Editors' Pick
Sesame Noodles
photo by *Parsley*
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 16 ounces whole wheat spaghetti or 16 ounces spaghetti
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Sauce
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes or 3 -5 drops sriracha sauce
- 2 tablespoons tahini sauce
- 1⁄3 cup peanut butter (preferably natural chunky style)
- 1 tablespoon honey (optional)
- 5 -7 tablespoons hot water
- salt and pepper, to taste
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Garnish
- 2 scallions, chopped (optional)
- 1⁄2 cup cilantro, chopped (optional)
- 1 cucumber, peeled and sliced
- 1 lime, cut into wedges
directions
- Cook spaghetti according to package directions.
- saute garlic and hot pepper in oil for 1-2 minutes.
- Mix in tahini and peanut butter, then whisk in warm water until the sauce is a creamy consistency (depending on the peanut butter you use and personal preference).
- Taste and add pepper, salt or more red pepper or hot sauce as desired.
- Toss with pasta and garnish with scallions, cilantro, cucumber then serve with lime wedges.
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Reviews
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I'm giving this 5 stars because it received a seal of approval from our 3-year old daughter ~Tasty Dish~. who had two large helpings. I omitted the red pepper flakes and added 1/4 teaspoon sambal oelek. Organic soba noodles replaced spaghetti. This was delicious and very much reminded me of a cheater's version of pad thai. Next time I"ll add Thai basil. Easy and quick to prepare, too. Reviewed for ZWT 2010.
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Great flavor! I loved how the cool cucumber sort of balanced out the hot red pepper flakes. Instead of canola oil, I used sesame oil; it added the perfect flavor. I used 8 tbsp of hot water and still found the noodles to be a bit sticky and dry. I later added a bit of reduced sodium soy sauce and that fixed it. I stirred some chopped scallions right into the noodles as well as some for garnish. Thanx for sharing this recipe! Yum!
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Great flavor! I loved how the cool cucumber sort of balanced out the hot red pepper flakes. Instead of canola oil, I used sesame oil; it added the perfect flavor. I used 8 tbsp of hot water and still found the noodles to be a bit sticky and dry. I later added a bit of reduced sodium soy sauce and that fixed it. I stirred some chopped scallions right into the noodles as well as some for garnish. Thanx for sharing this recipe! Yum!
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<p>Clockwise from upper left, my dear friends Cranberry, Quincy, Kumquat and Kiwi. All of our cats were born in the wild and adopted by us. Zaar Chefs I have met so far: Elmotoo, justcallmeToni, ~Rita~, Midwest Maven, Bird&Buddha (both of them) and most recently, Ms*Bindy from upstate New York:) Wonderful, sweet, friendly people and great chefs! Most relevant thing to mention here is that I am a vegetarian, and recently became a vegan (almost 100%). To put vegetables and other things not meat or fish on the table I work as an actuary (in my case anyway, a combination of statistician, number-cruncher and/or programmer). For fun I like to travel. Just came back from Namibia, a peaceful democracy in Africa with lots of animals! Got some terrific pictures of lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, rhinocerous, hyenas, all kinds of antelopes, giraffes and zebras. Namibia is the second most sparsely populated country per square mile, just behind Mongolia. Update: We went to Italy this Spring. We had lots of pizza and pasta. The pizza is so much better in Italy, particularly the crust. The Amalfi coast was absolutely beautiful. Spectacular natural scenery (Canada and Alaska are really beautiful, Patagonia in Chile is sublime, Iceland is unique) has been my latest passion as far as travel destinations but I have seen quite a few big cities too (Paris, Berlin, London and Madrid to name a few). On my bulletin board at work I keep a list of every country I've visited (other than the U.S. of course). So far I've made it to five continents: Europe, Africa, South America, Asia and North America of course. I've got only two other continents to conquer:) I don't usually have difficulty finding vegetarian dishes here in the U.S. or overseas, but finding vegan dishes is much harder. I have no kids, just cats, Kumquat, Cranberry, and more recently Quincy and Kiwi. They are purebreds, of the breed alley caticus (okay, American shorthair I guess). Our cats are not vegetarians, though my boyfriend (significant other, long-term partner, whatever) is. I am a friend of all animals both tamed and wild. In addition I am a freethinker and my boyfriend studies philosophy. Either way, we get along pretty well. Also, please allow me to say that my BF and I recently bought a condominium in NYC.:) Pet peeve? Okay, I don't like public scenes, especially parents yelling at their children, lovers' spats, etc. If it must be done please do it in private:D Participation & Awards:</p>