Peanut Soba Noodles

I am a huge fan of Thai food, and anything with peanut sauce is a fav or mine. While browsing some food blogs I ran into Smitten Kitchen’s recipe for cold peanut noodles and liked the ingredients she used in her peanut sauce.  So, I used them as an inspiration to create this warm soba noodle dish.  I have never used soba noodles, and think they might be my new go-to pasta!  I used whole wheat and liked the texture a lot more than regular whole wheat pasta. Enjoy!

Servings: 2

Serving Size: About 1 ½ cups

Points Plus: 8pp

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Level of Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients 

4oz uncooked soba noodles

2 T low fat creamy peanut butter

1/8 cup reduced sodium soy sauce

1/2 T honey

2 t. sesame oil

1 T rice vinegar

1 t. fresh ginger, mined with micro grater

2 cups assorted bell peppers, chopped

1/2 cup white onion, chopped

Red pepper flakes or Sriracha to taste

Cooking spray

Salt + pepper to taste

Green onions (optional)

Instructions

Cook soba noodles according to package directions. While they are boiling, whisk together your peanut sauce!  Simply add peanut butter, soy sauce, honey, sesame oil, rice vinegar and ginger to a bowl and whisk away!

Spray a non-stick skillet with cooking spray and add onions and bell pepper. Sauté until cooked, I would say about 6 minutes. Add your cooked noodles to the skillet and then slowly poor the peanut sauce over everything.  Use tongs to carefully combine, keeping the skillet on low.  Heat through until the peanut butter has melted and created a wonderful creamy sauce. Serve topped with green onions if desired!

Tip

If your sauce is too thick for your liking try adding a few tablespoons of water!

XOXO - Katie