This Stir Fried Peanut Sauce Noodles tastes like the satay chicken you get at Chinese restaurants. A simple peanut sauce, rice noodles, chicken, carrot, cabbage and bean sprouts = a bowl of slurp worthy deliciousness!
This recipe is made using one of my master sauce recipe, this Peanut Sauce for Stir Fries. Like my All Purpose Stir Fry Sauce, it can be used for any stir fry or noodles using a “formula” (provided in the recipe) and forms the basis for many recipes I’ve shared over the years!
Peanut Sauce Noodles
This stir fried Peanut Sauce Noodles is made using the Peanut Sauce for Stir Fries that I published on Wednesday. In that post, I provided the sauce recipe and a “formula” to make stir fries using whatever you have. In this recipe, I’m providing specific ingredient quantities for the pictured noodle stir fry.
I won’t go on and on about the Peanut Sauce again because I did enough of that on Wednesday! In a nutshell – it’s a gem of a recipe, adapted from an original recipe given to me by a reader. One of those recipes that tastes a lot more complicated than it is – because Asian Peanut Sauces usually have a fairly lengthy list of ingredients, but this one is very straight forward.
If peanut butter sandwiches and basic Asian pantry essentials are a staple in your household, you can probably make these Peanut Sauce Noodles right now. The beauty of (most) stir fries is that there are no rules about what vegetables and proteins go into them. I’d say that 90% of the stir fries I make involve rummaging around in the bottom of my fridge, rather than specifically shopping for ingredients to make something.
Ingredients in Stir Fried Peanut Sauce Noodles
This Peanut Sauce Noodles recipe is made with leftover ingredients from Chicken Chow Mein I had the previous day. It has exactly the same ingredients:
chicken
onion & garlic
carrot
bean sprouts
cabbage
I like to use chicken thigh because it’s juicier than breast and tenderloin. If I make this with chicken breast, I always tenderise it using a Chinese restaurant technique using baking soda (bi-carb). It’s super simple, see directions here: How to Velvet Chicken.
I like the combination of vegetables in this Peanut Sauce Noodles because they are stringy, “noodle shaped” if you will, so they sort of seem to disappear in the noodles once tossed through with Sauce. This stir fry serves 2 and there’s a fair mound of vegetables in this – over 4 cups. But looking at these photos, one would never guess.
The ultimate way with hidden veggies??? – Nagi x
More really quick Asian recipes
- Pork Stir Fry with Green Beans
- Asian Beef Bowls
- Express noodles: Quick Beef Ramen Noodles, Chicken Vegetable Ramen Noodles and 12 Minute Thai Chicken Peanut Noodles
- Egg Foo Young (Chinese Omelette with Pork)
- Chop Suey (Chicken Stir Fry)
- All Purpose Stir Fry Sauce – Charlie! Yes I named it/him
- See all Asian recipes and 15 Minute Meals collection
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Stir Fried Noodles with Peanut Sauce
Ingredients
Sauce:
- 1/4 cup / 60g crunchy peanut butter (Note 1)
- 1 1/2 tbsp fish sauce (Note 2)
- 1 1/2 tbsp dark soy sauce (Note 3)
- 2 tsp sugar
- 2 tsp cornflour / cornstarch
- 2 garlic clove , minced
- 2 tsp grated ginger
- 1 1/2 tsp curry powder (any type)
- 1/4 cup / 65 ml water
Chicken:
- 180 g/ 6 oz thinly sliced chicken breast
- 1 tsp bicarb / baking soda (optional, Note 4)
Stir Fry:
- 100 g/3.5 oz dried rice noodles (Note 5)
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 garlic , finely chopped
- 1/2 onion , sliced
- 1 cup shredded carrot
- 1 1/2 cups shredded cabbage
- 1 cup beansprouts
Garnish (highly recommended):
- Finely chopped coriander/cilantro
- Crushed peanuts
Instructions
- Tenderise Chicken (optional, Note 4): Place chicken and bicarb in a bowl and mix with your fingers. Set aside for 20 minutes. Rinse well in a colander then shake off excess water. Roughly pat dry with a paper towel.
- Sauce: Place all ingredients except water in a bowl and mix (microwave if needed to melt the peanut butter). Add water and mix.
- Prepare noodles per packet directions (usually soak in boiled water). Drain, set aside.
- Heat oil in a large skillet or wok over high heat. Add garlic and onion, stir for 30 seconds.
