I’m a huge fan of pantry cooking. I keep many things in my cabinets that can be used with or without fresh ingredients. I think having a well-stocked pantry is essential for any home. If you happen to have a night where you haven’t really thought about dinner or it’s the end of the week and you’ve run out of fresh ingredients, you can head to your pantry and get creative if you have the right things on hand.
One of my favorite pantry dishes is Asian Peanut Noodles. This dish is created from ingredients you would normally have on hand and can be “dolled-up” if you happen to have some additional fresh ingredients. This is one of my favorite dishes to make when my husband is at his brew club meetings and it’s just me alone with my huge bowl of peanut noodles – SO good!!
Cottage Mama’s Note: If I were really going to plan on making this dish (rather than just throwing it together last minute), I would make sure to add two green onions (sliced), 1 carrot (grated), 1 cup snap peas, a handful of cilantro (chopped), and a sprinkling of sesame seeds.
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I made the asian peanut noodle recipe exactly as you poasted…..ummmm….are you sure about the soy sauce? 1/2 cup? It was so strong we couldn’t eat it..maybe the soy sauce measurements are off??Love your blog..
It was too peanutty even though we doubled the pasta and not the sauce. We did not have a problem with the soy sauce though.
Usually if it is too thick, I will thin it out with some of the pasta cooking liquid. Sorry it didn’t turn out for you ~ thanks for trying it!