Pasta With Szechuan Peanut Dressing

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 8 ounces pasta (preferably linguine)
• 2 cups broccoli florets
• 1/3 cup peanut butter (smooth or chunky)
• 1/2 cup vegetable stock, hot or 1/2 cup water
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 2 tablespoons safflower oil
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon dry red pepper, crushed
• 2 cups cherry tomatoes

Recipe

• 1 bring large pot of water to boil; cook pasta until al dente. while pasta is cooking, steam broccoli florets.
• 2 in a med mixing bowl, whisk together peanut butter and stock or water until smooth.
• 3 stir in remaining dressing ingredients.
• 4 when pasta is done, drain well.
• 5 pour sauce over pasta; toss to coat well.
• 6 add broccoli and tomatoes; toss again.
• 7 garnish with chopped scallions.
• 8 4 - 6 servings variations: - add more red pepper to taste - try szechwan peanut dressing as a warm topping on steamed vegetables, especially on green beans,broccoli, or cauliflower - make extra dressing to refrigerate and serve later on chilled steamed green beans or broccoli alan hewitt the uk recipe archive recipes on-line in mastercookand mealmaster formats.
• 9 http://recipes.reedsweb.net/.