We love noodles around here. We love noodles dishes inspired from Italy, Thailand, Japan, and many others as well. While not the most nutrient dense of all foods, they do provide an excellent platform for nourishing sauces, and provide extra motivation for eating soups (we love noodles soups, as those who have my book, Ladled, know!). I used to love making my own soaked whole wheat noodles, but I haven’t gotten my A game on yet for making gluten-free noodles, so the following brands are a real blessing.
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As gluten-free people know, there is some limit to what noodles you can enjoy when you are gluten-free. We started our gluten-free journey with brown rice noodles, which we enjoy. I do have two problems with them, however. First, they are a bit heavy in the stomach. I think that’s because a lot of the brands add in extra rice fiber, making them quite dense. Half of my family gets a small stomachache after enjoying a large size serving of them because of this. The second is the possibility of higher arsenic in brown rice. For those wanting to use rice noodles, I’d recommend using white rice noodle (like in this Thai noodle soup) or using Jovial brown rice noodles; (they make sure that arsenic content isn’t high, and they produce really high-quality products). You can find the white rice noodles at Asian stores and many regular supermarkets. The Jovial ones can be ordered online and found at some stores.
Another delicious gluten-free noodle option that is just perfect for Italian dishes are these quinoa and corn noodles . They are very mild, and work well for light or rich sauces. We’ve found that even those not eating a gluten-free diet enjoy these noodles. Unfortunately, they aren’t an option for those with corn allergies.
Finally, my latest gluten-free noodle discovery that I am thrilled to pieces about are the following buckwheat noodles. I’ve always loved buckwheat noodles, but the organic, gluten-free ones are typically quite expensive. The brand pictured in my photos, King Soba, can also be spend-y (I’ve seen them in stores and on Amazon for about 5-6 dollars a bag), but on Vitacost they are less than $3 a package, which is a great deal for the quality. Buckwheat is high in protein, magnesium, and has a lovely pronounced flavor that works well with many Asian styled noodle dishes. The brand has 100% Buckwheat Soba Noodles, a buckwheat and sweet potato noodles, AND a buckwheat instant ramen noodles, to name just a few of the options (some of the other flavors use rice, so watch for that if you want the buckwheat ones).
You can’t believe how happy I am to find gluten-free instant ramen noodles! We love a lot of Asian styled soups, and these are so fun to be able to boil up in a couple of minutes to add (they also help convince my children to eat more nourishing soup!).
I do recommend that you do larger orders on Vitacost to quality for the free shipping. I don’t find that hard to do, as I buy my iron there, and a lot of grocery items are cheaper as well, so I have a system worked out for what items to buy there for cheaper, and order about once a month.
If you are grain-free, I recommend checking out this comparison of 4 grain-free noodles. I have another favorite to add to the list, so watch for an upcoming post!
Do you have any other favorite gluten-free noodles to add to this list?
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Kimi, some of the links in your post don’t seem to work.
Karen,
Thanks so much for letting me know! They should be fixed now. Had some coding issues in the post.
Thanks for this delicious article. I’m always so hungry for noodles. Even though I don’t think I’m gluten sensitive, I don’t want the MSG or the typical grain ingredients. I didn’t know about these organic noodles and also the RAMEN! YUM! Now I have something to soak up my bone & meat broths!
Would love to see some of the soup recipes you use these in 🙂
Eden is the one brand of 100% buckwheat noodles that i can find regularly but it’s typically $9 for a package that’s smaller than a typical pkg of spaghetti. I miss eating Japanese food a lot due to the noodle issues. Pho is much easier.
Unfortunately King Soba noodles are sourced/manufactured in China. Personally given all of the food safety issues in Chinese factories that have surfaced in the past few years I’m not comfortable eating anything from/made in China. If anyone has another resource for top 8 allergy friendly noodles please let me know! Thanks!
I am looking for a recipe for homemade gluten-free, ramen noodles. Can’t seem to find one anywhere. It must be difficult to make at home I’m thinking as it’s as scarce as hen’s teeth. Do you happen to have one or know where I could find one?