Cold Spicy Thai Noodles Food

SPICY THAI NOODLES

Steps:

• Chop garnishes and set aside.
• Boil pasta, drain.
• While pasta is boiling, heat oils in a large skillet with red pepper flakes.
• Once oil is hot, strain pepper flakes, reserving the oil in a bowl. Add reserved oil back into the skillet and add the chili paste. Whisk in soy sauce and honey.
• Toss pasta in the skillet with the sauce.
• Can be served hot, room temperature or cold. Top with garnishes and enjoy!

COLD SPICY NOODLES (LENG MIAN)

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine ice water, vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, and sambal oelek in a bowl. Refrigerate sauce to chill until spaghetti is cooked.
• Rinse cooked spaghetti in cold water until totally cooled off; drain well.
• Divide sauce between 2 chilled servings bowls. Add equal amounts of spaghetti, cucumber, kimchi, peanuts, egg, and ham to each bowl. Serve immediately.

COLD THAI NOODLE SALAD

Steps:

• Cook noodles al dente (do not overcook - mushy noodles won't work).
• Strain and rinse under cold water until cooled.
• Mix or wisk together all "dressing" ingredients (peanut butter through garlic power)until blended.
• In large bowl stir together noodles, 2/3 sauce (reserve 1/3 for later), and vegetables (reserve 1/2 chopped greens from green onion).
• Chill minimum 2 hours.
• Transfer to a bowl or platter, if you you want.
• Before serving pour reserved "dressing" over noodles.
• Sprinkle sesame seeds and reserved green onions (and cilantro if used).

COLD THAI NOODLES WITH SHRIMP

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a rolling bowl
• Add the spaghetti and cook as directed on package; rinse with cold water to cool.
• While the spaghetti is cooking, combine the pea pods, bell pepper, shrimp and peanut sauce in a large bowl.
• Add the cooked spaghetti; toss gently to mix and serve.

SPICY THAI NOODLES

Steps:

• Bring a medium pot of water to a boil. Remove from heat and add rice noodles. Soak for 10 minutes. Stir a couple times to keep from sticking. After 10 minutes, drain and rinse with cold water.
• In a large non-stick pan, heat oil and thai chilis over medium to medium-high heat. (If using ground turkey, chicken, or pork, add to pan and brown with oil and chilis before adding vegetables.).
• Add vegetables, shrimp, and garlic and cook for 2 minutes.
• Add softened noodles, fish sauce, soy sauce, and sugar and cook until noodles are tender and warmed through (about 1-2 minutes more). Add a tablespoon (or more) of water if it looks like you need more sauce.
• Stir in basil leaves and serve immediately.

SPICY THAI NOODLES WITH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Cook noodles in boiling water until tender; drain.
• Mix ingredients for sauce in a bowl with a whisk until smooth; set aside.
• Heat 2 tablespoons cooking oil in a wok or large skillet over high heat (add more oil as necessary during cooking).
• Add lemongrass and Thai chiles and cook until fragrant.
• Add carrot, scallions, and bell peppers and cook until carrot starts to become crisp-tender.
• Add bean sprouts and cook 1-2 minutes more.
• Add drained noodles to the pan and pour sauce over noodles.
• Using two utensils, lift vegetables from bottom to integrate throughout noodles and mix well.
• Garnish with chopped cilantro and chopped peanuts and serve with hot chili sauce (sriracha), if desired.
• Cooking tip: you may cut noodles into smaller pieces after cooking with kitchen shears to make them easier to work with.

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.

SPICY THAI NOODLE SALAD

Steps:

• Cook pasta in a large pot of salted water. Check cooking directions, soba noodles can cook literally in minutes. Drain pasta well. Let pasta dry a bit or water on the pasta will dilute the dressing.
• Whisk sesame oil, canola oil, honey, soy sauce, vinegars, ginger and cayenne in a small bowl to blend.
• Season with salt.
• Heat a few tablespoons of dressing in saute pan over medium high heat (be careful, dressing can burn easily).
• Add peppers to pan for about 2 - 3 minutes to ligtly soften, they should still be crunchy.
• Add all other ingredients to pasta along with remaining dressing. Mix salad well, you will probably need to use your hands.
• Garnish with lime wedges.
• Serve right away or chill as long as overnight.
• Add peas shortly before serving. If you add them too early they will turn a "lovely" shade of grey.

COLD SPICY THAI NOODLES

Steps:

• Cook noodles according to pkg directions, drain, and cool for 10 minutes.
• Chop green onion, cilantro, and peanuts.
• Place grapeseed oil and sesame oil in large bowl. Add chili flakes, honey, and soy sauce, and whisk until combined.
• Add noodles to bowl with sauce, and toss.
• Chill in fridge until cool, or overnight.
• Before serving, top with onions, cilantro, peanuts, and sesame seeds.