Summer time Dinners // Chilly Peanut Noodles • Kath Eats

These chilly peanut noodles are the proper summer time dish to make within the morning and revel in within the night! Noodles and veggies come collectively in a savory peanut sauce. 

This time of 12 months when the solar is out late, so are we!

And after we come residence, normally dripping moist and hungry, with pool baggage to unpack and showers to take, dinner is commonly the very last thing I take into consideration. Thus, I’ve been attempting to organize my dinners within the morning. Whereas I’ve carried out some easy salad dinners currently and we at all times have Blue Apron on the rotation, I’ve been attempting to make extra chilly salads to eat any time of day. 

Chilly Peanut Noodles

This chilled peanut butter sauced noodle dish is nice for a fast dinner after a day the pool or a summer time night soccer recreation. And it’s additionally really easy to pack for a picnic or lunch on the go! Noodles and veggies come collectively in a savory peanut sauce. As per normal, it’s very easy to make. 

Chilly Peanut Noodles Recipe

This chilly spicy peanut dish makes an excellent picnic meals, because it’s very transportable in a Tupperware and doesn’t have to be heated up. 

Components

• 3 boneless rooster breasts
• 3/4 pound dried noodles, corresponding to entire wheat spaghetti or soba noodles
• 2 cups unfastened packed carrots, inexperienced beans, zucchini (or comparable summertime veggies)

For the sauce

• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 clove/dice garlic, pressed
• 1 tsp contemporary ginger, minced
• 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• 1-2 pinches purple pepper flakes
• 2-3 tbsp contemporary herbs or scallions to style

Directions

Step 1: Cook dinner the pasta

Start by cooking some pasta. I used entire wheat spaghetti, however soba noodles could be nice too!

Step 2: Blanch any veggies you’re cooking

With two minutes left to go, add in no matter summery greens you want (or cook dinner them with the rooster). Choices embrace: peppers, zucchini, inexperienced beans, carrots.

Add the cooked pasta and veggies to an enormous bowl for mixing. 

Step 3: Cook dinner rooster on the aspect

Whereas the pasta cooks, lower the rooster into one-inch items and brown in a separate pan.

Step 4: Put together the sauce

In the meantime, put together the sauce with the next staples.

Warmth the sauce on low till every part is melted and mixed. You may as well use a meals processor to mix the sauce if heating is just not an possibility. If the sauce is just a little thick you should use chilly water to skinny it out only a bit. 

Step 5: Combine the pasta with the sauce and toss nicely

Step 6: Add the rooster and herbs

Step 7: Chill till able to eat 

And chill till time for dinner, every time which may be! You may as well completely get pleasure from scorching for those who’d like! Brighten the end with a closing squeeze of lime juice!

Recipe Notes

• If you happen to choose not use peanut butter, different nut butter substitutes work too! Strive cashew or almond butter. 
• Prime with a chili garlic sauce like sriracha! 
• Topping concepts: sesame seeds, thinly sliced cabbage, inexperienced onion, crushed peanuts, or crispy onions. 
• Use soba noodles, entire wheat spaghetti or angel hair, or just any pasta you want! 
• As an alternative of rooster, strive shrimp or flaked salmon or maintain it vegetarian. 

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