Indonesian Sesame Noodles

Submitted by FlemishMinx

"There are already numerous sesame noodles posted here on this site, but this one seems to differ slightly from them all. We found the more we ate from this dish, the more we liked it. To be served at room temperature, or chilled. Time to cook (and bring to room temperature) the noodles is not included."

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup peanut butter (your choice, creamy or crunchy)
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1⁄2 teaspoon sugar
• 1⁄8 teaspoon cayenne pepper (more if you wish!)
• 2 green onions or 2 scallions, sliced with tops
• 8 ounces soba noodles or 8 ounces linguine, cooked and at room temperature

directions

1. In a medium bowl, combine the peanut butter, soy sauce and water; whisk until completely smooth (if you use crunchy peanut butter, it won't get entirely smooth).
2. Add the vinegar, sesame oil, sugar and cayenne and whisk until thoroughly blended.
3. Add green onions to the noodles, then mix in the sauce; toss to coat well.
4. It is now ready to serve!

Reviews

[mailbelle]

This was ok. Made with soba noodles. There didn't seem to be enough sauce for the noodles. If I make this again I think I'll double the sauce. Made for Zaar Chef Alphabet Soup Game.

 

[Bittersweetened]

This wasn't too bad. My husband and I thought the peanut butter taste was a little strong, but overall it was pretty good. I think next time I will use less peanut butter and maybe more cayenne. It was definately simple and easy to make though. Thanks for posting.

 

[Tebo3759]

I used linguine for this and followed the recipe as written. I made it about two hours before serving. I found this to be very "dry". I used smoth peanut butter but it just seemed to dry up and loose its flavour on the noodles. I added a lot of hot sauce to my portion and that helped. Don't really know what would have made this better but I doubt I'll try it again. Sorry FlemishMinx

 

[Robyn]

I am so very sorry to give such a low review but this did not work for us at all. I made it because 1. I had everything on hand and 2. Parsley's beautiful photo. It was easy enough to make and the sauce was quite good and smooth until I went to make my husband a bowl to take out with him for his lunch, I am sorry to say the consitancy was terrible, I followed the recipe exactly and what I got after chilling was spicy peanut butter coated noodles, eating them was like eating a spoonful of peanut butter with a noodle thrown in. Maybe I did something wrong, I don't know but I won't be making these again.

 

[*Parsley*]

Awesome! I liked the slight tanginess from the vinegar and sugar. We ate the noodles at room temperature and they were fantastic! I doubled the green onions for some added crunch. I garnished w/ green onion tops and some sesame seeds. Thanx for posting this. I'll make these again.