Shirataki Noodles Recipe with a Peanut Sauce
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Shirataki Noodles Recipe with a Peanut Sauce
Description
This recipe highlights angel hair shirataki noodles known for their low-calorie, translucent strands. After rinsing and drying, they are stir-fried with crunchy vegetables such as broccoli florets, cherry tomatoes, julienned carrot, and chopped onion for freshness and texture. The peanut sauce combines coconut milk with natural peanut butter, soy sauce, tomato paste, minced ginger, lime juice, red curry paste, sriracha, and garlic, simmered briefly to thicken and meld flavors.
The resulting sauce is creamy with a balance of nuttiness, mild heat from the curry and sriracha, freshness from lime juice, and aromatic ginger and garlic. The noodles absorb this sauce lightly, offering a slippery, delicate mouthfeel that contrasts with the crisp vegetables.
This dish serves well as a light lunch or dinner, especially for those seeking a flavorful yet low-carb option. Garnishing with green onion and sesame seeds adds color and subtle crunch.
Ingredients
- 2 angel hair shirataki noodles package
- 2 teaspoons neutral cooking oil generic cooking oil
- 1 cup broccoli chopped
- 1 cup cherry tomato
- 1 carrot cut into matchsticks
- 1 small onion chopped
- green onion and sesame seeds for garnish
The Peanut Sauce
- ½ cup coconut milk canned, light
- 4 tablespoons peanut butter natural
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce gluten-free, if needed
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons ginger minced
- 1 tablespoon lime juice from ½ a lime
- 1 ½ teaspoons red curry paste can sub another color
- 1 teaspoon sriracha
- 3 cloves garlic minced
Instructions
- Begin by making the peanut sauce. Add all the ingredients to a small saucepan and simmer over medium-high heat for 1-2 minutes, or until it begins to thicken.
- Rinse the noodles well under cold running water. Drain them in a colander then use a piece of paper towel to dry them.
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the broccoli, tomatoes, carrot, and onion to the pan and cook for 2 minutes, or until the veggies are crisp-tender.
- Add the noodles and sauce to the pan and mix everything together.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 2servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 363 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1 serving = ½ of the recipe | |
| Calories | 363kcal | 18% |
| Carbohydrates | 28g | 9% |
| Protein | 14g | 28% |
| Fat | 24g | 37% |
| Saturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 6g | 35% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 10g | 50% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Sodium | 1421mg | 59% |
| Potassium | 922mg | 20% |
| Fiber | 6g | 24% |
| Sugar | 11g | 22% |
| Vitamin A | 6586IU | 132% |
| Vitamin C | 71mg | 79% |
| Calcium | 87mg | 9% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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