Whip up this spicy, tangy, creamy peanut sauce in less than 10 minutes, perfect for stirring through your favourite noodles for a super quick lunch or dinner!
This is the perfect sauce to whip up when you’re short on time, short on ingredients but still want something a little bit fancier than two minute noodles and the best part is, it comes together in the same amount of time it takes for your noodles to cook. The sauce only requires 5 ingredients: peanut butter, chilli crisp oil, soy sauce, sesame oil and lemon juice. That’s it!
Simply cook a packet of your favourite noodles – instant, udon, soba or whatever you have on hand, mix your sauce ingredients while the noodles are cooking and stir through the cooked noodles and a bit of the hot cooking water and that’s it! You can eat it as is, or top with your choice of herbs, seeds, fried garlic or shallots, crispy fried eggs, leftover cooked chicken… the options are endless!
Spicy Peanut Noodle Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 packet instant noodles*
- 2 tbsp hot water reserved from cooking noodles
Sauce Ingredients
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
- 1 tbsp chilli crisp oil
- 2 tbsp natural peanut butter
- 2 tsp lemon juice
Optional Toppings
- fresh herbs
- fried shallots or garlic
- protein of choice
Instructions
- Cook your noodles according to packet instructions (without any of the sauce or flavour packets). Drain and reserve 2 tablespoons of the hot water.
- Combine remaining sauce ingredients together in a bowl.
- Pour in water and noodles to the sauce mix and stir to combine. The heat and water will help the sauce mix through the noodles.
- Add optional toppings if using.
Notes
- Choose your preferred single serve packet of your noodles – instant, udon, ramen, soba etc