These summer noodle dishes are just the thing you need to cool you down on a hot summer night. When it’s hot outside, you’ll love these cold and refreshing noodle recipes!

Summer noodle salad with the words Summer Noodle Dishes on top. - 1

On a hot summer night, you NEED a cooling dinner, and these quick and easy noodle recipes are about to become fast family favorites. You’ll find noodle salad loaded with summer vegetables, noodle bowls, and even our favorite way to enjoy ramen when it’s too hot for a bowl of soup.

One of the best things about summer noodle dishes is that they’re super versatile and easy to customize. Either choose your favorite speedy summer noodle dish from the list below, or make up your own:

  1. Cook your favorite noodle – soba, udon, vermicelli!
  2. Grab the veggies in your fridge – leftover vegetables work, too!
  3. Make a tasty dressing – we have lots of salad dressings to choose from!
  4. Add some protein – leftovers work great here, too. Or fire up the grill. Or open a can of chickpeas for a vegetarian option.

Summer noodle dishes

These noodle salads are everything a summer dish should be. They’re cool, refreshing, and full of summer produce.

Asian Noodle Salad with chopsticks in a bowl. - 2 Asian ramen noodle salad being mixed in a glass bowl. - 3 A Banh Mi Noodle Bowls on a dinner table - 4 Summer Noodle Dishes - 5

Cold pasta salad

While technically most pasta aren’t noodles, we decided to include these special recipes on the list as they’re similar to noodles and are wonderful to enjoy on a hot summer evening.

Shrimp Caesar Pasta Salad in a bowl with a fork - 6 Pasta Salad with Italian Dressing in a serving bowl. - 7 Making Mexican Pasta Salad in a salad bowl - 8 Pesto Tortellini Salad in a bowl with wooden salad tongs. - 9

Summer veggie noodle dishes

Summer is the season to eat light and fresh meals, and ‘noodles’ made of vegetables are perfect for this. If you’re hesitant about going all-in on vegetable noodles, try using half regular noodles in the recipe!

zucchini noodles with pesto in a bowl - 10 A bowl of Carrot Noodles with peanut sauce - 11 Pesto Zucchini Noodles in a plate with a fork - 12 A No Cook Dinner for Summer in a bowl - 13 looking down on zucchini spaghetti with tomato sauce in a bowl - 14

Summer noodle dishes that taste great cold

These recipes are delcious served both hot and cold. In the summer, we serve them cold or at room temperature for the ideal evening meal.

a fork twirling some sesame ginger noodles - 15 Thai Peanut Noodle Salad on a dinner plate - 16 A close up of Vegetarian Noodle Stir Fry - 17 A dinner bowl of Grilled Chicken Pad Thai - 18