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recipe idea - Noodles with spicy tahini sauce
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (elsiedee@MIT.EDU)
Thu Oct 27 19:50:48 1994
From: elsiedee@MIT.EDU
To: vsg@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 94 19:49:44 EDT
I've cooked something like the following before, and it
turned out really well. Sounds like it wouldn't take too
long to prepare, either. Enjoy!!
Laura
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Subject: Noodles with spicy tahini sauce
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I've been meaning to post this for awhile, it is one of my quick favorites
and my friends keep requesting it so I hope it will go well here.
Noodles with spicy tahini sauce
This recipe looks a bit intimidating with its long ingredient
list, but it can actually be made in about 30 minutes (about the
time it takes to cook and cool the spaghetti)
Noodles:
5 oz. dried thin spaghetti, broken in half
1 tsp. oil (I use veg. or canola or olive, whatever I have)
2 tsp. sesame oil
2 cups fresh bean sprouts
1/4 cup spanish peanuts with skin (these are the red skinned ones)
2 green onions, green and white parts sliced thin diagonally
Sauce:
3 Tbsp.. tahini paste--this works best at room temp
theoretically, peanut butter works here instead
5 Tbsp. tamari or soy sauce (I use low salt versions and prefer
tamari)
1 Tbsp. white vinegar
1 Tbsp. chile oil
2 tsp. sugar
2 tsp. minced fresh ginger (I usually grate this and so mostly get
ginger juice and pulp)
2 tsp. mince fresh garlic (or a bit more if you like)
1/2 to 1 tsp. chili paste
Cook spaghetti al dente with the generic oil. Cool under
running water, drain and dry for 5 minutes. Toss spaghetti with
sesame oil to keep strands from sticking.
While spaghetti is cooking and draining, make the sauce.
Stir tahini to blend in separated oil before measuring. Measure
tahini into a small bowl. (I like to use glass because plastic
tends to pick up all the flavors, even in the short time the sauce
sits in it.) Stir in tamari one Tbsp. at a time with a fork. The
tahini will thicken, then thin. Gradually add the rest of the
sauce ingredients. Makes about 3/4 cup. Be careful, this stuff it
*HOT*, the noodles will dilute this some.
Toss spaghetti with sprouts and place on a platter. Pour
sauce over it and sprinkle with peanuts and green onion slices.
Serve at room temp. This makes 4 generous servings.
Addenda:
This is great picnic and potluck food since it is best at room
temp. I generally double the recipe and carry it in a bowl.
When assembling in a bowl I layer things (i.e. first about a
third each sprouts, then noodles, then peanuts, then onions,
then sauce, then repeat with the last layer adding the onions
and peanuts after the sauce.) Be careful, this is really hot
and doesn't look it. If there are kids around I try to put a
warning label on it.
I've been experimenting with additions. So far I like it with
lightly steamed carrots cut into thin strips, with cooked
broccoli, and with crunchy sprouts instead of peanuts. I
suspect that many other things will go as well.
To cut the hotness, back off both the ginger, the chile oil, and
the chili paste (or substitute something milder like hot bean
paste).
It also makes great leftovers.
Enjoy!
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