Sesame Noodles with Sweet Peppers and Cucumbers

7 comments

Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2004

We wanted to achieve perfectly cooked noodles in a rich peanut sauce.

SERVES 4 to 6

TIME 1 hour

Sesame Noodles with Sweet Peppers and Cucumbers

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To avoid pitfalls like gummy noodles and bland, pasty sauce, we rinsed the cooked noodles to rid them of excess starch. We wanted a full, flavorful sauce and found that chunky peanut butter ground freshly into the sauce with toasted sesame ...

Print