Plant-based noods with oil-free chili oil, roasted broccoli, and crunchy toppings 💚
I keep a list of food-related ideas. It's got good ideas and bad ideas and bizarre ideas. This turned out to be a pretty good idea.
The idea I had was oil-free chili oil. I know from experience that 'crunchy texture' is only shelf stable in oil or air, so crunchy toppings seemed like a better choice. I already had fettuccine made from yesterday and roasted broccoli from a few days ago. If I made this from scratch, rice noods all the way, but wheat noodles held up just fine.
One last note is I've started keeping home cooked beans in the freezer and using them that way. I just slow cook a batch every now and then, freeze them on a sheet pan, and store them in a giant zipper baggie. It makes small batch recipes like this a lot easier, too. I have a white bean (alubia blanca), a light brown bean (snowcap), and a black bean (I can only remember so many @rancho_gordo bean names).
📌 Recipe-ish:
In a mini blender:
2 tbsp cashews, soaked in hot water
2 tbsp white beans, soaked with the cashews
1 tbsp gochugaru (Korean red chili pepper flakes)
3 tbsp water
Blend until creamy
Blanch al dente noodles (2 servings was about 3 oz dry) AND roasted broccoli (1 lb bag or a bit more, previously roasted) in boiling water for 1 minute. I would probably just try steamed broccoli next time. Drain and add sauce + extra water (½ cup maybe?) to make it creamy; heat up. I tasted and added a pinch of salt here and a pinch at the table. Top with scallions, dry minced onion (or dry onion flakes might be even better), dry minced garlic, and another sprinkle of gochugaru. 🔥
I think this would be a nice base for a chilled rice noodle salad, maybe adding a low sodium tamari tofu and freshly chopped red pepper in place of salt. Ok, wrapping this up because this was last night's dinner and I don't have leftovers and I'm starting to get hungry!
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