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Interests => All Things Edible (and how to prepare them) => Recipes => Topic started by: crockspot on February 22, 2009, 05:27:32 PM

Title: Dan Dan Noodles
Post by: crockspot on February 22, 2009, 05:27:32 PM: I have finally perfected one of my favorites I used to get at Little Shanhai in Santa Cruz, CA. It's not exactly the same, but close enough to satisfy me. Amounts mentioned are to feed one hungry bachelor.

Ingredients:

Pasta (Spaghetti, or whatever you want)
Broccoli
Green onions
Peanut butter
Rice vinegar
Sesame oil
Soy sauce
chicken stock or just hot water works
sugar
garlic powder

Put pasta on to boil
stir together 2 tbs peanut butter, 1 tsp sesame oil, 2 tsp rice vinegar, 2 tsp soy sauce, and a shake of garlic powder until well blended.
add suger to taste (1 tsp or more)
thin with hot water or chicken stock.

About four or five minutes before the pasta is done, throw cut up broccoli into the water with the pasta. This is one case where I like to overcook the pasta by a minute or so.

Drain pasta/broccoli, put in bowl, pour over peanut sauce mixture, and toss until pasta is well coated with peanutty goodness.

Top with chopped green onions.

Yum.
Title: Re: Dan Dan Noodles
Post by: Thor on February 22, 2009, 05:28:35 PM: No meat ?!?!?!?!? WTF ?!!?!?!?!?!?!?
Title: Re: Dan Dan Noodles
Post by: Odin's Hand on February 22, 2009, 05:40:54 PM: That would be killer with some peeled shrimp. I'm gonna try it.
Title: Re: Dan Dan Noodles
Post by: Chris on February 22, 2009, 05:50:09 PM: Sounds like it would be good with some Lo Mein noodles instead of spaghetti.
Title: Re: Dan Dan Noodles
Post by: Odin's Hand on February 22, 2009, 05:55:19 PM: Quote from: Chris on February 22, 2009, 05:50:09 PM
Sounds like it would be good with some Lo Mein noodles instead of spaghetti.

Soba noodles.
Title: Re: Dan Dan Noodles
Post by: Flame on February 22, 2009, 06:56:23 PM: Sounds good!
Title: Re: Dan Dan Noodles
Post by: Odin's Hand on December 10, 2009, 09:55:01 PM: The ones at Pei Wei are decent. I get shrimp and beef and usually throw in 3 spoons of chili paste to get it right.