Anonymous
09/30/2025 08:01
Subject: Re:How to make good Asian noodles with Trader Joe’s ingredients?
Asian noodle is too broad of a category, you know that right? Do you want savory, sweet, spicy? Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Thai? Here is a really easy and tasty japchae recipe: https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/easy-japchae
I love TJ but the problem is you need to go to an Asian grocer to find the right noodle.
I love TJ but the problem is you need to go to an Asian grocer to find the right noodle.
Anonymous
09/29/2025 22:53
Subject: How to make good Asian noodles with Trader Joe’s ingredients?
If you can make it to HMart, skip Trader Joe’s.
Get these noodles. https://www.twinmarquis.com/products/lo-mein-noodle/
Cook for 5 minutes and drain. Julienne cabbage, onions, carrots and celery. Stir fry vegetables. Add noodles. Season with 1/4 cup oyster sauce, soy sauce to taste and a little sesame oil.
No recipe. Just eyeball. Use whatever vegetables you want. Quantity is up to you. Same with the seasoning. It’s to taste.
Skip Trader Joe’s
Get these noodles. https://www.twinmarquis.com/products/lo-mein-noodle/
Cook for 5 minutes and drain. Julienne cabbage, onions, carrots and celery. Stir fry vegetables. Add noodles. Season with 1/4 cup oyster sauce, soy sauce to taste and a little sesame oil.
No recipe. Just eyeball. Use whatever vegetables you want. Quantity is up to you. Same with the seasoning. It’s to taste.
Skip Trader Joe’s
Anonymous
09/29/2025 20:58
Subject: Re:How to make good Asian noodles with Trader Joe’s ingredients?
I buy a couple of packages of TJ’s frozen jap chae — so salt and seasonings are already taken care of. I then cook plain sweet potato / glass noodles, mix them with the cooked TJ japchae, and whatever I want to add. Usually I add cooked onions, other vegetables like carrots or cabbage, shrimp, and green onions. I’ll adjust the seasonings, often adding garlic, ginger, sesame oil… to the mix.
Anonymous
09/29/2025 10:22
Subject: How to make good Asian noodles with Trader Joe’s ingredients?
Look up David Chang's recipe for ginger scallion noodles. Add shredded chicken. Garnish with scallions.
Anonymous
09/29/2025 09:28
Subject: How to make good Asian noodles with Trader Joe’s ingredients?
Anonymous wrote:With the HUGE caveat that I am not Asian and don't purport that this is authentic really (but is so basic I'm sure some Asian person somewhere in Asian makes something similar.....) -- this is a recipe I make all the time for ginger-scallion noodles:
I use the TJ boxed wheat Asian noodles that are thick like an udon I saute the white part of scallions, chopped, with chopped carrots in a mix of avocado oil and sesame oil. Then I add minced garlic, a frozen cub of minced ginger (they sell this at TJ in the frozen but of course you could also just shred fresh ginger) and saute it a bit more. I add the noodles and the chopped green part of the scallions and stir it all up. I drizzle on a little bit of soy sauce and mix it. I sometimes also add any of these: a cup of frozen peas; a squirt or two of the TJ sriracha sauce, chopped peanuts (chili spiced if I have them), sliced egg omelette.
This sounds good. I do NOT like fish sauce so your recipe would be perfect for someone like me. There are also squeeze tubes of ginger out there which are quite handy.
Anonymous
09/29/2025 09:11
Subject: How to make good Asian noodles with Trader Joe’s ingredients?
With the HUGE caveat that I am not Asian and don't purport that this is authentic really (but is so basic I'm sure some Asian person somewhere in Asian makes something similar.....) -- this is a recipe I make all the time for ginger-scallion noodles:
I use the TJ boxed wheat Asian noodles that are thick like an udon I saute the white part of scallions, chopped, with chopped carrots in a mix of avocado oil and sesame oil. Then I add minced garlic, a frozen cub of minced ginger (they sell this at TJ in the frozen but of course you could also just shred fresh ginger) and saute it a bit more. I add the noodles and the chopped green part of the scallions and stir it all up. I drizzle on a little bit of soy sauce and mix it. I sometimes also add any of these: a cup of frozen peas; a squirt or two of the TJ sriracha sauce, chopped peanuts (chili spiced if I have them), sliced egg omelette.
I use the TJ boxed wheat Asian noodles that are thick like an udon I saute the white part of scallions, chopped, with chopped carrots in a mix of avocado oil and sesame oil. Then I add minced garlic, a frozen cub of minced ginger (they sell this at TJ in the frozen but of course you could also just shred fresh ginger) and saute it a bit more. I add the noodles and the chopped green part of the scallions and stir it all up. I drizzle on a little bit of soy sauce and mix it. I sometimes also add any of these: a cup of frozen peas; a squirt or two of the TJ sriracha sauce, chopped peanuts (chili spiced if I have them), sliced egg omelette.
Anonymous
09/29/2025 09:05
Subject: How to make good Asian noodles with Trader Joe’s ingredients?
Not Asian, but a really good and easy curry noodle dish.
https://plantyou.com/one-pan-curry-noodles/
https://plantyou.com/one-pan-curry-noodles/
Anonymous
09/29/2025 08:49
Subject: How to make good Asian noodles with Trader Joe’s ingredients?
There’s literally a million “authentic Asian noodles” recipes. Are you looking for something like lo mein?
Anonymous
09/29/2025 08:00
Subject: How to make good Asian noodles with Trader Joe’s ingredients?
I’ve never made Asian noodles before and I’m heading to Trader Joe’s today. What ingredients/type of noodles/recipes/tips do you recommend? I’m serving the noodles with chicken.
I can hit HMart this weekend if you care to enlighten me on more authentic noodle recipes. Thank you!
I can hit HMart this weekend if you care to enlighten me on more authentic noodle recipes. Thank you!