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Thai-Inspired Noodles with Peanut Sauce
A Thai-style noodle dish with peanut sauce made using everyday ingredients from your pantry and fridge.
Ingredients
- 8 oz whole wheat spaghetti
- 15.5 oz firm tofu
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 12 oz package frozen broccoli florets
- 1 red pepper, diced
- 1/3 cup green onions, diced
- 2 Tbs Thai red curry paste to taste
- 2 Tbs coconut milk (enough to thin out the peanut butter)
- 1/3 cup crunchy peanut butter
- 1 Tbs sesame seeds, plus more to garnish
- 1 pinch crushed red pepper, to taste
- Olive oil cooking spray
Directions
- Dice the red pepper, green onion, and tofu into bite-sized chunks
- Heat a large pan over medium heat. Spray the olive oil cooking spray to coat the pan, and toss the tofu in. Lightly fry the tofu until it’s slightly browned, and then add the red pepper, green onion, and garlic.
- Cook your whole wheat spaghetti according to package directions.
- While the spaghetti is cooking, add the frozen broccoli, soy sauce, peanut butter, coconut milk, Thai red curry paste to the tofu mixture. Once the spaghetti is done, transfer the noodles to the veggie mixture and stir to combine. Sprinkle the sesame seeds and stir them in as well.
- Add the crushed red pepper to taste and heat through. Add soy sauce or salt to taste.
Nutrition Facts
Calories 544
Calories from Fat 197 (36%)
(36%)Total Fat 24g
(20%)Saturated Fat 4g
Poly-Unsaturated Fat 10g
Mono-Unsaturated Fat 8g
(0%)Cholesterol 0mg
(2%)Sodium 48mg
(24%)Potassium 829mg
Total Carbohydrate 61g
(32%)Dietary Fibre 8g
Sugars 5g
Sugar Alcohols 0g
(69%)Protein 34g
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Nutrition facts are calculated by a food expert using nutritional values provided by the USDA for common products used as recipe ingredients. Actual nutritional values may differ depending on the amounts or products used and can be affected by cooking methods.
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