Pasta with summer vegetables and spicy peanut sauce

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
¾ cup Smooth peanut butter
3 tablespoons Soy sauce
2 tablespoons Rice vinegar or white wine vinegar
1 tablespoon Lime juice
1 small Garlic clove, minced
Cayenne pepper to taste
½ cup Hot water
12 ounces Pasta, i.e. rotelle, penne, farfelle
2 Carrots, cut into thin slices on a diagonal
1½ cup Broccoli florets
½ pounds Snow peas, trimmed and cut crosswise into 1-inch pieces
4 Scallions, thinly sliced

Directions

FOR THE SAUCE

In a small saucepan combine the peanut butter, soy sauce, vinegar, lime juice, garlic, cayenne and hot water. Whisk the sauce together over moderate heat until smooth and hot.

In a kettle of boiling salted water cook the pasta for 5 minutes. Add the sliced carrots to the cooking pasta, stir and cook for 1 minute. Add the broccoli, stir and cook for 30 seconds. Add the snow peas, stir and cook for another 30 seconds. Drain the pasta and vegetables in a colander.

Transfer the pasta and vegetables to a large bowl and pour the hot sauce over the mixture, tossing to combine. Sprinkle with scallions.

Yield: 4 servings

Recipe by: Cooking Live Show #CL8907 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #653 by "Angele and Jon Freeman" <jfreeman@...> on Jun 30, 1997

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