Peanut Sesame Noodle Salad - a simple Thai-style cold noodle salad with an addictive peanut butter & sesame dressing that you will love. Perfect for meal prep. Glutenfree Nutfree optoons

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 15 minutes
  • Cook time: 4 minutes
  • Total time: 19 minutes
  • Yield: 4
  • Category: Main Course
  • Cuisine: Vegan

Ingredients

For the peanut butter sauce:

  • 1/4 cup peanut butter
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 1/2 an inch of ginger
  • 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce (, use tamari for Glutenfree)
  • 1 tablespoon maple syrup or sugar
  • 2 teaspoons sriracha or sambal oelek (or use Gochujang for variation)
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil
  • 1/4 cup water

For the salad:

  • 4 ounces of pad thai noodles or linguini or rice linguini cooked according to instructions on the package
  • 2 cups of thinly sliced cabbage (I use a mix of red and green cabbage and heaping cups)
  • 1/2 of a red bell pepper thinly sliced
  • 1/2 cup thinly sliced julienne carrots or you can use raddish

For garnish:

  • Sesame seeds and roasted peanuts

Method

  1. Make the sauce. Add all the ingredients for the sauce in a blender and blend until smooth and set aside. Taste and adjust flavor, salt, sweet, tang
  2. Cook your pasta or noodles according to the instructions on the package if you haven't already. Wash in cold water and set aside.
  3. Chop up your vegetables and set aside.
  4. Add the noodles and vegetables to a large bowl then add in your peanut butter sauce and toss well.
  5. Taste and adjust salt and flavor then top with sesame seeds, roasted peanuts, and green onions and serve.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.