Getting back to basics will help us all Reclaim the Kitchen. Here is one of my family’s favorite “save dinner” recipes… Simple Egg Noodles.
Do you remember back in February when I wrote a post about Wolf’s “Reclaim the Kitchen” initiative? I’ve been thinking a lot about that ever since…about why families have been moving away from family mealtime. Growing up, eating at home as a family was the norm. Now? We have over scheduled our lives, and I believe, really over complicated family mealtime.
I know in my house, when we hit the drive through it’s because of my lack of planning. Maybe I didn’t set the meat out to thaw or forgot to grab the key ingredients for a recipe at the store. Either way, if I don’t plan, dinner at home doesn’t happen.
The other thing I have a BIG tendency to do is over complicate family mealtime. Especially as a food blogger, I’m always trying new recipes. Sometimes I forget that getting back to basics…returning to those simple recipes we grew up with… will do just fine. There’s no need for dinner to be a difficult, complicated, affair. There areso many resources at our fingertips with online recipe tools, magazines and cookbooks, we forget that our best recipes are the ones we rarely turn to… the ones our grandmas, our grandmas grandmas, etc. fed their families with for decades using staple ingredients they had on hand from their gardens and pantries.
Easy Egg Noodles, one of thesimplest recipes I know, is a recipe that has been passed down from generation to generation in my family. You’ve seen it feature in my Mom’s HomemadeChicken and Noodle recipe, but we use this recipe for so much more. Sometimes I just toss them with butter and a little bit of garlic and we enjoy them as a side with chicken. Other times I might throw in some chopped sautéed tomatoes, basil and parmesan and we have a fresh pasta dish for dinner. Either way, this homemade egg noodles recipe is one example of how I get dinner on the table when I forget to plan. It’s my way of Reclaiming the Kitchen.
I’ve also been teaching my kids how to make homemade egg noodles because I want them to understand that delicious food doesn’t have to be complicated. Homemade egg noodles are incredibly easy and almost like magic… salt, eggs and flour come together to form something quite delicious!
I’d love for you to head over to Wolf’s “Reclaim the Kitchen” website and check out all the incredible ideas they have for how you can take simple steps to changing the statistics surrounding family mealtime. In the meantime. I hope you enjoy this Easy Egg Noodle recipe! It’s one of our family favorites.
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Easy Homemade Egg Noodle Recipe
This is a recipe passed down from generation to generation in our family - Easy Homemade Egg Noodles.
Prep Time 20 minutes minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes minutes
Total Time 40 minutes minutes
Servings 6
Author Dine & Dish
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour plus additional for dusting the board
- 4 eggs beaten
- 1/4-1/2 teaspoon salt
- 6 cups chicken or vegetable broth
Instructions
In a medium sized bowl, whisk your eggs. Add the salt and whisk again. Next, add the flour. Stir the mixture with a fork until flour is completely incorporated and the dough is stiff.
Flour a large bread board / cutting board heavily. Dump your dough mixture out onto the floured board. Knead additional flour into the dough. Unlike pie crust (you don’t want to work pie crust too much) you want to continue to add flour to the dough until it is thick and smooth in texture. Just work with it and use your instincts.
Roll out the dough (make sure your board is well floured so your dough won’t stick) until very thin. Once your dough is rolled out, using a pizza cutter, slice your dough into thin vertical strips. Make a couple of slices horizontally until your noodles are a desired size.
Bring a large stock pot with broth to a boil. Once boiling, add your noodles to the pot, one at a time, stirring so they don’t stick together. Once all of your noodles are in the pot, reduce the heat, and simmer for 20 minutes.
Disclosure: This is a sponsored conversation on behalf of Wolf. All opinions are my own.
FAQs
Heat oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add noodles and stir for 2 minutes more. Whisk eggs, water, and salt together in a bowl; pour into the same skillet as the noodle mixture. Cook and stir eggs until set and cooked through, 2 to 4 minutes.
Do you have to dry homemade egg noodles? ›
Cook the homemade egg noodles while still fresh, or set them out to dry and store the noodles for future use. As long as you have enough counter space, this recipe can be doubled or even tripled. You can also start a second batch while the first round of dough chills.
