Cold Sesame Noodles Recipe

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

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
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:

Puree everything, adding enough water to get the desired consistency.

For the omelette:

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.

For the salad:

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.
Toss everything and enjoy!

Option: Omit the omelette… (don’t do this!)
Option: Add extra vegetables!