Aromatic Noodles With Lime-Peanut Sauce
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 12 ounces spinach linguine or 12 ounces whole wheat spaghetti
- 2 cups broccoli florets (about 9 oz.)
- 2 cups snow peas, trimmed (about 6 oz.)
- 2 cups sugar snap peas, trimmed (about 6 oz.)
- 1⁄2 cup unsalted peanuts
- 1⁄2 cup creamy natural-style peanut butter
- 1⁄4 cup low sodium soy sauce
- 1⁄4 cup water
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 scallion, cut into pieces, white and green parts
- fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated (3/4 inch piece)
- 2 tablespoons firmly packed dark brown sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon red pepper flakes, plus more to taste
directions
- Cook pasta according to package directions; drain and rinse under cold water.
- While pasta is cooking, put broccoli in a steamer basket over a large pot of boiling water and steam for 3 minutes; add in snow peas and sugar snap peas; steam for 2 minutes more, until all the vegetables are crisp tender.
- Toast the peanuts in a small dry skillet over med-high heat until fragrant, 3-5 minutes, stirring often; set aside to cool.
- Make the sauce by pureeing the peanut butter, soy sauce, water, vinegar, lime juice, scallion, ginger, brown sugar, and red pepper in a food processor or blender until smooth.
- Just before serving, toss the pasta with ¾ cup of the sauce; divide between 6 serving bowls and top each serving with the vegetables.
- Drizzle remaining sauce over the vegetables; coarsely chop the peanuts; sprinkle them on top; serve.
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Reviews
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I have this cookbook too, and I love it. I made this the other night, and it was so easy to put together, and it tasted great. I omitted snow peas (because to me, they are just snap pea shells), added sliced red bell pepper, used onion powder instead off the scallion (didn't have one), used 1 tsp. ground ginger, and doubled the red pepper flakes. Oh! I also added about 1 tsp. minced garlic to the sauce. I know I made a lot of changes, but I feel this recipe lends itself easily to whatever veggies you like/have, and it's pretty healthy too!