How to make ready noodles at home? ›
How to Make Homemade Cup of Noodles
- Start with a glass pint jar, like those use for canning, and place your broth base on the bottom.
- Layer in some tasty, spicy seasonings.
- Add some cooked vegetables and some form of protein, if you like—leftover chicken, beef, or pork are great here.
- Add the cooked noodles.
Bring 2½ cups of water to a boil in a small saucepan. Add the noodles and cook for 2 minutes. Add the flavor packet, stir, and continue to cook for another 30 seconds.
What makes it an egg noodle? ›
Egg noodles are a type of noodle made from eggs and flour. Other types of noodles, like store bought pasta commonly used in spaghetti, use water and flour. Making dough for egg noodles involves mixing eggs and flour until they're like clay. Then, you knead them.
Do you soak egg noodles before cooking? ›
Delicate rice noodles and fine egg noodles, don't require pre-cooking before adding to dishes, just soaking. Put noodles in a bowl and cover with water. Some call for warm water, others for hot water. Break them up using chopsticks or a fork, so that they don't stick together.
Can I crack an egg into noodles? ›
If you want to add egg to ramen, wait till the noodles boil. Then crack in the egg, mix it around, and drain as usual.
Do egg noodles float when done? ›
You can also cook the noodles right in your chicken soup, stew, etc. Add the noodles and stir well. They'll float to the top fairly quickly, and be fully done in about 3 minutes.
How do you dry homemade noodles quickly? ›
To dry out our fresh pasta, you'll first cut it into shape. Then lay the fresh noodles on a baking tray or floured surface. Again, we only need to leave our pasta shapes to dry for 15 minutes before cooking them. Giving the pasta time to dry before cooking works well for long thin shapes, such as fettuccine.
How do you keep egg noodles moist? ›
Use a Chafing Dish
(This steams the food so it stays both warm and moist.) First, drain the pasta and rinse the noodles (this removes excess starch, which can cause stickiness). Then, toss the pasta in olive oil or whatever sauce you're planning to serve it with and add it to the chafing dish.
Cook in 1½ cups (375mL) of boiling water in an 850 watt microwave oven on HIGH for 2 minutes. Stir in contents of flavour sachet and enjoy! Serve with or without broth as desired. MAGGI 2 Minute Noodles also make a great base for a quick and delicious meal.
How to make noodles better at home? ›
- How do I make plain noodles taste better?
- Cook your noodles and drain. Return to pot.
- Add garlic salt/powder to taste and a good dollop of butter. ...
- Beat up a couple of eggs as you would for scrambled eggs. ...
- Pour in eggs and gently mix through, heat until just cooked.
- Garnish with chopped spring onion and chives.
Put your noodles in a bowl, add hot water to fill from an electric kettle. put a saucer over the bowl and wait until noddles are softened. Add the flavouring, stir and wait for a couple of minutes. Eat.
How to process noodles? ›
The modern instant noodles are steamed and fried in hydrogenated vegetable Oil as a part of dehydration. Dehydration is the process of moisture removal from the noodles, which gives the product a shelf life of 6-8 months. Following the dehydration the noodles that are at 100°C is cooled with air.
How do you step up noodles? ›
- Butter and Milk (France) To give your noodle recipe a French twist, all you'll need are two ingredients: butter and 🥛 milk. ...
- Kimchi (Korea) ...
- Fried Bacon and Egg (USA) ...
- Peanut Butter and Sriracha Sauce (Thailand) ...
- Sliced Cheese (Italy) ...
- Sesame Oil and Soy Sauce (Japan) ...
- Garlic and Soy Sauce (China) ...
- Canned meat.
- Cook your noodles according to packet instructions. When cooked, drained and set aside.
- While the noodles are cooking, add all of your sauce ingredients into a bowl. Mix well to combine.
- Add your cooked noodles into the sauce and mix until well coated.
- Garnish with green onions, sesame seeds and fried shallots. Enjoy!
