How To Make Spicy Noodles {Peanut Chili Sauce Pasta}
With ginger, garlic and peanut butter, these spicy noodles are everything you crave.
Prep Time30mins
Cook Time20mins
Total Time50mins
Course: Main
Cuisine: Asian
Keyword: pasta, peanut chili sauce, spicy noodles, summer
Servings: 6servings
Calories: 573kcal
Author: Daily DIY Life
Ingredients
1package of your noodle of choice
1tbspgrated ginger
4clovesgarlicminced
1full shallotminced
Whites of 8 scallions slicedabout a ¼ of a cup
1tbspfish sauce
1tbsppeanut oil
1teaspoonchili sauce
¼cuppeanut butter
⅛cupsoy sauce
1tbsproom temperature water
2tspbrown sugar or Turbinado sugar
Cilantrooptional
Sesame seedsoptional
Instructions
In a large pot of water, cook the noodles. Regardless of brands, follow the instructions but cook them al dente. Drain noodles and rinse quickly. Set aside.
To make the savory sauce:
Prep your ingredients: Grate your ginger, slice your scallions, and mince garlic and shallot.
In a small bowl, combine your fish sauce and chili sauce and whisk. Set aside for later.
In another bowl combine your peanut butter and soy sauce, again, set aside.
On low heat and in a non-stick skillet or pan, sauté garlic and shallot in 1 tbsp peanut oil on low heat for 5-7 minutes. Add a pinch of salt.
Add green onions and ginger and cook for 8 more minutes. When the mixture is really starting to cook down, add your sugar slowly. Remember, low heat is your friend here. You're almost creating a paste and caramelizing the mixture. This is why sugar is so important.
When your mixture of scallions, shallot, garlic, and sugar is looking more like a paste, slowly add your fish sauce/chili sauce and mix.
In a large mixing bowl mix the noodles, caramelized paste peanut butter/soy sauce.