This healthy one pot meal is perfect for a Meatless Monday or any night of the week. Load it up with your favorite veggies and make it as spicy as you like.
This is another terrific recipe from Kalyn’s Kitchen that I adapted to use the ingredients I had on hand, and to suit my family’s tastes. I substituted broccoli slaw for the cabbage in the recipe. It’s made with broccoli stocks; my favorite part of the broccoli. It’s colorful, crunchy, and blended with red cabbage and carrots. It’s also pre-cut and ready to use.
I had a can of bean sprouts in the pantry, so I threw in a cup of those. There was some chili garlic sauce in the fridge, so I used that instead of buying Sriracha. I used my favorite whole wheat pasta Barilla Plus spaghetti. It has has 4 grams of fiber and 10 grams of protein per serving. It’s texture is similar to regular pasta, not too heavy and dense like some whole wheat pastas.
I served the pasta at room temperature. If you wanted, you could heat up the sauce with the noodles before you add the veggies and serve it hot. It would also be great served cold in the summer as you would a pasta salad.
My family really enjoyed this light, fresh meal and I plan to make it again.
Whole Wheat Noodle Salad with a Spicy Peanut Sauce
Ingredients
- ½ lb. whole wheat spaghetti
- ¼ cup peanut butter I used Chunky
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon chili garlic sauce
- 2 cups broccoli slaw or coleslaw mix
- 1 cup bean sprouts
- 3 green onions cut in thin diagonal slices
- 2 tablespoons sesame seeds toasted
Instructions
- Bring a big pot of salted water to a boil, then add spaghetti and cook until barely al dente (The spaghetti should still be slightly chewy. I cooked this pasta not quite 9 minutes.) Drain spaghetti into a colander placed in the sink, then rinse with very cold water and let drain well.
- While spaghetti cooks, in a large microwave safe bowl, heat peanut butter in microwave for 10-15 seconds, then whisk in soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, and hot sauce.
- Add broccoli slaw, bean sprouts, snap peas, and green onions to sauce and toss to coat.
- When spaghetti is well drained, add to the bowl, and toss to combine and coat noodles with sauce.
- Serve immediately, or refrigerate to serve cold.
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Thai Chicken Skewers, Emily Bites
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Becki's Whole Life
Mmmm…this sounds so good! I love that you added the broccoli slaw to this – such a great item to use in different recipes!
Nutmeg Nanny
This dish has got my mouth watering, yum! I love peanut sauce 🙂
Jamie
Oh thank you for the recipe (and thank you Kalyn). I love spicy peanut sauce over noodles but have never made it. Now I can. Another that is way too addictive. All for me.
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella
I love peanuts and satay sauce! it can really pep up any sort of dish. This looks delicious mum! 😀 xxx
Kitchen Belleicious
Love Love Love peanut sauce and i like that this is with wheat noodles!
momofnine
This looks like an easy delicious dish. My 16 year old daughter (she is Chinese) is always interested in new Asian recipes. I think I like the idea of the broccoli slaw rather than the cabbage. Thank you!
Diane {Created by Diane}
oh my this looks so delicious!!!
Cate @ Chez CateyLou
Barbara, this looks like a perfect weeknight meal! Healthy and delicious!!
2 Sisters Recipes
We love Asian- inspired recipes like this one. Love the noodles and whole wheat makes them so much healthier!
Annalise
Yum! Love anything covered in a peanut sauce!
Deborah
I love peanut sauce – I must try this soon!!
Emily
My husband would LOVE this!
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef
I could live on satay sauce so this salad is definitely a winner for me!
Claire @ Claire K Creations
Looks wonderful Barbara. I hate seeing people throw out the broccoli stalks. I always chop them up for stir fries.
Carol
Oooooo yes please—-and thank you! Those look so good. A must try for me soon…..
Mila
BRAVISSIMA !!!! Adoro gli spaghetti e la tua ricetta è davvero invitante!!!!
Laura @ Lauras Baking Talent
This looks like a great recipe. Definitely something different from our norm. Going to have to try it thanks for sharing 🙂
Rosa
Delicious! I love that kind of noodle dish.
Cheers,
Rosa
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar
I love simple pasta dishes like this. This is lovely!
Kalyn
LOVE the idea of using broccoli slaw in this. Now why didn’t I think of that, lol! Great photos too.