Udon Noodles With Asian Vegetables and Peanut Sauce

Submitted by lazyme

"This recipe is from Cooking Light - April 1997. It's fast to throw together and is really yummy. As with most Asian style dishes, I usually add more veggies and whatever I have left in the refer."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 6 tablespoons water
• 1⁄4 cup creamy peanut butter
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons fresh ginger, minced
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons sesame oil
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1⁄2 teaspoon chili paste with garlic (optional)
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 8 ounces udon noodles, uncooked
• 4 cups bok choy, sliced
• 2 cups snow peas, halved crosswise
• 1 cup carrot, shredded

directions

1. Combine first 10 ingredients in a small saucepan; stir with a whisk until blended.
2. Bring to a boil; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.
3. Set aside.
4. Cook noodles in boiling water 8 minutes.
5. Drain well.
6. Combine noodles, peanut sauce, bok chop, snow peas, and carrot in a large bowl, and toss well to coat.

Reviews

[DailyInspiration]

This dish made a great dinner tonight. I cheated a little by steaming some frozen Asian veggies. The peanut sauce was delish and we served this noodle dish with some pot stickers to round out this wonderful dinner.

 

[chefdownunda]

This had a nice pad thai-like flavor to it. I actually made 3x the sauce thinking it would not go around - but it turns out it is quite concentrated and does! So I made this dish and used some of it to make a stirfry with chicken and asian vegetables dish, which was also very good. I was afraid that it would be too vinegary or sweet with the recommended amounts of vinegar and sugar, so I only did about 2/3's the recommended amounts; but it wasn't too sweet or vinegary at all, so next time I will use more. <br/>I also used crunchy peanut butter (as my Kraft smooth peanut butter has a lot of sugar in it) and it turned out well. Thanks for the recipe!

 

[jscotchmer]

This was great warm and we think it might even be better cold. Thanks for sharing!