Asian Noodles With Lime Peanut Sauce Food

STIR FRIED NOODLES WITH PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• Tenderise Chicken (optional, Note 4): Place chicken and bicarb in a bowl and mix with your fingers. Set aside for 20 minutes. Rinse well in a colander then shake off excess water. Roughly pat dry with a paper towel.
• Sauce: Place all ingredients except water in a bowl and mix (microwave if needed to melt the peanut butter). Add water and mix.
• Prepare noodles per packet directions (usually soak in boiled water). Drain, set aside.
• Heat oil in a large skillet or wok over high heat. Add garlic and onion, stir for 30 seconds.
• Add chicken and cook until the outside changes from pink to white. Add carrot and cabbage, cook until it starts to wilt.
• Add noodles, bean sprouts and Sauce. Toss for 1 1/2 - 2 minutes or until the Sauce thickens and coats the noodles.
• Serve immediately, garnished with coriander and peanuts.

AROMATIC NOODLES WITH LIME PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook the pasta in a large pot of water according to the directions on the package. Drain and rinse with cold water. While the pasta is cooking put the broccoli in a steamer basket over a large pot of boiling water and steam it for 3 minutes. Add the snow peas and sugar snap peas and steam for 2 minutes more.
• Toast the peanuts in a dry pan over a medium heat until they become fragrant, about 3 minutes. Set them aside to cool. Make the sauce by pureeing the peanut butter, soy sauce, water, vinegar, lime juice, scallion, ginger, sugar and red pepper flakes in a food processor or blender until smooth.
• Right before serving, toss the pasta with 3/4 cup of the peanut sauce. Divide into 6 serving bowls and top each serving with the vegetables. Drizzle the remaining sauce over the vegetables. Coarsely chop the peanuts, sprinkle them on top and serve.

BEEF PAD THAI WITH PEANUT SAUCE & ASIAN NOODLES

Steps:

• Thai Peanut Sauce Preparation: Place the first 12 ingredients (from the peanuts to the lime zest), in a blender. Blend until sauce is smooth. If you prefer a runnier peanut sauce, add a little more water. Do a taste test for salt and spice, adding more fish sauce if not salty enough, and more chili sauce &/or red pepper flakes, if not spicy enough. If too salty, add another squeeze of fresh limejuice.
• Beef Pad Thai Preparation: Cook the noodles according to the package directions. Drain, transfer to a large bowl, and cover with aluminum foil or plastic wrap to keep warm.
• Heat the peanut oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the ginger and garlic - cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the sliced onions & mushrooms, stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add the beef and stir-fry another 2 minutes. Next, add the teriyaki sauce & a 1/2 cup of the Thai peanut sauce, stir all together, and simmer until the beef is cooked through, about 4-5 minutes.
• Transfer the noodles to the beef mixture & toss to combine. Serve on individual plates topped with the peanuts and scallions. The leftover peanut sauce will keep in the refrigerator up to 4 days or in the freezer up to 3 months; thaw completely in the refrigerator or microwave for about 3 minutes on LOW before using.

PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• With motor running, drop ginger and garlic clove into a blender and blend until finely chopped. Add peanut butter, soy sauce, lime juice, brown sugar, red pepper flakes, and 1/3 cup water and blend, adding more water by tablespoonfuls if needed to thin, until smooth. DO AHEAD: Peanut sauce can be made 3 days ahead. Transfer to a small bowl, cover, and chill. Bring to room temperature before using.

THAI NOODLES WITH SPICY PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook pasta in a large pot of salted water according to package directions.
• Drain and return to pot.
• Add 2 TBSP sesame oil and toss to coat.
• Set aside.
• Heat remaining 2 TBSP sesame oil in heavy pot over medium-high heat.
• Add green onions, carrots, stir-fry veggies, garlic and ginger.
• Saute until vegetables soften, about 4 minutes.
• Add honey, peanut butter, soy sauce, vinegar and chili-garlic sauce and mix well.
• Simmer sauce 2 minutes.
• Pour sauce over pasta and toss well.
• Transfer to platter and serve warm.
• Garnish with additional green onions, if desired.
• Yields 8 side dish servings or 4 main dish servings.
• **Chili-Garlicsauce can be increased or decreased depending on how spicy you like your dish.
• As written, this recipe has some heat, but is still edible for my toddler son.

ASIAN LIME NOODLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Take a piece of foil that is two to three times as big as the baking dish you will be using and line the bottom of the pan.
• finley chop garlic and onions. place them into the bottom of the foil lined pan.
• take the bricks of noodles and break them in to a few pieces so that they fit in an even layer over the onions and garlic (reserve the oriental seasoning that come with the noodles for anotehr step).
• dump the mushrooms with the water that is in the can on top of the noodles.
• (OPTIONAL) you can now place shrimp or salmon on top of the mushrooms now if you want for a yummy addition.
• now zest and juice the lime on top of your noodle and mushroom layer or ontop of the meat if you chose to add it to your dish.
• then sprinkle the oriental flavor packs and the chinese 5 spice on the top of the dish or your meat. Then salt and pepper to your liking.
• Now take pour 8oz of your stock down the side of the dish so that it doesnt wash away your seasonings you just added.
• Now bunch the foil up like a tent leaving just a small opening for venting.
• Place in oven for 25 mins and then check the level of the broth, add more to your liking or if the noodles are not done and still need more moisture then retent and place in the oven till the noodles are just done yet still have a bit to them.

ASIAN NOODLES WITH LIME PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions, drain and rinse under cold water.
• Meanwhile, steam broccoli about 3 minutes. Add snow peas and sugar snap peas and steam an additional 2 minutes, until all veggies are crisp tender.
• Toast peanuts in a dry skillet over medium high heat, about 3 to 5 minutes, stirring.
• Make a sauce by combining peanut butter, soy sauce, water, vinegar, lime juice, scallions, ginger, brown sugar and red pepper flakes until smooth.
• Toss the pasta with the vegetables and then toss in the peanut sauce. Coarsely chop the toasted peanuts and sprinkle over each bowl. Serve.