Recipe for Chinese Sesame Noodles

Ingredients:

• · 1 lb Spaghetti (whole wheat, regular thin)
• · Chinese Sesame Paste (not tahiti): 2 table spoons; you can get the chinese variety in International Grocery, look for bottles with chinese characters on it
• · Green onions, 2 table spoons chopped
• · Soy sauce: both dark and light, dark 1 teaspoon for color and flavor, light 1 table spoon
• · 1 table spoon Sriracha HOT chili sauce (it has a green lid and a rooster on the bottle, get the one with flakes, not the paste).
• · Chicken stock or vegetable stock (1 table spoon), optional but it helps when noodles get dry
• · Chinese pickled mustard bulb, comes in little bags for 50 cents, you need 2 bags (it’s on the bottom shelf along with Japanese seaweed)

Making the sesame paste:

1. Mix 2 table spoons sesame paste in a large bowl, add 1 table spoon of vegetable oil and mix until it’s a smooth runny paste/puree. You can use water but oil is better

Cooking

1. 1. Cook the noodles for 10 minutes or until it’s very soft but not mooshy. YOu want to cook them longer than regular pasta.
2. 2. Drain and dump hot noodles in the large mixing bowl
3. 3. Add soy sauce (light and dark), stock, pickled mustard bulb (you should rinse it cause it’s salty), green onions, sesame paste, chili sauce
4. 4. Mix well, taste and season with salt and pepper.
5. 5. Drizzle some sesame oil before serving.