your stir-fried noodles is going to taste sad! It tastes so much better when you cook 1-2 portion at one time.

HOW TO STORE AND REHEAT LEFTOVER
Let me tell you up front that stir-fried flat rice noodles (kwe tiau) usually doesn’t taste as good anymore after reheating or the next day. They tend to clump together when they are cold. But, it’s life and I know we tend to have leftover from time to time, you can reheat them in the microwave. If you don’t own a microwave (like me), you can reheat on the pan with a bit of oil. Let me warn you, re-stir frying it will break up the noodles into pieces though.

Easy and Quick Stir-fried Flat Rice Noodles with Chili Bean Sauce

Stir-fried Flat Rice Noodles with Chili Bean Sauce

Stir-fried Flat Rice Noodles with Chili Bean Sauce

Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 10 minutes mins
Total Time 20 minutes mins
Servings 2 servings
4.8 from 5 reviews
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Ingredients

  • 300 gr fresh/refrigerated flat rice noodles 120-180 gr dried flat rice noodles
  • 2 Tbsp cooking oil
  • 2 cups snap peas trim both ends

Aromatics:

  • 1- inch knob of ginger peeled and finely minced
  • 1 medium onion peeled, quartered and separate

Seasonings:

  • 2 Tbsp chili bean sauce (dou ban jiang) or more, adjust the amount of other seasoning
  • 2 Tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 Tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 1 Tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 tsp sugar

Instructions
 

Prepare the noodle and seasonings:

  • If using dried rice noodles, soak in water for at least 2 hours. If you are using refrigerated sheets of rice noodles, they come in one large sheet or pre-cut. Microwave them for about 1 minute and then cut (if you need to) and then separate and loosen the noodle. 
  • Mix all the ingredients for seasonings in a bowl and set aside

Cooking:

  • Preheat your wok or skillet until very hot. You should see some smoke started to rise. Add in 2 Tbsp of the cooking oil. Add the aromatics and stir fry for about 30 seconds. Push them to the side and then crack in two eggs. Let them cook until the bottom started to settle and then scramble the yolk and break the eggs into large chunks and continue to stir fry for few seconds. Add sugar snap peas and stir fry for about 3-4 minutes until they are soft but still have some crunch
  • Add the rice noodles along with the seasonings. Stir to mix everything. The amount of seasonings may vary according to your taste buds. You may need to add more soy sauce to your taste. Stir to mix everything. The noodles will start to soften. It may take longer if you use dry noodles. Have a final taste and add more seasonings as needed. Dish out and serve immediately
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11 comments

Raz December 22, 2022 - 12:09 pm

This recipe looks wonderful and easy. Can’t wait to try! Quick Q though, i have only dried rice noodles (don’t get them fresh in Munich). How many gms of the dried should i use for one portion?

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Marvellina December 23, 2022 - 10:07 am

I think about 60-80 grams dried noodles for one person portion it’s a good start 🙂 I hope you enjoy it if you have a chance to try it out 🙂

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Razia January 17, 2023 - 11:22 am

WOW! This was absolutely f***ing delicious <3
Made it with different veggies minus the egg and with garlic as i didn't have any ginger. But the sauce is so delicious that you can try different variations successfully. And thank you for the conversion – i used 80gms dried noodles. Though it was the right portion size there was a lot more sauce than noodles. Will adjust accordingly the next time but there WILL be a next time 🙂 Much love from Munich!

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Marvellina January 17, 2023 - 12:52 pm

Hi Razia, I’m so glad you enjoyed them. Noted on the portion of noodles. I will adjust accordingly! Cheers!!!

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Afra August 8, 2021 - 1:51 pm

Loved it! The combination of gentle noodles with the lightly spicy hint of the chili bean sauce is great. As you suggested I added some prawns and threw in some bean sprouts at the end. This recipe is a keeper!

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Kara November 10, 2020 - 7:35 pm

This was excellent! I have been looking for someone with authentic Asian recipes that I could try my hand at. Bought the broad bean paste and oyster sauce – and some other Asian staples so I can cook more. Thanks again!

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Marvellina November 10, 2020 - 11:28 pm

Hi Kara, I’m so glad you like 🙂

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Karly May 13, 2018 - 1:55 pm

This looks delicious! Love the flat rice noodles!

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Marvellina May 13, 2018 - 10:50 pm

Me too Karly. I love how smooth and “slippery” the flat rice noodles are 🙂

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Stef May 21, 2015 - 9:57 pm

Love your photos and though I don’t eat spicy food I still drool over your beautiful photos 🙂

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Marvellina May 21, 2015 - 10:48 pm

Thank you Stefi 🙂

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