30 Minute Meals

Easy Peanut Spicy Noodles Recipe

Prep

10 minutes

Cook

10 minutes

Yield

This creamy peanut spicy noodles recipe is a great 20-minute lunch or dinner recipe that’s flavorful and so easy.

This spicy noodles recipe is such an easy lunch or quick dinner to pull together for dinner. It combines creamy peanut butter with the spice of gochujang, a spicy paste used in Korean cooking. It is loaded with flavors and you’ll want to have this on your regular recipe rotation.

❤️ Why You’ll Love Spicy Noodles

Quick: Make this spicy noodle recipe in just 20 minutes
Flavorful: Despite this being such a simple spicy noodle recipe there are so many flavors in it
10-Ingredients: You only need about 10 simple ingredients to make this recipe

🍲 Ingredients

Mafalda Noodles: A type of ribbon-shaped pasta that is flat and wide with wavy edges. If you can’t find this type of noodle, you can swap it for really anything here, including rice noodles.

Gochujang: A red chili paste that is savory, sweet, and spicy. This fermented condiment is popular in Korean cooking and made from gochu-garu, glutinous rice, meju powder, yeotgireum, and salt.

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👩‍🍳 How to Make Spicy Noodles

Cook noodles according to package instructions and set aside.
In a heat-proof bowl add green onion, cilantro, gochujang, and garlic.
In a small frying pan or pot heat 1/4 cup olive oil and once hot, add to the bowl and stir to combine.
In the bowl whisk in peanut butter, soy, sugar, and lime juice. Add the noodles directly to the sauce bowl and stir to coat the noodles. Enjoy topped with chopped green onions, cilantro, and peanuts.

🗒 Substitutions

Mafalda Noodles: Try rice noodles or fettuccine instead
Gochujang : Try sriracha or Thai chili paste
Peanut Butter: You can use almond or cashew butter instead
Soy Sauce: Use coconut aminos if you prefer

🗒 Other noodle recipes you’ll love

Vegan Garlic Noodles
Spicy Udon Noodles

👝 How to Store Leftovers

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to four days.

🤔 Common Questions

Peanut sauce is so creamy and delicious. You can eat it with things like a dip for rice paper rolls, with seafood like shrimp, tempura and even with fresh vegetables.

Peanut sauce has that nutty peanut flavor combined with things like ginger, lime, soy sauce and garlic to give it that sweet, salty, but savory flavor.

Easy Peanut Spicy Noodles Recipe

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150-200g mafalda noodles
2 green onions, chopped
2 tbsp chopped cilantro
1 ½ tbsp gochujang
2 cloves garlic, minced
¼ cup olive oil
¼ cup peanut butter
2 tbsp soy sauce or tamari
2 tsp sugar
juice of half a lime
cilantro, green onions and chopped peanuts for garnish

Instructions

Cook noodles according to package instructions and set aside.
In a heat proof bowl add green onion, cilantro, gochujang and garlic.
In a small frying pan or pot heat 1/4 cup olive oil and once hot, add to the bowl and stir to combine.
To the bowl whisk in peanut butter, soy, sugar and lime juice. Add the noodles directly to the sauce bowl and stir to coat the noodles. Enjoy topped with chopped green onions, cilantro and peanuts.

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Easy Peanut Spicy Noodles Recipe

Ingredients

150-200g mafalda noodles
2 green onions, chopped
2 tbsp chopped cilantro
1 ½ tbsp gochujang
2 cloves garlic, minced
¼ cup olive oil
¼ cup peanut butter
2 tbsp soy sauce or tamari
2 tsp sugar
juice of half a lime
cilantro, green onions and chopped peanuts for garnish