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Cold Sesame Noodles

[heart_this] · Jul 26, 2018 · 4 Comments

Cold Sesame Noodles

A cool noodle salad in a tasty and spicy sesame and peanut dressing!

It’s been pretty hot lately and on hot days I often enjoy a nice cool meal like these cold sesame noodles! This is a noodle salad where the pasta is cooked like normal before being thrown into an ice water bath to chill out. A bunch of bright, cool and crunchy vegetables like cucumbers, peppers, cabbage and carrots fill out the salad giving it a beautiful array of colours and textures. The star of the show is the tasty sesame and peanut dressing, and I find it difficult to resist anything with a tasty peanut sauce or dressing. I like to throw in a thinly sliced omelette to add some protean and a nice yellow colour, but this requires some extra cooking so you might want to omit it. The salad is finished off with some chopped peanuts and a drizzle of spicy chili oil! Everything in this salad is served cold so it is the perfect meal to beat the summer heat!

Cold Sesame Noodles
Cold Sesame Noodles
Cold Sesame Noodles
Cold Sesame Noodles

Cold Sesame Noodles
Cold Sesame Noodles

Cold Sesame Noodles

Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 15 minutes Total Time: 30 minutes Servings: 4

A cool noodle salad in a tasty and spicy sesame and peanut dressing!

ingredients
    For the dressing:
  • 2 tablespoons sesame paste (or tahini)
  • 2 tablespoons peanut butter
  • 1 tablespoon black vinegar (or balsamic vinegar)
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon sriracha
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1 teaspoon ginger, grated
  • 1 teaspoon garlic, grated
  • water
  • For the omelette:
  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1 tablespoon milk or cream
  • 1 tablespoon parmigiano reggiano (parmesan cheese), grated
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • For the salad:
  • 8 ounces spaghetti(or ramen noodles, or soba noodles, etc.) (gluten-free for gluten-free)
  • 1 cup cucumber, sliced thinly
  • 1 cup cabbage, thinly sliced
  • 1 cup red pepper, thinly sliced
  • 1 cup carrot, thinly sliced
  • 2 green onions, sliced
  • 1/4 cup peanuts, chopped
  • chili oil to taste
directions
    For the dressing:
  1. Puree everything, adding enough water to get the desired consistency.
  2. For the omelette:
  3. Mix the egg, milk, and cheese, melt the butter in a small pan over medium heat add the mixture and cook until lightly golden brown, about 2 minutes, per side, before setting aside to cool and slice thinly.
  4. For the salad:
  5. Cook the noodles as directed on the package, removing them from the heat a little (~1 minute) before instructed, drain and plunge into ice water to cool.
  6. Toss everything and enjoy!
Option: Omit the omelette… (don’t do this!)
Option: Add extra vegetables!
Nutrition Facts: Calories 456, Fat 19g (Saturated 5g, Trans 0), Cholesterol 90mg, Sodium 429mg, Carbs 55g (Fiber 5g, Sugars 7g), Protein 18g

Nutrition by: Nutritional facts powered by Edamam
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Comments

  1. Laura says

    July 26, 2018 at 3:26 pm

    This looks so incredibly amazing!

    Reply
  2. Laura says

    August 1, 2018 at 10:12 pm

    I made this tonight as written, the only change was that I used some leftover grilled chicken in place of the omelette. Delicious! I’ll be making this again. Thank you!

    Reply
  3. Mike Gottinger says

    May 3, 2019 at 12:07 am

    Fantastic!
    Could not find sesame paste or chili oil in our local grocery stores but otherwise made as directed.
    Delicious. Would prefer chicken or prawns to the egg but definitely a keeper.

    Reply
    • kevin says

      May 3, 2019 at 10:56 am

      I’m glad you like it! You can use tahini instead of sesame paste.

      Reply

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