- Add chicken and cook until the outside changes from pink to white. Add carrot and cabbage, cook until it starts to wilt.
- Add noodles, bean sprouts and Sauce. Toss for 1 1/2 – 2 minutes or until the Sauce thickens and coats the noodles.
- Serve immediately, garnished with coriander and peanuts.
Recipe Notes:
Nutrition Information:
WATCH HOW TO MAKE IT
LIFE OF DOZER
Fellow dog owners – do you find your dog always sprawls in the most trodden path?? I must’ve stepped over him 20 or 30 times as I ran back and forth between the kitchen and the shoot area.
Not once did it cross my mind to tell him to move. Who rules the house???!
PS And to those who are new to it – introducing Dozer’s Modesty Daisy.
I made this tonight using fresh egg noodles and the family loved it. I was worried that there would be an aftertaste of bicarb after washing the chicken strips but could not taste it al all. The chicken turned out very tender and I found the peanut sauce was quite spicy. Yummy!
That’s so great to hear Stacey! Wasn’t the chicken just like you get at Chinese restaurants?? Super tender??! 🙂 N x
Hi Nagi made this last night..used your velvet technique for beef strips…amazing result..the flavours were awesome…. but this will make you smile..I don’t always have access to the net and love having recipes in hard copy so have printed off all your recipes I have used…my 80yo Dad was filing them in a clear leaf folder for me last night when I said “Pop dinner is ready” he said “Hang on Minny (my nick name since childhood) I still have 3 recipes to file….Love love your recipes Kym
Ohhhhh! I do love hearing that! Your Pop is such a sweetie!!! ❤️
Dang! That’s a sexy recipe…
I’m all over this. I’ve been wanting noodles for awhile now.
I was sort of a gasp reading the recipe, but watching the video…oh yeah. Genius!
You are a Genius!
Gary
Try it Gary! Try it Try it! It’s CRAZY GOOD!!!
Oh Lordie ! Methinks we all are ‘grownup’ and most of us have pups – why the ‘modesty daisy’ 🙂 ? Love your rather Japanese strirfry! Well . . . mine goes a bit more Chinese, but a change is as good as a . . . . so glad you were able to add the NZ ‘bit’ to your holiday . . .
😂 I’m trying to protect DOZER’s modesty!
Why? He is a gorgeous boy: why can’t he let it all out : ) !! Some delightful girlfriend-to-be just night roll her eyes and be interested , , ,
Nagi, I have a question regarding velveting meat. If you didn’t rinse out the baking soda, what would happen? Would it be too salty…metallic-tasting, or otherwise off? Or is it a texture thing?
And when things like chicken wings are dredged in baking soda to bake the skin up crisp in the oven, what accounts for the difference there, with regard to being able to leave it on?
Modesty daisy….LOL!!
Hi Mo! It tastes really awful! Metallic and chemically 🙂 For chicken wings, it’s baking POWDER that is used, not baking soda. It’s a very diluted version of baking soda which is why it doesn’t need to be rinsed, and also only a very small amount is used. You could actually use a far smaller amount of baking soda (like 1/8th tsp) then leave the chicken for about 1 – 2 hours and not rinse and it will tenderise the same. 🙂 N x
This recipe looks so good. I can’t wait to try it.
Love Dozer’s modesty daisy. I have many photos of my male black lab from years ago with full frontal. I had to take a black pen to the pics. My current yellow lab doesn’t have that problem, but she definitely has to be right by me when I’m in the kitchen. It’s a miracle I don’t step on her more often.
BA HA HA! Manual mark up to maintain your labs modesty!!!!
Can’t wait to try this, this is my favorite fish sauce–so far the best I’ve tried, never tastes fishy! redboatfishsauce.com/
Thanks for the tip Mary! Hope you love this! N x
Can’t wait to try this! Do you have suggestions for making this spicy, like the pad thai I’ve had in the past?
Hi Sherry! Cook chopped chilli along with the garlic! 🙂 N x
Looks delicious Nagi. Cannot wait to try it. Can you please make a suggestion for a substitute for vegetarians?
Thank you
Hi Sameera! I would not miss meat in this 🙂 Increase the vegetables in the recipe by 1 1/2 cups! N x
Yes, Yes, and I have 2 dogs to step over. This recipe looks like another winner! Thanks
Well Dozer and Luca are.very similar. .great idea must find a maple leaf for a modest cover up for luca.
Rest up and thanks for the yummy stir fry👍🐕
Modesty maple! 🤣