Peanut Sesame Noodles
Peanut Sesame noodles, healthy, vegan, and only takes as long as it does to cook noodles.
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Peanut Sesame Noodles
Ingredients
Serves 4
For the Noodles
1 1 lb package (454 g) spaghetti- I used Dreamfields, use what you like
2 cups (322 g) sugar snap peas
2 cups (322 g) small broccoli florets
2 red, yellow or orange bell peppers-remove the seeds then thinly slice-I used one yellow and one red this time
2 large onions, halved and thinly sliced
salt for pasta water
For the Sauce
1/2 cup (90g) creamy peanut butter-I used natural pb
2 tablespoons sugar-if you use pb with sugar you may want to omit this
3 tablespoons rice vinegar
5 tablespoons soy sauce
3 tablespoons sesame oil
5 garlic cloves, minced
a pinch or up to 1 tsp red pepper flakes, depending on how spicy you want it
salt, to taste
For Topping
chopped or halved peanuts
Directions
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook the spaghetti. 3 minutes before it's done, add all of the vegetables to the pot of pasta. Cook for 3 minutes, then drain, reserving 1 cup of the pasta water.
Meanwhile, in a large bowl, stir together all of the sauce ingredients breaking up the peanut butter, then whisk the sauce till smooth. Add about 1/2 cup reserved pasta water to the sauce to thin. Add vegetables and pasta to the bowl and toss to coat. Add a little more pasta water if you think it needs more moisture.
Top each individual servings with halved or chopped peanuts, if desired.