Peanut Thai Noodles & Broccoli

This is the fancy name for it. We usually just call it Peanut Butter Spaghetti. We skip the chicken part of this meal now, but we still feel like the rest of this dish stands on its own just fine. The noodles are tangy and delicious and the broccoli has a nice kick.

Garlic Oil

This oil mixture is used for the Thai Peanut Sauce recipe below and the rest is tossed with the broccoli.

Recipe:
6 garlic cloves, peeled
1/2 to 1 teaspoon red-pepper flakes
Kosher salt
4 tbsp sunflower oil

Mince the garlic and mix with the pepper flakes and a pinch of the salt. On a cutting board, with the side of a large knife, mash them together. This is a bit tougher to explain, so I shot a quick video of Laura showing the technique:

Garlic/pepper mashing technique demo

Once it's well mashed, mix it into the oil. Voila!

Thai Peanut Sauce

This sauce is sweet, salty, spicy and sticky and is mixed with spaghetti noodles. Soooo good.

Recipe:
5 tbsp crunchy peanut butter
4 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp rice vinegar
2 tbsp brown sugar
2 tbsp of garlic oil

Mix the above ingredients in a small bowl.Cook a package of spaghetti and mix the sauce in.

Thai peanut sauce

Thai peanut sauce and the rest of the oil mixture

Broccoli

Cut 2 heads of broccoli into florets, wash and steam for about 6 minutes. Toss the steamed broccoli with the remaining spicy oil mixture.

Broccoli with spicy garlic oil