White cabbage, peanut butter and gochujang noodles

White cabbage, peanut butter and gochujang noodles

Easy
35 min
1 serving

This is the sort of thing I like to eat on any day of the working week. It’s cheap, quick and delicious, and you need no skills to make it

Ingredients

  • 3 tbspcrunchy peanut butter 50g
  • 2 tbspgochujang 40g
  • 2 cmpiece fresh ginger peeled and grated
  • 2garlic cloves peeled and minced
  • 2 tbsprice vinegar
  • 3 tbsplight soy sauce
  • 2 tsptoasted sesame oil
  • rapeseed oil
  • 125 gspring onions ie, 1 bunch
  • 180 gramen noodles
  • 200 gwhite cabbage finely shredded
  • 50 groast peanuts very finely chopped

Directions

  1. 1

    Mix all the dressing ingredients in a small bowl, then stir in a tablespoon of rapeseed oil and set aside.

  2. 2

    Finely slice the spring onions, both the white and green parts, and put them all in a bowl of cold water. Mix with your hands so any grit falls to the bottom of the bowl, then leave to soak for a couple of minutes. Scoop out the onions using a small sieve, leaving any grit behind.

  3. 3

    Cook the noodles for one minute less than the packet instructions, and move them around with a fork or tongs while they’re boiling, to stop them sticking together.

  4. 4

    Scoop out a small mug of the hot water, then drain the noodles and rinse under cold water until cooled.

  5. 5

    Drizzle over a couple of tablespoons of rapeseed oil and stir to coat.

  6. 6

    Put three tablespoons of rapeseed oil in a large frying pan on a high heat and, once hot, fry the drained spring onions for three minutes, until they’re neon green. Stir in the cabbage and cook, stirring, for seven to eight minutes, until slightly charred and soft.

  7. 7

    Add the noodles, then pour in the dressing, mix well and heat through for a minute or two – add a tablespoon or so of the reserved noodle water to loosen, if need be.

  8. 8

    Take off the heat, then serve in the pan or distribute between two bowls; either way, top with the chopped peanuts.