Chinese Vegetables In Peanut Sauce

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/3 cup chunky natural-style peanut butter
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce or 3 tablespoons tamari
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 (8 ounce) package uncooked chinese noodles or 1 (8 ounce) package angel hair pasta
• 3/4 cup water or 3/4 cup vegetable broth
• 1 cup carrot, cut into matchsticks
• 2 -3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 1/4 cups fresh shiitake mushrooms, sliced
• 1 cup snow pea pods, cut diagonally into 1-inch pieces
• 1/2 cup sliced scallion
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl, combine peanut butter, soy or tamari, and brown sugar. set aside.
• 2 prepare noodles according to packaged directions. drain and set aside.
• 3 in a medium nonstick skillet; heat water or broth over medium high heat.
• 4 add carrots and garlic; cook, stirring for 2 minutes.
• 5 add mushrooms, pea pods, scallions, and red pepper flakes.
• 6 saute until tender-crisp, about 2 minutes.
• 7 stir in peanut sacue.
• 8 cook until smooth and bubbly.
• 9 pour over hot noodles.