Peanut Butter Noodles Recipe (2024)

What is more delicious? Eric Kim's writing or his recipes? I vote for both. How is it someone so young can be so skilled and so wise? "The man" mentioned in the article that accompanies this recipe is a lucky one...and destined to be a very well fed one too. This is a splendid recipe. With an ounce more pasta it worked to share, out of a single bowl, with the man I have lived with for 45 years.

Use crunchy peanut butter. Divine.

Came out delicious with scallions, Lao Gan Ma and sesame seeds added as a garnish!

I figured out last year that spaghetti cooks quicker and better in a large saucepan. The water boils faster, the long noodles lay right in, I fan them out from the center, and nothing breaks. So much better than a huge pot of water.

Just made it for lunch. Delicious. Oh how I’m cheering for Eric Kim and his man. Long may you eat and live and love.

Sure you can zoosh this up with all sorts of complications, but Eric Kim’s recipe speaks to the heart of midnight pasta in its simplicity and speed of production. At midnight, the wait for boiling water is excruciatingly long enough. This is a no chopping delight I can eat straight from the pot!

Take it up a notch - use some really good tahini!

Simplified Thai peanut sauce noodles? Great with a teaspoon of Trader Joe’s chili onion crunch added.

This recipe, along with the sesame krispies, is my stoner dream meal

No need to add salt, even using low sodium soy and no salt butter! For kids, I'd leave out the soy sauce. Adding a dash of Sriracha is a great idea.

He has a gift <3

I am not sure what I expected (peanut butter and cheese, whaaattt?) but it was surprisingly good made exactly as the recipe was written (except we used packaged udon instead of the ramen). We are going to try it again, adding some sauteed vegetables and some green onions to bulk it up a little. Also going to try the vegan option at some point, as well.

This is delicious and quick! I subbed sharp cheddar for the Parmesan(it’s all I had), added a teaspoon or two of sriracha, and garnished with some furikake. I think scallions or green onions would be great additions to the garnish as well.

I made this for lunch and it was absolutely delicious! Lunch options were limited and I came across this terrific recipe.

Too much salt!!

You definitely need that liquid at the end to make the sauce creamy. I added just a few red pepper flakes and made just 2 oz soba. It made a lovely lunch for one on a rainy day.

Very very delicious! Used rice noodles, much less butter and crunchy peanut butter. Added chili crisp as recommended. Topped with chopped scallions and furikake. Served over a bed of spinach. A great dinner for one in 15 minutes!

This was a waste of peanut butter. It was almost tasteless. I normally don't follow recipes word for word, but I did in this case and blah.I may try it again because I'm stubborn, but I doubt it.

Hmmm. It was interesting. We ate it all but I found it a little bland. I added some extra soy sauce and red pepper flakes to my bowl. My husband added a little extra soy sauce to his and declared it much better. I will save the recipe for evenings when we need something quick and filling.

Have made it and loved it! Will add the following the next time: Chopped peanuts, julienned carrots, cucumber and lime juice!

The recipe mentions using cheap peanut butter. To me cheap peanut butter means, among other things peanut butter with sugar in it. Are people using sweetened peanut butter?

Do you think I can substitute sunflower seed spread in lieu of peanut butter?

I have become addicted to this. It's up there with mac and cheese. . But now I loosen up the peanut butter and butter and soy with some pasta water before adding the cooked noodles.

I so want to love this, and I just don't. I feel like it needs something to help the flavors turn a corner - gochujang, maybe? I find it flat and dull.

Given all the rave reviews, I was certain this would be a great, tasty meal. Only, it wasn't. It wasn't horrible. But to me, it tasted like two things that really didn't belong together. It wasn't "Thai-ish"' at all, more like eating a spoon of peanut butter and then eating plain pasta. I had high hopes. But this was very disappointing.

My problem with this is that there’s no break from the richness and it’s just kinda boring. I have no problem with a dead simple recipe or peanut butter noodles. In fact I absolutely LOVE Molly Baz‘s peanut butter celery ground pork noodle dish. But this just tastes exactly how it reads: mostly flat and extremely rich.

Great for a quick meal with depth of flavor. I added garlic chili paste since I like spicy, and that hit the spot for me!

DELICIOUS! Added a few scallions and furikake. Fabulous and easy meal.

I added a little chili crisp and it brought some warmth and dimension.

Has anyone tried making this with peanut butter powder, and if so, how did you reconstitute it?