Spicy Peanut Noodles

Submitted by Skippy BW

"Just like take out, but homemade and a lot healthier."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 8 ounces linguine
• 1⁄2 cup low-fat creamy peanut butter
• 2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
• 1 -2 teaspoon chili paste, with garlic
• 1⁄2 teaspoon sugar
• 1 medium red bell pepper, cut into thin strips
• 3⁄4 cup chopped seeded cucumber
• 3 green onions, sliced diagonally into 1/4 inch pieces about 1/4 cup
• 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
• 4 lime wedges (optional)

directions

1. Cook linguine according to package.
2. Meanwhile, combine peanut butter,1/4 cup water, soy sauce, vinegar, chili paste and sugar in large bowl; whisk until blended (if sauce to thick thin it with water should have consistency of cream).
3. Add linguine, bell pepper, cucumber and green onions and toss well.
4. Sprinkle with cilantro.
5. Serve with lime wedges if desired.

Reviews

[Busters friend]

Wonderful! Added more home canned chili-garlic sauce & extra garlic cloves & fresh Sweet Thai basil from the garden along with the cilantro. Used sweet soy sauce (1T) instead of the sugar. MARVELOUS! Fast elegant keeper recipe! Thanks Skippy!

 

[drbecca26]

I was about to post this recipe...I had torn it off a subscription card to the Vegetarian Times and tried it...really good! I use whole wheat pasta and I never use cilantro, lime or cucumber, though, but I'm sure it's good with those added.

 

[sugarpea]

Dh liked this and I LOVED it. So easy, so good. Tastes like you put a lot more work into it than you actually did. We found recipe #151799 the perfect accompaniment.