This simple recipe offers two variations for making delicious, easy peanut noodles. These vegan dishes make great weeknight dinners or weekday lunches!
I don’t make peanut noodles nearly enough. I forget how easy it is to make a peanut sauce, and that I usually already have all the ingredients on hand. I’ve made other peanut sauce variations before, but this time I wanted to simplify it down to just the necessary six ingredients. It takes about 5 minutes (tops) to stir it together… then toss it with noodles & veggies. Dinner is done.
We rarely have leftovers when I serve peanut noodles for dinner, but when we do, I use the leftover peanut noodles in lettuce wraps for lunch the next day. I love the creamy peanut noodles in the crispy lettuce leaves.
Easy Peanut Noodles
- 8 ounces soba noodles, pasta, or rice noodles
- Shiitake mushrooms
- Eggplant
- Red peppers
- Chopped scallions
- Sesame seeds
- Peanut Sauce
- Crushed peanuts
- Cook your noodles according to the package directions.
- Heat a skillet to medium, add a little oil. Add the mushrooms & eggplant and let cook for a few minutes until the mushrooms and eggplant become soft. Add the red pepper and scallions and cook for a few minutes more. Add a splash of soy sauce and remove the pan from the heat.
- Toss noodles with peanut sauce and add the veggies.
- Top with sesame seeds and crushed peanuts. Serve warm or cold.
Store extra peanut sauce in the fridge for up to a week.
- Leftover peanut noodles
- Lettuce cups
- Sriracha
- Crushed peanuts
- Ponzu sauce for dipping (or ½ soy sauce, ½ rice vinegar)
- (optional - extra peanut sauce)
- Place leftover noodles in lettuce cups and add sriracha and more crushed peanuts on top. Dip in ponzu sauce and enjoy!
I must have done something wrong. My peanut sauce came out too thick. Any suggestions on how to thin it out.?
Hi Melissa, stir in some water, 1 tablespoon at a time, to reach your desired consistency. Peanut butter brand can all vary in thickness. I hope that helps!
Made this for dinner tonight, exactly as written. It was delicious. My husband added more Siracha, I like mine more mild so kept it to the 1/2 teaspoon, and we both loved it. Thanks for the recipe.
Forgot to check the stars before posting but I’d give it 5+.
Delightful amount of spice and extremely simple to make. 👍🏻👍🏻
I’m so glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Literally just made this and I absolutely loved it! What was even more surprising was that my hard critic of a hubby loved it as well!
Hi Maria, I’m so glad you both loved the noodles!