Allen's Peanut Noodles

Note: try reducing the soy sauce?

Ingredients for sauce:

2 packages of Tin Wah Noodle Company egg noodles

1/3 cup soy sauce

1/3 cup sesame paste

1 tablespoon black vinegar

2 tablespoons white sugar

1/2 teaspoon chinese chili oil

1/4 cup chicken or vegetable stock, heated

(optional for Japanese style - 1/4 cup black tea)

1 tablespoon minced ginger

1 tablespoon minced garlic

grapeseed oil

Half version of sauce:

1 package of Tin Wah Noodle Company egg noodles

3 tablespoons soy sauce

3 tablespoons sesame paste

1/2 tablespoon black vinegar

1 tablespoon white sugar

1/4 teaspoon chinese chili oil

2 tablespoons chicken or vegetable stock, heated

(optional for Japanese style - 2 tablespoons black tea)

1/2 tablespoon minced ginger

1/2 tablespoon minced garlic

grapeseed oil

Suggested garnishes:

cucumber, de-seeded, peeled and cut into moons

red bell pepper, julienned

scallions

peanuts

Cook:

Whisk sauce ingredients in a bowl (other than ginger, garlic and grapeseed oil).

Saute (in a nonstick pan) ginger & garlic in grapeseed oil for less than a minute.

When pan is 250 F, add whisked ingredients then turn off heat.

Boil egg noodles, rinse in cold water, add grapeseed oil and cool.

Combine cold noodles with sauce