📋10 Minutes Spicy Peanut Butter Ramen Noodles
Creamy, slurpy, savoury peanut butter ramen noodles are an irresistible meal that comes together in 10 minutes. Upgrade instant ramen noodles by tossing in a simple sauce made of peanut butter, chilli sauce, chilli oil crisps, green onion, garlic, soy sauce and hot oil.
Servings: 1 serving
Calories: 1113kcal
Ingredients
- 1 3 oz packet instant ramen noodles
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter natural style, creamy or crunchy
- 1 tablespoon Schezwan sauce
- 1 tablespoon light soy sauce low-sodium
- 1 tablespoon chilli oil crisp extra for serving
- 1 small garlic clove minced
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 tablespoon white part of green onion diced
- 1 tablespoon green onion
- 2 teaspoons toasted and crushed peanuts
Instructions
- In a wide heat-resistant bowl or pan, add peanut butter, chopped white part of green onion, minced garlic, chilli sauce, chilli oil crisps, and light soy sauce.
- Heat neutral oil (canola oil, or vegetable oil) in a pan until it’s smoking hot.
- Handle hot oil with care; it’ll be very hot. Very carefully, using oven mittens pour hot oil over the ingredients.
- Be careful while stirring the ingredients, oil will be hot. Whisk all ingredients quickly. Set aside.
- Boil water in a large saucepan. Once water starts boiling, add ramen noodles and cook until al dente, which will take only 2-3 minutes.
- Use some of the water from the pot used to cook noodles to loosen the peanut butter sauce to get the desired sauce consistency.
- Reserve some water used to cook noodles. Drain ramen noodles and immediately toss them in the peanut butter sauce until the ramen is evenly coated in the sauce.
- If the sauce is too thick, add a splash of noodles' cooking water and toss.
- Allow the noodles to sit in the sauce for 1-2 minutes so the noodles absorb all the sauce and turn flavorful. Add green onion, crushed toasted peanuts and a drizzle of chilli oil on top.
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Notes
- Whisk the peanut butter sauce until smooth. Adding a splash of hot noodle-cooked water or warm vegetable stock helps. It takes a bit of effort to get the peanut sauce smooth and fluffy.
- Don’t overcook the noodles. The slightly chewy texture of al-dente noodles is best! Overcooked noodles, when added to peanut sauce, will turn mushy.
- As the noodles sit, they’ll absorb some of the sauce and turn dry, and the sauce will thicken. You can loosen it by adding a splash of warm noodle water ot stock.
- A little squeeze of fresh lime juice to the peanut sauce just before adding noodles brightens the sauce, and the noodles taste delicious!
- Serve immediately warm for the best taste.
Nutrition
Calories: 1113kcal | Carbohydrates: 86g | Protein: 23g | Fat: 78g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 15g | Monounsaturated Fat: 45g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 3672mg | Potassium: 548mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 236IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 72mg | Iron: 6mg