Coconut Sauce Noodles

This rich meal-in-a-bowl is the one many foreigners say is their favorite dish from Burma. The Burmese name, pronounced “oh-no kao sway,” is a simple compound of the terms for coconut (ohn-no) and noodles (khaut swe).

Ohn-no khaut swe in its most elaborate form also includes fish balls, given as optional in the recipe. I love the chicken sauce-broth so much that I often serve it on its own over rice or pasta, with simple cooked greens or a green salad on the sid