COLD NOODLES IN SPICY PEANUT SAUCE

Mildly spicy cold noodles

I first had this at Brandy Ho's in Chinatown, San Francicso. I forget where I found the recipe.

Ingredients

(Serves 4)

20 g fresh garlic, minced
10 g fresh coriander, minced
90 g peanut butter
15 cl light soy sauce
60 g sugar
3-15 ml rice wine
15-30 ml hot bean paste
15 ml sesame oil
500 g lo mein noodles (other noodles will do, such as ramen noodles or even spagetti).

Procedure

Cook the lo mein according to directions. Let cool.
Mix the rest of the ingredients. Peanut butter doesn't mix very well, so for a few minutes you'll think you've made a mistake. Don't worry, just keep stirring until it's smooth.
Add the sauce to the noodles.

Notes

Hot bean sauce also goes by the name Szechuan bean sauce etc. This is the main "spicy" ingredient and should be handled with care. Vary this ingredient to taste. This recipe is probably very good without it. It's also quite good served when the noodles are still hot.

Rating

Difficulty: easy.
Time: 10 minutes preparation, 5 minutes cooking.
Precision: no need to measure.

Contributor

 
Edward Falk 
Sun Microsystems, Mountain View, California, USA 
falk@sun.com sun!falk

Recipe last modified: 3 Feb 87

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