Peanut Butter Vegetable Noodles | Noodles recipe

Peanut Butter Vegetable Noodles, a quick to make delicious noodle recipe under 20 mins. Looking for scrumptious meal but don't have much time, then these peanut butter noodle is just for you !! The flavors are robust and the sauce is smooth and rich because of the peanut butter in it. 

I had never thought that peanut butter make such a flavorful noodles until i tried on my own. Seriously i'm not exaggerating here, it's such a simple and flavored packed noodle with handful of ingredients that you probably had it in your pantry already. If you love peanut butter or peanut flavor in general, then you must try this recipe.

When i had tried this noodles first time, the base sauce used in this recipe had slightly remembered the peanut sauce served in Thai restaurant . If you're familiar with those flavor and like it, then you're gonna love this noodle recipe. I have a love-hate relationship with Thai cuisine. Love all the coconut flavors in their cooking but the fish sauce in every thing and very strong umami flavor is very offsetting for me. 

The base sauce in this recipe is similar to "Thai Peanut sauce"  therefore i named this noodles as "Thai Noodles" in our home :-) Ok, now let's check out how to make this creamy delicious peanut butter noodles recipe.

Peanut Butter Vegetable Noodles

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 20 mins | Serves : 2 
Recipe Category: Noodles | Recipe Cuisine: Thai
Peanut Butter Noodles,Vegetable Noodles,Thai Sytle Noodles, Peanut Butter Vegetable Noodles, a quick to make delicious noodle recipe under 20 mins. Looking for scrumptious meal but don't have much time, then these peanut butter noodle is just for you !!.

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Ingredients
Noodles - 2 pack/cake
Mix veg(cabbage,carrot,mushroom and capsicum) - 2 cup(thinly sliced)
Garlic - 1 clove
Ginger - 1 inch piece
Green onion - 3
Crushed peanuts - 2 tbsp
Sesame oil - 2 tsp
For Sauce
Peanut Butter - 3 tbsp
Soy Sauce(low sodium) - 2 tbsp
Honey - 1 tbsp
*Siracha sauce - 1 tbsp
Lemon juice - 1 tsp
Hot water - 1/4 cup
* see notes

Procedure

In bowl ,add all the ingredients listed under "For Sauce" except water and mix it well and then add water and make a thin sauce.

Keep the sauce aside until use. Cut all the vegetables, garlic, ginger and green onion into thin slices. Cook the noodles as per the packet instructions and keep it ready.

Heat a pan with oil, add the garlic & ginger and saute till they are fragrant and then add the white part of green onions and saute for 30 secs. Then add carrot  and saute for 2 mins.

Next add all the other vegetables with pinch of salt and saute till they are soft.

Add the noodles and the sauce mixture and mix it well.

Finally top it with green onions and crushed peanuts.

Tasty Peanut Butter Noodles is ready to serve.

Related : How to make Peanut Butter Cups

Notes:

• Don't over the veggies, it should be soft and retain its shape.
• We like our noodles as little spicy, but if you can't tolerate more heat reduce the amount of siracha sauce or use any hot sauce that you like
• Hot water helps to loosen the peanut butter.
• Depends on your liking you can always add more or less of any ingredients for the sauce.
• Adding ginger gives great flavor to the noodles, so highly recommend not to reduce the quantity.
• Instead of veggies, you can add chicken or any other protein you like or even without any veggies also,you can make this, it would be awesome.
  

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Brown Rice Noodles with Broccoli and Peanuts | Noodles Recipe

Brown Rice Noodles with Broccoli and Peanuts, it's my recent favorite to make with rice noodles. Recently i had bought this brown rice noodles from Costco and looking for some interesting and quick to make recipe with it, that's when i came across this recipe from pinterest while browsing. I liked the recipe instantly since it doesn't need any fancy ingredients or meat. All you need is some basic sauces and your favorite veggies to make this delicious and healthy noodles in no time. Adding peanuts give nice crunchiness to this noodles and also i highly recommend to use good quality of soy sauce and the sesame oil, that gives great flavor to this noodles. Now let's see how i made this yummy noodles. 

