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Cold Noodle Salad with Peanut Sauce and Vegetables

Cold Noodle Salad with Peanut Sauce and Vegetables

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A cool, refreshing salad with cold noodles, a light peanut sauce and crunchy vegetables.

Ingredients

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  • 8 oz of thin pasta – I used thin spaghetti – cooked as per box instructions.
  • 1/2 cucumber – peeled, seeded and thinly sliced
  • 1 carrot – peeled and thinly sliced
  • 1 small red pepper – seeded and thinly sliced
  • 3/4 cup of shelled edamame beans – I used fresh ones from Trader Joe’s
  • 3 thin scallions – green part only – sliced thinly
  • 2 tbs peanut butter – chunky or smooth is okay
  • 2 tbs dark sesame oil
  • 1 tbs light soy sauce
  • 1 tbs rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 1/8 tsp red pepper flakes
  • 1 tbs water
  • 1/4 cup peanuts – dry roasted or blistered peanuts

Instructions

  1. Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain in a colander and rinse under cold water and set aside.
  2. Slice the cucumber, carrot and red pepper into thin matchstick shapes all roughly the same size – set aside.
  3. Slice scallions thinly and set aside.
  4. Measure out edamame and set aside.
  5. Add peanut butter, dark sesame oil, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, honey, red pepper flakes and water to a small jar. Shake vigorously until combined.
  6. Pulse 1/4 cup of peanuts in a food processor until they are finely chopped.
  7. In a large bowl, add cold pasta. Toss with peanut sauce – a bit at a time – until all combined. Add all veggies to the pasta with peanut sauce and toss to combine.
  8. For each serving, sprinkle a little bit of chopped peanuts on top.