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Whole Wheat Sesame Noodles with Spicy Peanut-Sriracha Sauce

Whole Wheat Sesame Noodles with Spicy Peanut-Sriracha Sauce
  • Category

    Sauce

  • Cusine

    American

Ingredients

1/2 lb. whole wheat spaghetti

generous amount of salt, added to water for cooking pasta

2 cups coleslaw mix, shredded napa cabbage or shredded cabbage

2 cups sliced sugar snap peas

1 red bell pepper, seeds and stem cut away and then thinly sliced

3 green onions, cut in thin diagonal slices

1 T sesame seeds, optional

1/2 cup natural peanut butter

3 T Tamari or soy sauce

1 T rice vinegar

1 T Sriracha Sauce 

1 T sesame oil

1-2 T sweetener of your choice

salt to taste, optional

Directions

Break spaghetti in half. Bring a big pot of salted water to a boil, then add spaghetti and cook until barely al dente While spaghetti cooks, measure 2 cups coleslaw mix . slice green onions, slice sugar-snap peas, and slice red pepper strips. Put the peanut butter into a big glass measuring cup and microwave 20-30 seconds, until it’s just starting to soften. Then add the Tamari or soy sauce, rice vinegar, Sriracha Sauce to taste, sesame oil, and 1 T sweetener. Whisk together to make a creamy sauce. Taste to see if you want more sweetener You might also want to add a pinch of salt if you’d like it a bit more salty. You can also add a tablespoon or so of water if the sauce seems too thick. When it’s done, drain spaghetti into a colander placed in the sink, then rinse with very cold water and let drain well. When spaghetti is well drained, put noodles in a bowl, add sauce, and gently stir to coat all the noodles with sauce. Stir in the veggies and gently combine. If desired, put sesame seeds in a small frying pan on the stove and toast for a minute or so. Put finished noodle into a bowl, garnish with sesame seeds and a few extra slices of green onion, and serve. Leftovers of this will keep in the fridge for a few days. I eat them cold, but you could microwave very briefly to heat if you prefer.