Description
An amazing recipe straight from one of my favorite cookbooks the Hot for Food Cookbook! Bright, colorful vegetables tossed with rice noodles and a spicy creamy peanut sauce.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pounds flat rice noodles (like pad thai noodles)
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 cup white onion, thinly sliced
- 4 green onions, finely sliced (reserve some for garnish)
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 jalapenos, seeded and sliced thin
- 2 heads broccoli, cut into florets
- 1 tbsp ginger, minced
- 1 large red pepper, thinly sliced
- 1 cup snow peas
- 1 tsp sea salt
- cilantro (for garnish)
- peanuts (for garnish)
- Spicy Peanut Sauce
- 1/2 cup water
- 2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 cup tamari (or soy sauce)
- juice of 2 limes
- 1 1/2 tbsp chili paste
- 2 tsp maple syrup
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil and cook the noodles. Be aware that rice noodles cook extremely fast. Drain them and toss them in a drizzle of oil so they don’t stick.
- While you are heating the water to cook the noodles, heat the oil in a large frying pan. Add onion and green onion and saute for 3 minutes or until the green onions are softened.
- Next, add in the garlic, jalapenos, and ginger and saute for 2 minutes until the garlic and ginger become fragrant. Be careful not to burn the garlic! Add the bell pepper and stir for about 3 more minutes or until they are just beginning to soften.
- Add in the broccoli and the snow peas and cook for 6-8 more minutes. I like to leave my vegetables still slightly crunchy so I don’t cover them but if you want them to soften significantly, cover the pot and stir occasionally. If you like them with a slight crunch, cook them till they are bright green and about half cooked.
- While everything is cooking make the peanut sauce! Combine all the ingredients into a blender or food processor, or you can vigorously whisk it in a bowl. If you are going to whisk it yourself, I recommend using hot water because it breaks up the peanut butter better.
- Toss the vegetables in about half of the peanut sauce until coated. Then add in the noodles and the rest of the sauce and toss it all together! Drizzle some extra lime and sesame oil on top before serving to amp up the flavor!