Spicy Peanut Butter and Miso Noodles: Easy Weeknight Dinners

This spicy peanut butter and miso noodle recipe is perfect for a lazy weeknight dinner! More importantly, the sauce is low-GI, gluten-free and has a decent amount of protein! You can mix this up and use konjac noodles (which is a great low-carb alternative), or any kind of regular whole grain alternative to make this as nutritious and balanced as possible.

Organic Miso Paste and The Myth About Soybeans

Usually, miso paste can be quite high in salt. You must be attentive when looking at the ingredients and nutrition labels. I’ve used this Japanese miso paste that is low-sodium and organic. If you’re in Hong Kong, you can buy this from CitySuper, or HKTV. If you’re in India, you can purchase this from Amazon India. This is available in Thailand, USA and Korea. You can check more locations here. It’s important to get the organic ones because of the number of pesticides in genetically modified soybeans. There have been myths about the phytoestrogen affects in humans because of soybeans. However, studies have shown there is little effect on us. It’s more about the pesticides ON our food that we should be worried about. Pesticides can disrupt our hormones significantly.

Sources of Protein as a Vegetarian

Carbohydrates are essential for our energy, but overeating it creates an imbalance in our bodies. We don’t end up building up our bodies the way we need to for the long-run if we eat less protein. We need protein to help build our hormones and repair our muscles. When you’re a vegetarian, it is so easy to over-eat carbs. Carbs are convenient for vegetarians, and the truth is we can sometimes be very lazy. Finding good sources of protein as a vegetarian takes time, and creating recipes that include them in a delicious way is not easy (which is why I have been doing what I am doing).

Good vegetarian sources of protein include:

You can make this spicy peanut butter and miso sauce to keep in a jar, and use it whenever you want to add some high protein deliciousness over your salads, noodles, or fried rice! I’ve used coconut aminos for this to make this gluten-free, and low sodium as well. I’ve added a low GI sweetener such as maple syrup so the sugar content is low. I’ve used simple, easy to access ingredients to make this taste as YUM as possible!

I hope you like it. Let me know if you have any questions when making this, always happy to help.

Spicy Peanut Butter and Miso Noodles

The Veggie Wifey

A delicious, high-protein nut butter sauce made with low-sodium and low-GI alternatives. This sauce recipe is gluten-free and easy to make!

5 from 2 votes

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Servings 1 person

Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Ingredients

The High-Protein Peanut Butter and Miso Sauce

• ▢ 2 tbsp peanut butter no sugar, or salt added. Pure peanut butter
• ▢ 1 tbsp miso paste low-sodium
• ▢ 1 tbsp coconut aminos
• ▢ 1/2 tbsp maple syrup
• ▢ 1/4 tsp salt pink Himalayan salt
• ▢ 1/4 cup warm water or more if it is too thick. Add by tbsp to ensure it is not too watery
• ▢ 1/4 tsp chilli oil optional

The Veggies

• ▢ 1/4 white onion sliced
• ▢ 1 clove garlic sliced
• ▢ 3 pcs broccolini stem chopped and the floret separated
• ▢ 1 oyster mushroom diced
• ▢ 2 spongey tofu sliced
• ▢ 1 red birds eye chilli chopped, optional

The Carbs

• ▢ 200g egg noodles or any alternative you like You can add more or less of this quantity as see what works best!

The Garnishes

• ▢ Spring onion
• ▢ Chives
• ▢ Fried Crispy Garlic
• ▢ White sesame seeds
• ▢ Black sesame seeds
• ▢ Chilli oil

Instructions

• In a small bowl, mix all the ingredients for the sauce, set it aside
• In a large frying pan, add 1 tbsp of sesame oil and heat it up
• Sauté the onions until translucent
• Add the garlic and chilli, and sauté until fragrant
• Add all of the veggies, and stir-fry until coloured
• Add the fresh noodles, sauté until heated
• Pour the sauce over the noodles and gently stir all the ingredients together until the sauce fully coats the noodles.
• Garnish and serve warm!