Brown Rice Noodles with Broccoli and Peanuts

Preparation Time : 1 hr | Cooking Time : 20 mins | Serves : 1 
Recipe Category: Noodles | Recipe Cuisine: International

Ingredients
Brown Rice Noodles - 1 pack
Broccoli Florets - 1/2 cup
Bell pepper/Capsicum - 1/4 cup(roughly chopped)
Garlic - 1
Green onion - 2
Soy sauce - 1 tsp
Chili sauce - 1/2 tsp
Sugar - 1/2 tsp
Salt - as needed
Tomato Ketchup - 1 tsp
Roasted peanuts - 1 tbsp
Sesame oil - 2 tsp

Procedure

First cut the green and white part of green onions finely, capsicum into small chunks. Cook the noodles as per package instructions and keep it ready. Add tomato ketchup, soy sauce,chili sauce,sugar,salt into bowl, mix it well and keep it ready.Heat the pan with oil, add the crushed garlic, then add the white part of green onions, saute for 30 secs, then add the broccoli and bell pepper,  saute it in the oil for 2 mins.Then add 1/4 cup of water in to the sauce mixture, mix it well and then add into the veggies, let it simmer for 3-4 mins in the low flame.Next add the cooked noodles, give a quick toss and switch off the flame. Just before serving, add the roasted peanuts and green onions. Tada, Delicious Noodles is ready to serve.

Notes:

• Add more or less of sauces as per your liking.
• Once all the sauces become thick, add the noodles into the pan. 
• Don't cook the noodles for long time, otherwise it turns mushy very easily.
• Add the roasted peanut just before serving to retain its crunchiness.
• I like more veggies in my noodles, but you can add more or less of veggies as per your preference.
  

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Hakka Noodles | Vegetable Noodles

Hakka Noodles, a famous noodle recipe that is available in all roadside stalls in India. It's an adoption of Chinese food to Indian taste and you can see different varieties of hakka noodles throughout India and the taste differs from region to region.

Actually Hakka Cuisine is the cooking style of hakka people(who speaks hakka language) from china.But in India, Hakka cuisine means indian adaptation of original hakka dishes and it's predominantly having indian flavor,even in some places garam masala is used in noodles for flavoring.

So the recipe that i'm sharing today is not authentic hakka noodles, it was influenced from the noodles  taste that i had had from the restaurant and other roadside joints in India.But all i can say is it's one of the tastiest noodle recipes that i have tasted so far. If you like noodles from roadside shops, then give it a try.  

Vegetable Hakka Noodles

Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 20 mins | Serves : 2 
Recipe Category: Noodles | Recipe Cuisine: Indo-Chinese
Vegetable Hakka Noodles, Indo Chinese Noodles, Hakka Noodles, Roadside Noodles Hakka Noodles, a famous noodle recipe that is available in all roadside stalls in India.

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Ingredients
Noodles - 200 gms
Mixed Vegetables - 1 cup(i have used cabbage, carrot & capsicum)
Spring onions - 2
Garlic - 3 pods
Tomato(small) - 2
Soy sauce - 2 tsp
Paprika - 1 tsp
Tomato ketchup - 1 tbsp
Pepper powder - as needed
Salt - to taste. 
Olive oil - 2 tsp

Procedure

First cook the noodles, bring a pot of water to boil with enough salt, add the noodles into hot water and cook as per packet instructions or until it's soft.Drain and keep it aside. Shred the cabbage ,cut the carrot, capsicum into thin stripes and white part of green onions into small pieces, minced the garlic well.

Heat a kadai with oil, add the garlic, saute till it fragrant, then carrot carrot and saute.

Once the carrot becomes soft, add the cabbage and capsicum and saute till for a while in a high flame, then add the soy sauce and give a good mix.

Chop the tomatoes roughly into pieces, put into the mixie/blender jar and grind into paste  and add into the veggies.

Add paprika, salt and tomato ketchup and mix well.

Cook till the moisture from the tomato is almost evaporated, then add the cooked noodles and pepper powder(if needed).

Toss it well and finally add the finely chopped green parts of green onions and switch off the flame.

Tasty Hakka Noodles is ready to serve.

Related : Peanut Butter Vegetable Noodles 

Notes:

• Cook the noodles till it becomes soft but doesn't loose its texture.
• Soy sauce and tomato ketchup already have salt in it and also remember we add salt in the noodles, so under do salt in the veggies.
  

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