Recipes for your favorite Chinese sesame noodles

December 15, 2021 3:56 PM

I absolutely love cold sesame noodles—the kind you find at many Chinese restaurants in the U.S. I'd love to know your favorite recipes for making them at home. Thanks so much!
posted by DavidNYC to Food & Drink (10 answers total)

I’ve made and enjoyed these from Smitten Kitchen.
posted by insectosaurus at 5:22 PM on December 15, 2021 [1 favorite]

I love Smitten Kitchen’s cold sesame noodles.
posted by corey flood at 5:22 PM on December 15, 2021 [1 favorite]

I've made the ones from the NY Times and they came out well.
posted by reptile at 7:27 PM on December 15, 2021 [1 favorite]

Mine is more or less the same as SK except I use “thick spaghetti”, water chestnuts instead of cukes, and scallions and sesame seeds for the garnish.
posted by TWinbrook8 at 7:29 PM on December 15, 2021

This one from the takeout is a favorite of ours.
posted by WedgedPiano at 7:38 PM on December 15, 2021 [1 favorite]

I loved this recipe when I had Food of Sichuan out from the library: Sichuan Sesame Noodles in Strange Flavor Sauce. Some startup cost to making the sweetened aromatic soy sauce, but once I had a batch I could whip out the noodles easily. (I hadn't been able to find this recipe online for months, and I'm excited to make them again. Thank you for your question!)
posted by little onion at 9:52 PM on December 15, 2021 [1 favorite]

The NYTimes one linked above is our go-to and it absolutely rules.
posted by saladin at 4:57 AM on December 16, 2021

You might try the recipe from Woks of Life. Great source of traditional and Americanized Chinese food.
posted by brookeb at 8:09 AM on December 16, 2021 [2 favorites]

I was coming here to recommend the same recipe that reptile has linked to above, it's really good.
posted by bile and syntax at 8:19 AM on December 16, 2021

I use this recipe by June Xie at Delish. So good.
posted by gloturtle at 9:27 AM on December 16, 2021 [1 favorite]