How to Prepare Sesame Noodles and Peanut Sauce

Peanut sauce is the base for many delicious Asian dishes. The deliciously spicy sauce can be used as a dipping sauce, in salads, or blended with Asian sesame noodles. Peanut sauce can easily be made in one bowl, making clean up a snap.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 1 cup crunchy, unsalted peanut butter
• Soy sauce
• Juice of 1/2 fresh lime
• Fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• Mirin
• Sesame seeds
• 1 pkg. Asian noodles
• Fresh scallions, chopped

1. Put the unsalted peanut butter in a mixing bowl and add some soy sauce, mirin, dried red pepper and sesame oil to taste, with a bit of water to make the sauce smooth. Whisk the ingredients until they are thoroughly incorporated into peanut sauce.

2. Whisk in the lime juice, fresh ginger, minced garlic and a few sesame seeds.

3. Put about 2 qt. of water in a large saucepan and bring it to a rolling boil.

4. Break the Asian noodles in half and add them to the boiling water.

5. Boil the Asian noodles for about 8 minutes and drain. Place the drained noodles in a large mixing bowl.

6. Add the peanut sauce to the bowl of cooked noodles and toss them until all of the noodles are coated with the sauce.

7. Garnish the Asian noodles and peanut sauce with a few more sesame seeds and some chopped scallions.

Tips & Warnings

• Be sure to use unsalted peanut butter or the peanut sauce will be too salty. If you use regular peanut butter, decrease the amount of soy sauce.

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[Flybyknight]

on 4/25/2009 MMMM! Sounds yummy! I'll have to try this recipe for Sesame noodles and peanut sauce.