Cold Reganmian Twist: Glass Noodles with Peanut Sauce

Ugh, August. It’s hot and humid, and lobsters are steaming on the sidewalk. It’s not my favorite time of the year.

Many things are going on: a new AWS certification to study for, corporate meetings with my boss flying in, shepherding my apprentice, and the never-ending battle of data and analysis. (The search for meaningful, relevant, and actionable intelligence—maybe the new certification study course on artificial intelligence will help there.)

All of this adds up to a time crunch, so good food that does not take hours and does not heat the kitchen to ignition temperatures is required. So, checking the pantry, I find glass noodles from my last Asian market run, some crisp chili, and a peanut butter jar. This sounds like cold peanut noodles, a staple from the hot summer days at the lair.

Wikipedia says:

Hot dry noodles (simplified Chinese: 热干面; traditional Chinese: 熱乾麵; pinyin: règānmiàn), known in Chinese as reganmian, also transliterated as dried and spicy noodles, is a traditional dish of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in central China. Hot dry noodles have an 80-year history in Chinese food culture; they are unique because the noodles are not in a broth like most other Asian-style hot noodle dishes.[4] They are the most significant, famous and popular breakfast food in Wuhan, often sold by street carts and restaurants in residential and business areas. Typical hot dry noodle dishes contain soy sauce, sesame paste, pickled vegetables (carrots and beans), chopped garlic chives and chili oil.

I’ll pervert this and use glass noodles, replace the sesame paste with peanut butter, and chill for several hours (just enough time to work on a course lab), and then garnish with scallions and other veggies, thence serve. Whilst I used glass noodles, any other noodle will work, even spaghetti, just cook to al-denti as per the package directions.

Cold Noodles, spicy

Served cold these cold peanut sauce noodles are refreshing on a warm day!

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Prep Time 1 hour hr

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Course Lunch, Main Course, Snack

Cuisine Asian

Servings 4

Calories 495 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 1 pkg Glass Noodles
• 1/3 cup Peanut Butter Smooth
• 1/4 cup Soy Sauce Low Sodium
• 1/4 cup Rice Vinegar
• 3 tbsp Dark Brown Sugar
• 1/4 cup Peanut Oil or neutral flavor oil
• 3 tbsp Chili Crisp or Sombal
• 1 tsp Sesame Oil Toasted
• 1 tbsp Ginger Grated
• 1 tbps Garlic Minced
• Scallions Minced for Garnish

Instructions

 

• Prepare noodles as per pkg, drain well whence done
• In a blender, combine water, peanut butter, soy sauce, rice vinegar, brown sugar, peanut oil, chili crisp, sesame oil, ginger, and garlic. Process until smooth.
• Taste, season, and balance flavor, adjust heat with additional chili crisp / oil
• Add noodles to a large glass bowl, top with sauce, and mix well.
• Cover and refrigerate for at least one hour, or up to three
• Toss noodles again before serving. 

Notes

Basic cold peanut noodles, aka poor man’s sesame noodles.

One can add additional julienned veggies or kimchi for taste and texture variety.

Nutrition

Calories: 495kcalCarbohydrates: 39gProtein: 7gFat: 36gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 9gMonounsaturated Fat: 20gSodium: 909mgPotassium: 189mgFiber: 1gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 0.3IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 36mgIron: 1mg

Keyword Noodle Sauce, Peanut Butter, Spicy

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