

This meal is fast, easy and packed with plant-based flavor. Try my Speedy Sriracha-Peanut Soba Noodles with Smoky Maple Skillet Chickpeas for your next lunch or dinner meal!..

I am super excited because I am heading out of the office for a full week, leaving my husband and kitties to fend for themselves as I go on a wellness retreat with my friend Cat of Rabbit Food for My Bunny Teeth. I cannot wait to share that experience with you here on the blog – and follow the adventure on social media as well. But for right now all I can think about is how delicious and easy this meal is!

Seriously speedy. I whipped this up in about twenty minutes for lunch today and felt so satisfied after a hot meal in the middle of the day. Who says hot lunches are dead? Not me! I really hope you give this recipe a whirl and let me know what you think!..

And the leftover sauce, if you have any, is delicious as a tofu marinade or skillet sauce or salad dressing. SO good!

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By Kathy Patalsky

Published 06/18/2015

These creamy peanut noodles are sassy and spicy and easy to make in a flash. Add chickpeas on top to complete the meal. Ingredients sriracha peanut sauce:

1/2 cup roasted + salted peanuts

3/4 cup hot water from cooking the soba noodles

3 Tbsp sriracha

2 Tbsp maple or agave syrup

1-2 cloves garlic (optional)

Soba:

6oz dry soba noodles

Chickpeas:

1 1/2 cups cooked chickpeas (drained/rinsed from a can)

1 tsp smoky paprika

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp chipotle powder or another fave spice

1 tsp agave or maple syrup

1/2 – 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil for cooking

Optional garnish: chopped peanuts, lime wedges, chopped greens, sriracha Instructions Bring a pot of water (enough for pasta) to a boil. Add soba noodles. Cook according to package or until tender. Reserve 1 cup of the the cooking liquid and drain the rest. Rinse soba noodles in cold water and set aside. To make the sauce: add all sauce ingredients to a high speed blender and blend until smooth. Add more water if you like a thinner sauce. Toss the soba noodles with about 1/2 cup of sauce and pour the remaining sauce into a small bowl for adding on top as desired. (You will have some leftover sauce but it is delicious as a salad dressing or a sauce for tofu, tempeh or skillet beans!) For the chickpeas: Warm a skillet over high heat and add oil. When oil is hot add the chickpeas. Saute for 2 minutes, then add the spices and sweetener. Shake pan ever few seconds to evenly distribute the spices. Cook until the chickpeas begin to blacken a bit. Remove from skillet. To serve: Spoon chickpeas over top the pasta. Add lime wedges, crushes peanuts and chopped greens as optional garnish. Yield: 2 servings

Prep Time: 00 hrs. 05 mins.

Cook time: 00 hrs. 10 mins.

Total time: 15 mins.

Tags: easy,dinner,entree,soba,noodles,pasta,peanut,sriracha,spicy,sauce,vegan

