Peanut Butter Noodles
Rob wrote:
We left angel hair spaghetti for Aoife’s babysitter the other night. Inexplicably, she cooked the whole packet, ate a portion with Aoife and then put the rest of the pasta in a container in the fridge. Anyway, today I felt like a quick noodle lunch so I zapped a bowl of plain spaghetti in the microwave. Then I mixed together a drizzle of sesame oil, a tablespoon of crunchy peanut butter, a couple of glugs of soy sauce, a small teaspoon of chilli jam from Tia Con, and a splash of water to loosen it up. Toss through the spaghetti. Pretty good 2 minute noodles.
This reminded me of this excellent sort-of recipe for Spicy Peanut Butter Noodles by the wonderful Fuchsia Dunlop — you’ve almost certainly got all of the ingredients in the house already (if you don’t have Chinkiang vinegar, then run now to your nearest Asian grocery or Pieds), and it’s just enormously satisfying and delicious and nom. Hooray for noods with with PB.