Dinner Tonight: Spicy Noodles with Tofu (Dou Hua Mian)

Name: Dinner Tonight: Spicy Noodles with Tofu (Dou Hua Mian)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 carrots, peeled, ends trimmed; 3 Tbsps chili oil; 2 Tbsps light soy sauce; 283 grams dried Chinese flat noodles; 59 milliliters roasted peanuts; 1 teaspoon salt; 3 scallions, green parts only, thinly sliced; 2 teaspoons sesame oil; 3 Tbsps sesame paste (or tahini); 2 Tbsps dark soy sauce; 1 Tbsp sugar; 454 grams firm tofu, cut into ½-inch cubes

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Dinner Tonight: Spicy Noodles with Tofu (Dou Hu From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 30 minutes. Head to the store and pick up sugar, scallions, soy sauce, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the sugar you could follow this main course with the Whole Wheat Refined Sugar Free Sugar Cookies as a dessert.

Instructions

For the quick pickled carrots: Slice carrots in half lengthwise, and then thinly slice crosswise.

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Carrot

Place in medium-sized bowl with salt and sugar. Toss well with fingers, and set aside for at least 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. When ready, drain away any liquid that has collected.

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Sugar

Salt

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Bowl

For the noodles: Fill medium-sized saucepan halfway up with water. Bring to simmer, add tofu. Cook until tofu is hot, about 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and drain tofu.

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Pasta