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March 11, 2022Updated: April 26, 2022

Easy Peanut Noodles

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One of my favorite inauthentic but totally satisfying take-out inspired dinners. These peanut noodles are made with simple ingredients you can find at a regular grocery store and take all of 15 minutes to make. This means a tangle of saucy noodles topped with fresh green onions is only a few steps away.

a bowl of sesame noodles.

Table of contents

  • Recipe Notes
  • Ingredients
  • How to Make It
  • A Few Tips and Recommendation
  • More Take-Out-Style Recipes to Try

To say these take-out inspired peanut noodles are easy to make is definitely an understatement because they are so easy (less than 15 minutes start to finish! Recipe calls for simple pantry ingredients! Only two simple steps!) I feel like I need a better word to describe them, like maybe effortless, or uncomplicated, or straightforward. This dinner is, in fact, all these things, but the best way to describe them is “easy”. So I’m going with that.

My sesame noodles – an unabashed inauthentic version, yet a totally satisfying tangle of noodles and sauce, are adapted from a recipe I found years ago on the New York Times Cooking website. The original one is served cold, and I enjoy them that way, but usually serve them warm. They’re hard to resist, and sometimes I don’t have the patience to wait for them to chill.

Recipe Notes

What I love about this recipe is that it’s easy to scale up or down. This peanut noodles recipe is for four servings, but sometimes I halve it for two.

I took some liberties with the ingredients and opted for ones I could find easily. The biggest switch is the noodles – I use regular spaghetti, but feel free to substitute your favorite Asian-style egg noodles.

And, with the exception of the noodles, all of the ingredients are for the sauce, which you mix up while the noodles are boiling. The inspiration recipe is for cold sesame noodles, but over time I’ve taken to just tossing the hot noodles with the sauce and digging in right away while they’re still warm – they taste as delicious without having to wait for the noodles to chill.

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Ingredients

  • Sesame oil
  • Low-sodium soy sauce
  • Rice vinegar
  • Oyster sauce
  • Creamy peanut butter
  • Ginger pasteĀ or grated fresh ginger
  • Sriracha, red pepper flakes, or chili sauce – any of these will work for a kick of heat
  • Sesame seeds
  • Sliced green onions or scallions for garnish
  • Spaghetti

How to Make It

Boil the spaghetti according to package instructions until they are al dente. While the noodles cook, you can make the peanut sauce.

Combine the sauce ingredients together in a small bowl. Once the noodles are ready, drain them and place them back in the same pot. Add the sauce to the hot noodles and stir to coat the them evenly. Transfer the peanut noodles to a bowl and top them with green onions and sprinkle the sesame seeds over the top.

A Few Tips and Recommendation

If you want cold peanut noodles, I recommend rinsing the noodles under cold water and then drain them well. Toss them with the sauce and then refrigerate them.

You can serve them as a main dish or as a side dish. Sometimes I add shredded or diced chicken to make it more of a meal. Sprinkle of chopped peanuts on top is nice, too.

Any long noodle will work. Look for Asian-style wheat or egg noodles, or try Japanese soba noodles. Or, you can use spaghetti noodles, linguine, or fettuccine.

You can also add in veggies like thinly sliced cabbage or diced red bell peppers.

overhead bowl of sesame noodles with green onions.

Add these simple peanut noodles to your dinner plan and you won’t be disappointed. So easy, so quick, and so easy to eat. Enjoy!

Happy cooking,

April

More Take-Out-Style Recipes to Try

  • 30-Minute Sesame Beef Bowls
  • 30-Minute Ginger Beef Noodles
  • 30-Minute Beef and Broccoli
  • Beef and Veggie Noodle Bowls

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This is one of my favorite easy take-out inspired dinners that I make on nights when I’m high-risk for ordering dinner instead of making it. It takes just 15 minutes and calls for mostly pantry ingredients all of which can be found at a regular grocery store.

  • Author: April Anderson
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x
  • Category: Dinner
  • Method: Boil
  • Cuisine: American

Ingredients

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  • 12 ounces spaghetti
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • 1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
  • 1 tablespoon smooth peanut butter
  • 1 tablespoon ginger paste
  • 2 teaspoons sriracha sauce, or to taste
  • 4 green onions, sliced
  • 2 tablespoons sesame seeds

Instructions

  1. Boil the spaghetti according to package directions. While the noodles cook, make the sauce.
  2. Stir the sesame oil, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, oyster sauce, peanut butter, ginger paste, and red pepper flakes together in a small bowl.
  3. Once the noodles are ready, drain them and place them back in the same pot. Add the sauce to the hot noodles and stir to coat the noodles evenly. Transfer the noodles to a bowl and top them with green onions and sprinkle the sesame seeds over the top.

Nutrition

  • Calories: 410
  • Sugar: 4.5g
  • Sodium: 329.8mg
  • Fat: 9.1g
  • Saturated Fat: 1.5g
  • Unsaturated Fat: 6.8g
  • Trans Fat: 0g
  • Carbohydrates: 68.4g
  • Fiber: 3.8g
  • Protein: 13.3g
  • Cholesterol: 0mg

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Post updated from the archives. First published in March 2018.


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About April Anderson

I’m a passionate home cook, cookbook author, recipe developer, freelance writer, food photographer, and dog mom ā¤ I garnish (almost) everything with parsley and believe you can make deliciously amazing dishes with everyday ingredients.

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  1. mentarii says

    May 10, 2022 at 5:30 am

    Thank you for sharing, I would like to eat noodles as fast as possible. Keep sharing amazing content mate.

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