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Craving something fast, cozy, and wildly satisfying? Meet your new weeknight noodle bowl. Chewy noodles get tossed in a creamy gingery peanut sauce, then topped with crispy sesame-seared halloumi, fresh herbs, and a big squeeze of lime. Twenty minutes, big flavor, minimal dishes—yes please.
Watch the How To Video Here:
Oh how I would kill for a bowl of these noodles right now. I may be in Korea, but with the businesses of everything we have been doing, we have not had any time to explore and find good authentic Korean food. So far we’ve eaten a lot of kimchi, beef bulgogi, and shrimp fried rice…for breakfast. It’s definitely been very interesting.
As I write this, it’s the morning before my brother, Red competes in finals, so approximately four fifty one am on Sunday morning here in PyeongChang. I am all messed up with what day it is and when I should be sleeping, but I am so thankful to be here with my family and watching my brother do something that is beyond incredible. I’m amazed by him, and no matter the results, I will forever be proud of Red for making it to the Olympics…and now the finals. The kid is only seventeen and has accomplished one of the biggest goals imaginable.
Pretty cool.
I plan on a quick update for you all tomorrow, but I’ll be doing a full recap of the trip when I return home later this week. Until then, I’m going to try to soak in all that we are experiencing here.
For now though, let’s talk noodles! It’s no secret around here that I love peanut butter and noodles. Most frequently my peanut butter is paired with sweets, and my noodles with cheese, but peanut noodles have always been a favorite of mine and it’s about time I shared a recipe with you guys.
This recipe is up there in my top favorites, and for two reasons.
One, it’s so easy.
Two, it’s so good…addictingly good.
This noodle recipe is all about the sauce.
It’s heavy on the peanut butter, and flavored with Thai curry paste, ginger, honey, and toasted sesame oil. Everything is mixed in the blender and then tossed with hot noodles and topped with fresh lime, basil, and cilantro.
To add an extra layer of texture and flavor I pan-fried some Halloumi cheese in soy and sesame oil. It’s kind of like crispy tofu…but better. I mean, it’s salty pan-fried Halloumi cheese atop peanut noodles.
I don’t know about you guys, but that sounds pretty awesome to me.
The major bonus to this recipe…just how quickly this dish comes together!
Twenty minutes and DONE. Yup, I sure am good with that.
Better Than Takeout 20 Minute Peanut Noodles with Sesame Halloumi
Servings: 6 servings
Calories Per Serving: 491 kcal
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Ingredients
- 8 ounces rice noodles or long cut pasta
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce or tamari (be sure to use low-sodium)
- 2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon chili paste (I use sambal oelek)
- 1 tablespoon Thai curry paste
- 2 inches fresh ginger, grated
- 4 cloves garlic, minced or grated
- 2 carrots, shredded
- 1 bell pepper, thinly sliced
- juice from 1 lime
- 1/2 cup fresh basil, chopped
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
- 1 mango, sliced
- 1 cup shelled, edamame
Sesame Halloumi
- 8 ounces Halloumi cheese cubed
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
Instructions
- 1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook the noodles according to package directions. Drain.2. Meanwhile, combine the peanut butter, soy sauce, sesame oil, honey, chili paste, curry paste, ginger, garlic, and 1/2 cup water. Pulse until combined and smooth. Pour the sauce over the hot noodles. Add the lime juice, basil, cilantro, carrots, bell peppers, mangos, and edamame. Toss to combine.3. Heat the sesame oil in a large skillet over medium heat. When the oil shimmers, add the Halloumi and cook until golden, about 5 minutes.4. Divide the noodles among bowls and top with Halloumi. Enjoy!
Trust me…these noodles need to be on your dinner table tonight.
This post was originally published on February 12, 2018
So exciting having followed you for so many years and having heard stories here and there about your whole family including Red. Then to watch him win a gold medal this weekend, the first one for the US. It was amazing. You all must be so proud, and he is clearly an amazing athlete and young man. We live in Colorado and everyone here is abuzz about him. You hear talk of him and his major accomplishment everywhere. It’s really inspiring to watch our young children look up to him. Hope you guys have a great rest of the time together in Korea as a family.
Thank you so much Emmy! I had a great time with my family and loved celebrating his victory!
I totally missed it but I saw that your brother won gold. Congratulations!!! You must be so proud and excited.
Thank you Heather!!
Sounds wonderful. I think I’ll go with chicken though. Love peanut/sesame noodles.
Also,the mango sounds fun.
Thank you Joyce!
Congratulations to your brother Red!! If it couldn’t be a Canadian I’m so glad it was him! I watched his winning run and he did an amazing job, he should be proud of himself.
Thank you so much Nicole!! I am so proud of the kid!
Congrats to Red on winning Gold! I am also from the Cleveland area and we are oh so proud!
Thank you so much Erika!
Tieghan, As I read this I already know that Red won the Gold and was the first American to do so. As an American from Aspen, Colorado I cannot tell you how thrilling this is. We have 5 kids from Aspen competing in these Olympics also. I have already been on a Facebook page telling my friends that His older sister is a cookbook author and food blogger extrodinaire. Since I feature some of your recipes on my good blog, many of my friends have your book. Again, congratulations to your younger brother. Quite a special family.
That is so amazing! Good luck to them, Mary! Thank you so much for mentioning my blog, I am really glad you enjoy my blog!
Congratulations to your brother! We missed his race but saw him during the women’s races. What an incredible experience for all of you. This recipe looks amazing! All your recipes I’ve tried have become instant favorites in our house. I’m making your fruit cobbler from your cookbook tonight. I can’t wait!
Thank you so much Catherine! I am so glad you enjoy my recipes and are excited for Red!
Congrats to Red!! huge, amazing, fantastic news, loved watching Him!!! Will make these noodles in his honor tonight ?
Thank you so much Louise!
I am so excited to have finally received my copy of Half Baked Harvest from Amazon! I think I’ve been waiting for it for close to two months. It’s gorgegous! I woke up this morning to Red being interviewed by Savannah and Honda on TODAY! Very happy for him and your family! GO TEAM USA!! ❄️????
I am so glad you recieved it! I hope you love the recipes in it Ann! Thank you so much!
Great recipe; but MAJOR CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR BROTHER!!!!!!!!
P.S. – Tieghan, I hope you won’t judge me for watching this show; but at the very end of The Story with Martha MacCallum on Monday night, Red and his amazing win was the feature! As was his SnapChat about his family/friends, haha 🙂 Sending more congrats again from Cleveland.
Thank you Liz!! That is so amazing, maybe I can look it up to see it!
Thank you!
I watch your brother Red win the Gold this weekend, your family must be so proud of him, and so excited to see where his snowboarding career takes him, All the pictures you posted of your family are beautiful.
Thank you so much Dawn! I am so glad you watched!
Congratulations to you, your whole family and especially Red. What a family of super achievers!
Thank you Jacquie!
What sort of curry paste do you use? Green or red curry? Looks delicious!
What sort of curry paste do you use? Green or red curry? Looks delicious!
I use Thai Kitchens Tai Red Curry Paste. Please let me know if you have other questions. Hope you love this recipe! Thanks! 🙂
this looks sooooooo creamy it must be sinful for sure!!! so good!
Thank you Ruth!