Friday, October 21, 2011

Thai Peanut Noodles

I thought Ross was going to the cabin for the weekend, so I planned on making a meal that didn't have meat. :)  but then - he decided to stay home, so I was a little nervous he was going to hate dinner tonight!!  BUT he actually LOVED it!!  Ross even said "wow - this doesn't even need meat!!"  um yeah - he really said that!!  This meal was amazing - so simple and so easy to cook, and tasted like heaven!!  Making this on a weeknight when I'm in a hurry!!

OBB cookbook

Ingredients:
1/2 cup chicken broth
3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
1-2 teaspoon Sriracha chili sauce (1 is mild with a bite, 1.5 is medium, 2 is hot)
1 1/2 tablespoons honey
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons fresh minced ginger
2-3 cloves garlic, pressed or minced
8 oz linguine noodles
Chopped green onions
Chopped cilantro
2 limes, cut into quarters
Chopped peanuts

Cook noodles in salted water. In the meantime, combine chicken broth, peanut butter, chili sauce, honey, soy sauce, ginger, and garlic in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Whisk until smooth and remove from heat.

Toss cooked noodles with sauce and divide among 4 bowls. Sprinkle with green onions, cilantro, chopped peanuts, and garnish each serving with 2 lime quarters. Before eating, squeeze lime juice over noodles and stir to combine.

If desired, you can add meat to this dish by stir-frying shrimp or very thinly-sliced chicken (partially freeze it first) in some olive oil with a couple cloves of garlic, some fresh ginger, some green onions, soy sauce, and a small squirt or two of Sriracha chili sauce.

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