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- From: mogul@decwrl.dec.com (Jeffrey Mogul)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Chinese-style peanut noodles
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- Date: 29 Jul 88 05:35:54 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE PEANUT-NOODLES V "12 Feb 88" 1988
- .RZ "PEANUT NOODLES" "Chinese-style noodles with a spicy peanut sauce"
- This recipe is not authentic Chinese; it was created by combining readily
- available ingredients and double-checking against a Satay recipe.
- It's close to a Satay sauce but not quite the same thing.
- It's also similar to a recipe in the \fIEnchanted Broccoli Forest,\fR by
- Mollie Katzen.
- .IH "Serves 4"
- .IG "1 pound" "fresh chinese-style noodles" "500 g"
- .IG "\(12 Tbsp" "garlic chili paste" "10 ml"
- .IG "2 Tbsp" "good peanut butter" "25 g"
- (without added sugar).
- .IG "1 Tbsp" "nam pla" "15 ml"
- (fermented fish sauce)
- .IG "\(12 cup" "water" "120 ml"
- .IG "2 stalks" "chopped scallions"
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Boil a lot of water for the noodles; this is the most
- time-consuming step.
- .SK 2
- Rinse and trim scallions, then slice thinly.
- .SK 3
- In a small mixing bowl, combine peanut butter and chili paste
- with a fork. Mix thoroughly.
- .SK 4
- Add water to the peanut mixture. This is tricky, since peanut butter
- and water do not want to mix. Start with a tiny bit of water, mix
- thoroughly until it is homogeneous, and then add some more water.
- You can begin to add larger quantities of water as the sauce gets
- thinner. The water and peanut butter really will mix, if you are patient.
- .SK 5
- Continue adding water until the sauce has the consistency you want;
- I make it about the consistency of ketchup.
- .SK 6
- Stir in the nam pla.
- .SK 7
- Once the pot of water is boiling, cook the noodles until they are just
- done, and not mushy.
- .SK 8
- Drain noodles and immediately mix in the sauce. Toss until the
- noodles are evenly coated.
- .SK 9
- Garnish with scallions, and serve.
- .NX
- The ingredients are readily available at oriental grocery stores. Substitute
- soy sauce if you can't find nam pla. For fresh noodles,
- you can substitute several packages of ramen noodles, discarding sauce powders.
- .PP
- This basic recipe may be varied by modifying quantities. Vary the
- chili paste to control hotness, and the nam pla to control saltiness
- (but the sauce will taste saltier before mixing with the noodles).
- .PP
- This will keep for at least a week in the refrigerator.
- .PP
- Serve with a good beer; it's too spicy for most wines.
- .PP
- If you use this as the main dish of a meal, it serves only two.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- easy.
- .I Time:
- 5 minutes plus waiting for the water to boil.
- .I Precision:
- No need to measure.
- .WR
- Jeffrey Mogul
- Digital Equipment Corp., Western Research Lab, Palo Alto, California, USA
- mogul@decwrl.dec.com decwrl!mogul
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