(Disclaimer: all photos taken on my iPhone, sorry about the quality)
As a college student, I never really get the chance to eat a real meal so when I have the time, I try to make something really delicious, cheap and easy. Today I had some free time and was craving something spicy but wasn't quite sure what to make. I kind of made this recipe up on the spot, and it surprisingly ended up DELICIOUS.
This meal is cheap, quick, and easy; If you like spice, you'll love this!
Ingredients:
- Thai rice noodles (or any kind of noodles you have on hand)
- Veggies (I used frozen; carrots, broccoli, water chestnuts, sugar-snap peas, celery, red peppers)
- Garlic cloves
- Onion
- Soy sauce
- Coconut oil
- Crushed red pepper
- Sriracha
- Salt
- Ground black pepper
- Ginger
- Brown sugar
First, I diced up about 1/2 cup of onion and 4 large cloves of garlic.
At the same time, I set up a pot of water on the stove to boil (for the noodles).
Then, in a large skillet or wok (whichever you prefer), melt 1 tablespoon of coconut oil.
Add in the onion and garlic and stir occasionally until onions become translucent.
Grate in about 1 thumb of ginger root.
Add in the semi-thawed vegetables.
I like to keep them slightly frozen so that it adds some water to the pan.
Season with a pinch of salt and a pinch of black pepper.
Add a large handful of rice noodles to the boiling water at this point; they'll be done around the same time the sauce is finished.
When the vegetables begin to cook down, add in about 1 1/2 T of soy sauce and stir.
Add in about 1 T of peanut butter and about 1/4 cup of water and let the sauce thicken.
(Around this time, I like to add in about 1 tsp of brown sugar, and a little more peanut butter if I feel like the sauce isn't thick enough)
Next, drizzle Sriracha over the vegetables.
Add about 1 tsp of crushed red pepper flakes.
(I like mine very spicy, so feel free to use less)
The rice noodles should be done at this point, so pull them straight from the boiling water and into the sauce.
(I've found that by not straining the noodles, they won't become gummy or sticky!)
Toss the noodles around in the sauce, and add a garnish if you'd like (I add a few basil leaves),
and you're done!
If you choose to make this, or make it your own, let me know in the comments!
Enjoy!
