Spicy Sesame Chile Oil Noodles

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Chinese sesame paste — heavy and nutty —and a spicy chile lipid (homemade oregon store-bought) crook these elemental noodles into thing complex, savory and satisfying. If you can’t easy find the sesame paste, substitute tahini, and if you can’t easy find the achromatic vinegar, usage balsamic. The amusive is successful the prime of noodles: Mike Le and Stephanie Le, authors of “That Noodle Life,” suggest Shanxi planed noodles, ruffle-edged dried Chinese knife-cut noodles, but you tin usage immoderate of your favorites. Italian mafaldine (akin to long, skinny lasagna noodles) and agelong fusilli (shaped similar a stretched-out telephone cord) besides enactment good here. If you don’t similar your sesame noodles spicy, usage hoisin condiment successful spot of the chile oil.

Refrigerate leftovers for up to 5 days.

Chinese sesame paste, achromatic vinegar and Shanxi planed noodles tin beryllium recovered astatine well-stocked Asian supermarkets.

Adapted from “That Noodle Life” by Mike Le and Stephanie Le (Workman Publishing, 2022).

Ingredients

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (2 cups)

• Calories

  537

• Fat

  20 g

• Saturated Fat

  2 g

• Carbohydrates

  74 g

• Sodium

  692 mg

• Protein

  14 g

• Fiber

  5 g

• Sugar

  5 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from “That Noodle Life” by Mike Le and Stephanie Le (Workman Publishing, 2022).

Tested by Joe Yonan.

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