Garlic Noodles or Hakka Noodles made in the instant pot. I used to love noodles growing up. Hakka noodles are a popular dish in India, you can get them at the many chinese restaurants and even at the street side vendors.
Interestingly, hakka noodles is not really part of chinese cuisine. Indians have given it a personal touch and adapted it to our taste.
Preparing Hakka Noodles in Instant Pot
This is the pack of noodles that I get from the Asian store and have enjoyed very much.
Noodles are very easy to make, even easier in an instant pot. Just add the noodles, sauces, water and veggies. Mix them well and cook for 4 minutes. The best part was they were not dry. In the past, my husband would always complain that they are dry and not good to eat just by themselves. But in the instant pot, they were perfect!
I add soy sauce, vinegar and schezwan sauce to this recipe. You can choose to use a chili sauce or a garlic based sauce too. You can add veggies, eggs, chicken or shrimp, whatever you prefer to these noodles. I did not add egg or meat to this recipe, however it can add to the taste if you eat egg. Make a quick omelet, cut it in to small pieces and add to the cooked noodles.
These noodles are great for family gatherings, kids love them. Enjoy these noodles as a main dish or have them with a gravy such as vegetarian or chicken manchurian, panang curry.
Delicious and quick Garlic Noodles in the instant pot. Enjoy them with the variation of veggies you like.
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 8 oz Canton Noodles
- 5 cloves Garlic minced
- 1 Bell pepper sliced thinly
- 1/2 tbsp Soy Sauce
- 1 tbsp Schezwan Sauce
- 1 tsp Vinegar
- 1 3/4 cup Water
- Salt to taste
- 2 Scallion or Green onion chopped
- 1 tsp Sesame seeds to garnish
Add oil, noodles, garlic, soy sauce, vinegar, schezwan sauce and water.
Mix well so the noodles are all dipped in water. They will not all be covered under water.
Add bell peppers. Close lid with vent in sealing position.
Start the instant pot in manual or pressure cook mode for 4 minutes at high pressure.
Once the instant pot beeps, quick release the pressure manually. Stir the noodles, and let them rest for 2 minutes.
If needed, stir in salt to your taste preference. Top with spring onions and sesame seeds.
- If you like your noodles softer, increase water by 1/4 cup.
- Adjust spice to your taste. I love to add extra schezwan sauce on my noodles.
- This recipe was created for thick Canton noodles. Adjust for other types of noodles.
- This recipe was created in a 6qt Instant Pot DUO60 Multi-use Pressure Cooker.
- Note: This recipe was retested and updated based on comments that sometimes noodles were under-cooked.
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I made this last Saturday. I think I added a little too much water but the flavors were spot on. After opening I did turn to on saute mode to reduced water. That did the trick and also thicken up. It was a hit with the family.
Hey Sneha – Glad you enjoyed the Noodles made in the Instant Pot. I am enjoying not having to do multiple steps with noodles and pasta 🙂
These turned out PERFECTLY for us and was a huge hit! I used egg white lo mein noodles because I couldn’t find canton noodles, and just cooked for 3 min instead of 4. Turned out perfectly. Thank you!
Hey Kelly – So happy to hear that the recipe worked with lo mein noodles too. Thank you for sharing your review!
The recipe worked for me as described . I used 2 cups of water as suggested above. The whole fam enjoyed it. Keep the instant pot recipes coming , Meeta.
So happy to hear, Tanzy. Thank your sharing back your review 🙂
This recipe definitely needed more water – I used chow mein noodles. Followed instructions and some of the noodles weren’t fully cooked through, so had to re-steam the dish after adding another half cup of water. It made the dish more sticky than I would have preferred. Also, I sauteed veggies and garlic before I added noodles.
Hello Roh – Sorry to hear you needed to add more water. I have only tested this recipe with Canton noodles. Thank you for sharing your experience, I hope that will help other readers to make perfect chowmein noodles.
I made these noodles and followed your recipe exactly and they came out great. Thank you for the recipe!
Hey Rachna – So happy to hear that you enjoyed the noodles 🙂
I don’t have instapot. Can I use this recipe in a pressure cooker on gas stove ? Please advise.
Hey Siri – I have not made this in a stovetop pressure cooker, so hard for me to say it will work out as is. If you try, do let me know how they turn out.
Hi Meeta,
Do you put the noodles in there dry or precooked?
Thank you
Meenu
Hi Meenu, I put the noodles dry in this recipe. I used thick noodles from the asian grocery store.
I had trouble getting all the noodles to be “wet” and hence almost half of the noodles were not cooked. I had to stir it in once more and then steam it again (I was afraid to pressure cook it once again as the vegetables might get smushed). Any suggestions? Maybe put the noodles in first and then the vegetables on top?
Hey Meenu – Thanks for your note. You did the right thing with not pressure cooking again. I made the noodles again last night, see the updated picture. I thing I did was – Stir the noodles well, so they are all coated with water before pressure cooking. I have mentioned this in the recipe steps now. I LOVE your idea of bell peppers/veggies on the top, so they don’t get overcooked. If you think more water would have helped, certainly add more next time as they can be different varieties of noodles. Mine came out perfect with 1 cup of water. I hope you enjoyed the taste though.
Thanks, Meeta
Hi Meeta,
This was a complete flop for me 🙁 My noodles weren’t cooked at all- despite getting them all wet and and putting the veggies on top!
Hey Elena – Sorry to hear. What type of noodles did you use? I have only tested this recipe with Canton noodles. I hope you were able to salvage the noodles by cooking them with more water.
Should it be in sealing position or venting??
Hey Chaitali – I do sealing position for these noodles. Also I used a thicker noodle variety, if you are using thin noodles, then please reduce the cooking time a bit. I hope you enjoy it!