Sesame Noodles With Napa Cabbage

Submitted by WI Cheesehead

"From Vegetarian Times. Good hot or cold. I use Bragg's Liquid Amino Acids for the soy sauce. It's a lot lower sodium."

 

• Ready In: 13mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 3 tablespoons natural-style peanut butter
• 2 tablespoons roasted sesame oil
• 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons sherry wine or 2 tablespoons mirin
• 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon red pepper flakes or 1/2 teaspoon chili sauce
• 10 ounces udon noodles or 10 ounces spaghetti noodles
• 1⁄2 lb napa cabbage, shredded (about 4 C)
• 1⁄4 cup chopped cilantro

directions

1. Whisk together peanut butter, sesame oil, soy sauce, sherry, vinegar, sugar and red pepper flakes in saucepan.
2. In separate pot, cook noodles according to pkg directions.
3. Meanwhile, place cabbage in colander over sink.
4. Warm sauce over medium-low heat.
5. Drain noodles over cabbage in colander to wilt cabbage.
6. Transfer noodles and cabbage to serving bowl, add sauce and toss to combine well.
7. Sprinkle with cilantro and serve.

Reviews

[Rose is Rose]

We absolutely loved this recipe! I made it as written exactly, using a 9.5 oz. package Udon noodles. I tasted it and decided it didn't have enough sauce for me, so quickly made another batch of sauce. It was perfect! I will be making this often! WI Cheesehead, thanks for another great recipe!

 

[I'mPat]

I made this using 3oz of Udon noodles and the DM and DS thoroughly enjoyed gobbling up the lot, thank you WIU Cheesehead made for Name that Ingredient tag game.

 

[FoodBooksSangria]

Delicious! This recipe yields a big bang for the minimal effort required. I'm a noodle freak, and I loved this one. My only complaint is that 10 ounces of noodles isn't nearly enough. I now use a pound of spaghetti noodles and increase the rest of the ingredients by roughly 2/3rds. Otherwise, I make it exactly as written unless I have some other veggies I want to throw in. I can see how this one would be good served cold, but I'd have to have leftovers to be able to verify that!

 

[Mindelicious]

This made a very good dinner for the DH!! We actually used ramen noodles (!! -minus the sodium packet) and they turned out well - super quick this way!! Not sure where all the sodium went (the nutrition says its pretty high) cause it still needed a bit more. We used a little extra red pepper as well. Thanks so much for a great recipe!!

 

[Andrea K.]

I really liked the sauce. It does look thick to begin with, but works once mixed with the noodles. I used almost an entire head of cabbage. I think adding additional veggies like carrots, onions, etc. would be good as well.