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!!

Crunchy peanut butter, tamari instead of soy sauce, a few drops of toasted sesame oil instead of butter, grated ginger and garlic and gochujang sauce mixed with the hot pasta H2O over whole wheat linguine. Yum!

I put in the seasoning packet from the Shin ramen I used (spicy), added chopped spinach, leftover rotisserie chicken, a dash of fish sauce and a generous handful of chopped cilantro, basil and green onions. With all the extras, it needed more peanut butter. Also a bit of sambal oolek. Very excellent!

After cooking pasta (save a cup of pasta water), sauté thinly sliced bell pepper, add 3 cloves garlic, chili flakes and teaspoon ginger for the last 2 minutes. Add noodles back in with some pasta water, soy sauce/tamari, peanut butter, and a bit of honey and sesame oil. Stir to combine. Finish with sesame seeds, chile crisp and a squeeze of lime.

Add TJ’s chili crunch

I really wanted to like this and thought it sounded great. Made as instructed with ramen noodles. I found it quite bland. A little salt helped a bit, but I won’t be revisiting this one.

Made as written and thought it was very good- so quick and tasty!

I have made peanut butter soup. I put broccoli in it. And carrots. I would try this pasta w/ some broccoli in it as well. Cut into small florets. I would throw them in w/ the boiling pasta for a few minutes, so they are tender/crisp!

I microwaved a bag of frozen broccoli and dumped it in. Make your midnight snack a little healthier for zero effort

This is very easy, as advertised, and tasty, but I'll use les peanut butter the next time I make it.

Hmm the first ingredient is salt? Then peanut butter( already salty),soy sauce (isn’t that salty). Sounds like a recipe for heart trouble

easy and yummy. kachow

I have done the vegan version twice now and really love it! Adding some of the cooking water before starting to stir the mixture together makes it emulsify much more quickly.

Made this with whole wheat spaghetti, caramelized shredded cabbage, and tofu cubes. Toddler ate it up! Will be coming back in the meal rotation.

Wanted to love this. Didn’t. I think the difference between the lovers/ haters is the sodium. I used crunchy PB, good parm, and toasted sesame bc of comments. But my soy is low sodium and my salt-to-taste is scant. It was both dull and weird. Added more soy/salt and it got better (sorry kidneys). Added some shallots: better. Sesame oil: better. If u make this if at all (meh), use an allium. Otherwise, if u r making pasta at 1am, try butter and ketchup. It’s better.

A great alternative that uses plant-based proteins!I added and substituted:- A serving of spinach balances the nutrition, and it is a mild leafy green that does not mess with the flavor.- I used almond butter because it is what I have and I like the flavor as much as peanut butter. It is less strong.- I used a teaspoon of olive oil and a dribble of sesame oil instead of butter.- I did not use salt, the soy sauce and cheese added enough for me.