Meet your new favorite noodle noodle dish - Garlic Sesame Gochijang Noodles! Meaty mushrooms, crumbled tofu, and chewy rice noodles are tossed in the most delicious gochujang sauce. It's easy, quick, and the perfect balance of savory, spicy, and sweet made in under 30 minutes!
2tablespoonsvegetarian oyster sauce or stir fry sauce
2tablespoonssesame oil
2tablespoonswater
1tablespoongochugaru
2teaspoonscoconut sugar
4tablespoonsvegan butterdivided
114 ounce package extra firm tofu, pressed
8ouncesmushroomsroughly chopped
2tablespoonsdark soy sauce
1bunch green onionswhite parts only, chopped (save the green parts for garnish)
½cupthinly sliced garlic
16ouncesthick rice noodles
1cupvegan beef broth or vegetable broth
Instructions
To make the sauce, whisk together the gochujang, low-sodium soy sauce, sesame seeds, vegetarian oyster sauce, sesame oil, water, and gochugaru in a small bowl and set aside.
Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a large sauté pan over medium high heat. Once the butter is melted, add the mushrooms and crumble in the tofu with your hands. Season with the dark soy sauce and cook, mixing every couple of minutes, until the moisture has cooked out of the mushrooms and the tofu starts to crisp on the outer edges, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove the mushrooms and tofu from the pan and set aside.
In the same pan, melt the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter over medium heat. Once the butter is melted, add the white parts of the green onion and garlic, and cook, mixing often, until the onions become translucent and the garlic is fragrant, 5 to 6 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium low. Pour in the sauce, add the noodles and the broth and simmer, mixing to combine, until the noodles are cooked through. Add the tofu and mushrooms back into pan and mix again to combine. Serve with sesame seeds and fresh green onion, and enjoy!