Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Thai Peanut Noodles

Thai Peanut Noodles
recipe and image from Our Best Bites

INGREDIENTS:
Noodles and Sauce:
1/2 c. chicken broth
3 Tbsp. creamy peanut butter
1-2 tsp. Sriracha chili sauce (1 is mild with a bite, 1.5 is medium, 2 is hot)
1 1/2 Tbsp. honey
3 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 1/2 Tbsp. fresh minced ginger
2-3 cloves garlic, pressed or minced
8 oz. Udon or linguine noodles
Chopped green onions
Chopped cilantro
2 limes, cut into quarters
Chopped peanuts

Chicken:
2 chicken breasts, thinly sliced
olive oil
1 green onion, chopped
1 TB fresh minced ginger
1 garlic clove, minced
2 TB soy sauce
1 tsp Sriracha chili sauce

DIRECTIONS:
1. Cook noodles in salted water.
2. Heat olive oil in pan and stir-fry chicken garlic, ginger, green onion, soy sauce, and Sriracha chili sauce.
3. 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.
4. Add cooked chicken to noodles, Toss cooked noodles and chicken 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.

*My husband loved this dish! I thought it had too much peanut butter but would make it again and not add as much peanut butter. I was not expecting the thickness of the peanut butter to be so prevelant, but I think I let it get to thick over the heat. Anyway, it was yummy and something different.

1 comment:

Miss Meat and Potatoes said...

This looks so good! I have been craving asian style noodles lately and will have to try this. Great post!