Spicy Peanut Bowl 🥜

I’ve had a few friends ask for this recipe so thought I’d write it up on the blog. Commonly served after a hard day at work or when fighting off the cold; spice tends to clear out my sinuses.

• 🧑‍❤️‍👩 Typically serves 2 people
• ⏲️ Takes around 25-30 minutes to prepare

I don’t have exact measurements for a lot of things so you’ll have to do some experimenting; I’ve been sort of keen to the “put sh*t in a pot” method of cooking lately.

Ingredients

As with most cooking adventures, feel free to add and subtract from this list as you see fit.

• Onion
• Red and Yellow Bell Peppers
• Shelled Unsalted Peanuts
• Edamame
• Chili pepper
• Sesame Seeds
• Fresh Ginger
• Beyond Ground Beef / Ground beef
• Udon noodles: Bucatini or lo mein noodles will also work.
• Olive oil
• Soy Sauce
• Sriracha
• For peanut sauce: can also just use store bought
  • Smooth PB sauce
  • Soy Sauce
  • Chili oil
  • Sesame Oil
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • Hoisin sauce
  • Fresh Ginger
  • Rice vinegar

Recipe

Rough steps; feel free to add your own twists and turns in as we go

Preparation

Before starting with anything else I find it useful to cut things up

• Cut up the onion and bell peppers and put them aside.
  • cut diced or into strips depending on preference.
• Roughly chop the chili pepper up and put it aside.
• Roughly chop a few cloves of garlic and put them aside.
• Mince or finely chop the fresh ginger.
• Take out a pot for boiling the pasta.
• Take out a large non-stick pan for veggies and protein.
• Take out a small bowl for the peanut sauce (only if you don’t have store bought).

Cooking noodles

The noodles will likely take the longest time so I start that before anything else

• add ~6-10 cups of water to the pot depending on the amount of noodles being made.
• salt the water in the pot to your preference.
• bring the pot to a boil.
• add the noodles to the pan and set a timer for the suggested cook time of your noodles.
• halfway through, add your edamame beans to the pasta water.
• When the timer is done, strain pasta and edamame and set aside.

Preparing peanut sauce (optional)

If you have store bought peanut sauce ignore this step.

• in a small bowl whisk together:
  • peanut butter (1/4 cup)
  • soy sauce (1/4 cup)
  • sesame oil (1 teaspoon)
  • chilli oil (1 teaspoon)
  • rice vinegar (1 tablespoon)
  • ginger (2 teaspoons or more)
  • garlic cloves (minced from before)
  • pasta water (1/4 cup: adds starch!)
• Once it’s well incorporated, set aside.

Preparing protein & veggies

While your pasta is cooking, you can get stated with the protein and veggies.

• put your pan on the stove and set it to medium high heat.
• add olive oil and wait until the pan is hot.
• when hot, add your preferred protein to the pan and break it up into small pieces.
• cook protein until it looks close to complete (5-6 minutes).
• Add peppers, onion, garlic, and chilli pepper to the pan.
  • you can add a lil’ soy sauce / water at this point if it’s sticking.
• Cook and stir often until the veggies seem tender-crisp (2-3 minutes).

Putting it all together

Once all your components are done, you can mix everything in the large non-stick pan.

• bring the pan down to medium heat.
• incorporate the noodles and the edamame into the pan.
• incorporate the peanut sauce into the pan.
• Add salt, pepper, chili pepper, and other seasonings to taste.
• Toss to coat the noodles evenly.
• Taste test and adjust accordingly.

Serving

Split things out into 2 bowls and add the following toppings:

• Peanuts.
• Sesame seeds.
• Sriracha (optional, but personally preferred).
• Cilantro (optional, personally not preferred).

Enjoy 🌶️

P.S

The recipe is heavily inspired by a HelloFresh box we got ~2 years ago, but I’ve made some improvements since then. If you want a free HelloFresh box I’ve accumulated a bunch of free boxes for friends, take one!.

Disclaimer, I get a $15 kickback if you sign up for more after your free box.

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