Midnight Sesame-Peanut Noodles

Submitted by dk683

"The name speaks for itself, this speedy dish makes an excellent midnight snack, or light lunch, especially quick if you use already cold, leftover noodles. You can use whatever noodles you like, I would suggest Japanese soba noodles or, if you can't find soba noodles, just use spaghetti."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 1

ingredients

• 100 g spaghetti noodles
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
• 1 teaspoon canola oil
• 1⁄2 teaspoon smooth peanut butter
• 1⁄2 teaspoon soy sauce
• 1⁄8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon toasted sesame oil (optional)

directions

1. Cook the noodles 7-8 minutes, or until tender. when the noodles have cooked, plunge them into a bath of ice water to cool them down and stop the cooking.
2. Toast the sesame seeds in a dry saute pan until fragrant and golden brown.
3. In a small bowl or cup mix the oil, peanut butter, soy sauce and cayenne pepper.
4. Mix the sauce with the cooked and cooled noodles and toss in the sesame seeds.

Reviews

[Mia in Germany]

Made this with black sticky rice noodles. Very nice, fast lunch! Thanks for posting.