Photo: Aromatic Noodles With Lime Peanut Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
- 3/4 pound spinach linguine or whole-wheat spaghetti
- 2 cups (about 9 ounces) broccoli florets
- 2 cups (about 6 ounces) snow peas, trimmed
- 2 cups (about 6 ounces) sugar snap peas, trimmed
- 1/2 cup natural creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 scallion, cut into pieces
- 3/4 inch fresh ginger, finely grated
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1/2 cup shelled unsalted peanuts
Directions
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.
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By sjones_inBR
Baton Rouge, LA
on February 19, 2013
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Excellent dish in all respects. Easy to Prepare, Wonderful Balance of flavors, and a great one dish meal. I thought the peanut butter (used Peter Pan did not dominate the vegetables, and the fresh lime juice was the key ingredient. Substitutions: regular soy sauce and petite English Peas for sugar snap peas.
By Trini_Gal
on January 14, 2013
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This was delicious, served either hot or cold. The sauce combined perfectly with the pasta and veggies. In fact I think the sauce can also be served with the veggies alone as a dip. I used whole wheat spaghetti - a 13.2 oz box seemed to work well for the quantities of sauce and veggies here. Be sure to drain the pasta really well or else the liquid can thin out your sauce. I used hot sauce in place of the red pepper flakes, and I omitted the toasted peanuts on top to save on calories. Highly recommend this great recipe and will definitely make it again this weekend.
By slcolemn
on January 06, 2013
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this was really easy to make and delicious... i will make it again.
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