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Spicy peanut noodles with cucumber and kale salad

Red curry paste and peanut butter bring instant Thai-inspired flavours to this veggie noodle dish

Red curry paste and peanut butter bring instant Thai-inspired flavours to this veggie noodle dish

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Cooking Time

Cook: 20 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 4

Nutritional Information

Each 357g serving contains

Energy
1703kj
407kcal
20%
Fat
12.5g
Med
18%
Saturates
4.3g
Med
22%
Sugars
8.2g
Med
9%
Salt
1.54g
High
26%
2
of your 5-a-day
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
477kj/114kcal

Ingredients

½ red onion, thinly sliced

250g dried egg noodles

150g sliced curly kale, washed, woody stems removed and leaves torn into small pieces

1tbsp rapeseed oil

2 carrots, cut into matchsticks

100g broccoli, cut into florets

2 spring onions, sliced

1tbsp frozen Scratch Cook Chopped Garlic

50g pot Blue Dragon Red Curry Paste

2tbsp peanut butter

Juice ½ lemon

½ cucumber, cut into matchsticks

Method

1
Soak the onion in water for 15 mins. Drain and pat dry with kitchen roll.
2
Cook the noodles in boiling water for 4 mins. Drain and set aside.
3
Bring a pan of water to the boil, add the kale and cook for 1-2 mins until bright green. Drain, rinse under a cold tap and set aside.
4
Heat 2tsp oil in a wok or large frying pan. Stir-fry the carrots, broccoli, spring onions and garlic for 6-8 mins until starting to soften.
5
Stir through the curry paste, peanut butter and 2tbsp boiling water; add the noodles. Cook, stirring constantly, for 2 mins or until heated through.
6
For the salad, mix the rest of the oil with the lemon juice; season with pepper. Put the kale, onion and cucumber in a bowl and toss with the dressing. Serve with the noodles.