Receta Bachelorette Night: Asian Noodles with Peanut Sauce
Bachelorette Night: Asian Noodles with Peanut Sauce
By Eliot, on September 28th, 2012
I found myself eating alone this week again.
But, this time I chided myself enough to not resort to drive-thru, horrendous, unhealthy, fast food.
I vowed to challenge myself to make meals for one (or one with some leftovers).
So far, I have made some great baked sweet potatoes that I made into a meal (butter sauce to be posted later).
And, for some reason, I always crave Asian food when The Hubs is gone. No driving through Panda for me this week. I would make my own.
I love all sorts of Asian noodles—rice noodles, soba noodles, and somen noodles. I had a few packs of the latter in the pantry, found some peanut butter, and improvised the rest (with a lot of help from Epicurious’ Peanut Sesame Noodle recipe.)
I also found some beautiful peppers in the garden.
- Noodles with Peppers and Peanut Sauce
- 2 T. olive oil
- 1 small red onion, peeled and sliced
- Assorted sweet peppers, sliced
- 2 bundles somen noodles
- 1/2 c. smooth natural peanut butter
- 1/4 c. low-sodium soy sauce
- 1/3 c. warm water
- 2 T. chopped peeled fresh ginger
- 2 medium garlic clove, smashed
- 2 T. red-wine vinegar
- 1 1/2 T. sesame oil
- 2 t. honey
- 1 t. dried hot red pepper flakes
Place olive oil in a small skillet and heat on high heat. Add onions and sauté about 3 minutes. Add peppers and sauté another 3-5 minutes or until soft.
Place water in a large sauce pan for cooking noodles. When water boils, add somen noodles and cook for three minutes. Drain and rinse.
Place the remaining ingredients in a blender and blend until incorporated. Set aside.
In a large serving boil, toss noodles, peppers and onions, and peanut sauce. Toss and serve.
I can’t wait to eat the leftovers cold.