Separate your noodles and season with 1–2 Tbsp dark soy sauce.
Smash garlic and Thai chilis into a paste using a mortar and pestle.
Slice your onion and optional chilis/peppers.
In a bowl, mix up your sauce ingredients.
Heat a wok until smoking, add your garlic-chili paste (careful — the fumes will hit you).
Toss in your onions and protein. Par-cook.
Add noodles and give everything a good toss.
Pour in your sauce and let the noodles char a bit for that wok flavor.
Finish with a handful of fresh Thai basil.
Mix, plate, and devour.
