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Peanut Sauce Noodles

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 27 minutes
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Thai-inspired

Ingredients
  

  • 8 oz spaghetti
  • ¾ cup base peanut sauce
  • warm water
  • 1 red bell pepper julienned
  • 1 carrot shredded
  • 3 scallions sliced
  • ½ cucumber sliced
  • crushed peanuts
  • cilantro
  • lime wedges
  • reserved pasta water

Equipment

  • pot
  • colander
  • bowl
  • whisk
  • tongs
  • cutting board
  • chef's knife
  • plates

Method
 

  1. Prep the vegetables: julienned pepper, shredded carrot, sliced scallions and cucumber.
  2. Boil the spaghetti in well-salted water until just al dente; scoop out 1 cup of the starchy cooking water, then drain.
  3. Whisk warm water into the peanut sauce a spoonful at a time until it pours like cream.
  4. Pour the sauce over the warm spaghetti; add the vegetables and toss with tongs, loosening with splashes of the reserved pasta water.
  5. Twirl nests onto plates and finish with crushed peanuts, scallion, cilantro and a lime wedge. Serve warm.

Notes

Keeps 2 days refrigerated; loosen with warm water. Allergens: peanuts, soy, wheat/gluten, sesame.