Highly spiced sesame noodles with crispy tofu

Spicy Sesame Noodles? I say yes. And throw in some crispy tofu for appropriate degree. That is SO totally how we roll.

Noodles with tofu on a plate with a fork.

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It starts with noodles (zucchini noodles) tossed with a thick and very deep highly spiced sesame peanut sauce with the intention to then in the end get loaded up with crispy tofu that has been made crispy by using simply pan-frying it with the identical highly spiced sesame peanut sauce, however ready until the ones crispy browned bits seem inside the pan / thinking if that is going to be bizarre / surely loving the texture of the browned bits in comparison to the tofu and sesame noodles.

We're letting this browned bits' situation happens deliberately so, it seems like we did extra work (making a further crispy topping) than we clearly did (re-the usage of the equal sauce for the entirety and calling it desirable). Do you want this approach?

No need to exit of our manner for a couple of sauces with this recipe. You realize I’m vulnerable for a one-sauce wonder.

The way to MAKE OUR SESAME Noodles (1 minutes):

Noodles with tofu in a bowl.

Now that you’re enthusiastic about a majority of these chili flavors and crispy-creamy textures, I’m going to offer you with the new vs cold catch 22 situation.

I understand. Let me blow your thoughts for a warm second Sgt; I DID no longer cook THE Noodles. Repeat: DID no longer prepare dinner.

I allow them to be uncooked and crunchy due to the fact occasionally I find that cooked noodles are 50% wonderful and 50% sad and soggy. After I made this as lunch for myself the opposite day, i used to be very k letting or not it's greater crunchy and salad-like in nature, and also cold. Bloodless sesame noodles are a issue, you understand. So why can’t cold sesame noodles have their moment to polish? The concept of taking this to the recent level turned into sort of weirding me out once I had the imaginative and prescient of seeking to reflect the ones yummy bloodless sesame noodles.

Inexperienced noodles in a bowl.

Tofu in a frying pan.

Noodles in a bowl with tofu.

It nearly constantly occurs like this – that i've an concept for what I need to make for dinner after which on the ultimate minute I soar ship on whatever my concept become, delete all the ones grocery objects from my grocery listing and add some new ones (or pass the grocery shop altogether – amiright?), and simply make something that’s way easier and greater convenient than my to start with overambitious plan.

But usually that’s a terrific issue, due to the fact normally what which means is that I emerge as making some thing this is quicker, extra practical, and examined + authorized for normal existence while nevertheless being terrific scrumptious. Perhaps even halfway wholesome.

Simply every person go your hands that it’s now not takeout sushi again. Ughhhh I’m vulnerable.

In this case, sesame noodles received out over takeout sushi and over my initial concept for a more complex and time consuming recipe. Easy. Delicious. Midway healthy. 

Noodles in a bowl with tofu.

I’m telling you, those browned crispy bits. Let them get actual pleasant and crunchy.