Recipe Spicy sesame noodle salad with peanut dressing

Windigo said:
I hope you like it SandwichShortOfAPicnic , the sauce looks right!
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As I was making the dressing I realised I've made a version of this way back in the mists of time, can't remember which Nigella book it was in but I do remember it was good.
I stopped making it because at the time rice noodles were the only GF thing I could get hold of and I got fed up with them.

Now I have the far more interesting GF ramen ones that are like egg noodles.
Exciting 👏 👏 👏
 
Windigo said:
This is my adaptation of a recipe from www.nigella.com , I've kept it for years but I do want to mention where I got the original idea. I love the spicy sweetness of the sauce with the crisp vegetables. It's surprisingly filling as well. A good vegetarian option to bring to a potluck as well.
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Ingredients for 4:
400 grams of cooked thin egg noodles
1 red pepper, thin slices
100 g of thinly sliced mangetout
1 medium cucumber, finely chopped
1 spring onion, finely chopped
2 tbsps of roast sesame seeds
1 red chilli, finely chopped

Peanut dressing:
3 tablespoons of smooth peanut butter (unsalted)
4 tablespoons of soy sauce
Juice of 1 lime
1 tablespoon of runny honey
1 fat minced garlic clove

1. Mix vegetables in a bowl with the sesame seeds, spring onion and chilli.
2. Mix ingredients for the dressing in a seperate bowl.
3. Pour dressing over vegetables, and mix well.
4. Stir cooked noodles through dressing and vegetables, and make sure everything is covered with the dressing.
5. Let sit for about an hour or longer in a container (preferably overnight) in the refrigerator, so the flavours can develop well.
6. Enjoy, serving suggestion is to serve it with grilled chicken or tofu. Though it stands well on it's own too!
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Did you slice the cucumber instead of chopping? If not what are those sort of octagonal shaped things?

Mangetout is known as snow pea pods in the U.S. for the other Americans on here.

This looks really, really good. Very similar to a recipe Craig makes and loves, but I think I would like this dressing better, as his uses fish oil. His recipe does have grated carrots in it as another difference.
 
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medtran49 said:
Did you slice the cucumber instead of chopping? If nit what are those sort of octagonal shaped things?

Mangetout is known as snow pea pods in the U.S. for the other Americans on here.

This looks really, really good. Very similar to a recipe Craig makes and loves, but I think I would like this dressing better, as his uses fish oil. His recipe does have grated carrots in it as another difference.
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I suppose it's sliced then, not chopped 😉 because it's cucumber.

Thank you for the compliment! ❤️
 
medtran49 said:
Did you slice the cucumber instead of chopping? If not what are those sort of octagonal shaped things?

Mangetout is known as snow pea pods in the U.S. for the other Americans on here.

This looks really, really good. Very similar to a recipe Craig makes and loves, but I think I would like this dressing better, as his uses fish oil. His recipe does have grated carrots in it as another difference.
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Good to know on the snow peas! Thank you!
 
medtran49 said:
Did you slice the cucumber instead of chopping? If not what are those sort of octagonal shaped things?

Mangetout is known as snow pea pods in the U.S. for the other Americans on here.

This looks really, really good. Very similar to a recipe Craig makes and loves, but I think I would like this dressing better, as his uses fish oil. His recipe does have grated carrots in it as another difference.
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My youngest has always put an interesting spin on words. He doesn’t put two and two together when it comes to how a word is pronounced and when he see’s it spelt.
So he thought ‘Mangetout’ which is pronounced ‘Monzh-too’ was ‘Mans-‘towt’
He’s never lived that one down, in this house to this day it’s still called Mans-towt :laugh::laugh::laugh:
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
So he thought ‘Mangetout’ which is pronounced ‘Monzh-too’ was ‘Mans-‘towt’
He’s never lived that one down, in this house to this day it’s still called Mans-towt :laugh::laugh::laugh:
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That brought a smile to my face, because I suddenly thought of my dad , who rarely ate anything not 100% British.
He'd probably have called them mangy toots. :laugh: :laugh:
 
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Loved by everyone and surprisingly well suited to a cold day due to the spice level.

Mr SSOAP said I love this, I replied this is courtesy of the forum, he said well say thankyou very much and they can keep sending recipes like this.
Winner, winner chickenless dinner 😂
 
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