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Potato Button Noodles

Catherine
These potato button noodles are super chewy and only require 2-ingredients.
5 from 3 votes
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese, Korean
Servings 2 people
Calories 608 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 glass bottle clean and dry

Ingredients
  

Potato Button Noodles

  • 2 medium yellow potatoes 450g
  • 1 ⅓ cup potato starch 200g
  • 1-4 tbsp water may vary, add 1 tbsp at a time

Chili Oil Sauce

  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 stalk green onion
  • 1 tsp dark soy sauce
  • 2 tsp light soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp Chinese black vinegar
  • ½ tsp granulated sugar
  • 1 tbsp Korean chilli powder gochugaru
  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil or peanut, canola oil

Garnish

  • 1 tsp sesame seeds

Instructions
 

Making potato button noodles

  • Peel and chop yellow potatoes into small chunks.
  • Boil potatoes for 15-18 mins until tender.
  • Transfer potatoes into strainer and push through with spatula. Alternatively, you can finely mash with fork or masher.
  • Add in potato starch, mix and kneed until it forms a solid dough.
  • Take 1 tbsp of dough, squeeze with hands, and roll it into a sphere.
  • Press glass bottle halfway into dough ball. Repeat step 5 until the dough is used up.
  • Boil button noodles for 5 minutes. To ensure it's fully cooked, take a bite out of one. Transfer to cold water to stop the cooking process.
  • Transfer button noodles into bowl and prepare sauce.

Making chili oil sauce

  • Finely dice garlic and slice green onion, transfer on top of button noodles.
  • Drizzle in dark soy, light soy, and Chinese black vinegar.
  • Sprinkle on some gochugaru and granulated sugar.
  • Heat the oil on high, and carefully pour hot oil onto noodles.
  • Mix until well incorporated, garnish with sesame seeds, and enjoy!

Video

Notes

This recipe makes 34 pieces of potato button noodles.
Keywords chewy, chili oil, noodles, potato