Cold Sesame Noodles**
NYTimes Food Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 pound Chinese egg noodles
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil, plus a splash
- 3 ½ tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons Chinese rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons Chinese sesame paste Or Tahini ( I used Tahini…easier to find)
- 1 tablespoon smooth peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon finely grated ginger
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 2 teaspoons chili-garlic paste, or to taste
- ¼ cup chopped roasted peanuts
- 2-3 scallions chopped
Prep
- Large pot of water….bring to a boil. While this is getting hot work on the sauce. Make the sauce first before cooking thenoodles. It only takes 5 mins to cook the noodles.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together2 tablespoons sesame oil, the soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame paste, peanut butter, sugar, ginger, garlic and chili-garlic paste.
- When water boils….drop in noodles. 5 mins. Drain and rinse with COLD water. Drizzle iwth 1-2 tablespoons of sesame oil and toss.
- Add sauce, mix and toss. Sprinkle chopped nuts and chopped scallions.
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**Eddie Schoenfeld, the affable yarn-spinner and restaurateur who opened Red Farm in the West Village and on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, is also one of New York’s finest practitioners of Chinese cuisine. In 2007, he helped The Times drill down into the taste history of sesame noodles in America, and specifically to the ones made and sold by Shorty Tang at the restaurant Hwa Yuan on East Broadway. Soft and luxurious, bathed in an emulsified mixture of sesame paste and peanut butter, rendered vivid and fiery by chili oil and sweetened by sugar, then cut by vinegar, this version brings home what used to be classic New York takeout. “The art is in the balance,” Mr. Schoenfeld said at the time, “between the salt and sweet, the sweet and the fire, and the fire and the acidity.”
What’s the difference between Chineese Sesame Paste and Tahini?
The Chinese sesame paste called for here is made of toasted sesame seeds; it is not the same as tahini, the Middle Eastern paste made of plain, untoasted sesame. But you could use tahini in a pinch. You need only add a little toasted sesame oil to compensate for flavor, and perhaps some peanut butter to keep the sauce emulsified.
