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Cold Peanut Noodles with Smashed Cucumbers
Chilled noodles in a creamy peanut-sesame sauce with garlicky smashed cucumber salad and crisped tofu: the classic hot-weather noodle dinner.
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Ingredients
serves 4From the garden
- 3 medium cucumbers, smashed with the flat of a knife and cut into chunks
- 2 cloves garlic, grated
- 3 green onions, thinly sliced
From the pantry
- 12 oz wheat noodles (lo mein or spaghetti)
- 14 oz extra-firm tofu, pressed dry and cubed
- ⅓ cup smooth peanut butter
- 3 tbsp soy sauce · divided between sauce and cucumbers
- 3 tbsp rice vinegar · divided
- 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1 tbsp fresh ginger, grated
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil · for the tofu
- red pepper flakes (optional) · or chili crisp, to taste
- salt