Recipe for Indonesian Cold Noodle Salad

This is a dish that a friend made for me when I lived in The Philippines. It’s a really quick and easy dish that you can eat on your own as a ready meal or add to as part of a dinner party for guests. The flavours of this dish really bring back memories of travelling through South East Asia.

Ingredients: (Quantities don’t really matter in this recipe, it just kind of depends on how spicy, sweet or peanuty you like your sauce)

Peanut Butter

Garlic

Soy Sauce

Honey

Sesame Oil

Tahini (Sesame Paste)

Fresh Chillies

Spaghetti or Egg Noodles

Spring Onions

Put the spaghetti or noodles on to boil (spaghetti actually works better with this I find, as it doesn’t break up so easily).

While the noodles are boiling, mix all the wet ingredients together until they form a thick paste. The general rule is you want to add more peanut butter and soy sauce than honey and sesame oil and tahini. If you can’t find tahini don’t worry, it works just as well without. 

Next, finely chop the garlic and fresh chillies and add this to the paste.

When the noodles are ready, drain them and run cold water over them so that they cool quickly. Add the paste to the noodles and stir until all the noodles are coated.

Garnish with chopped spring onions.

Enjoy!