Pasta with Peanut Sauce
Preparation and cooking time: 25 minutes
Peanut butter, sherry, fresh herbs... It's a simple sauce, rich, creamy and full of flavor. It is meant to be served just barely warm or at room temperature.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup bite-size pasta, 90gr, 3.2oz whole wheat penne
- 1/2 cup chicken stock, 112gr, 4oz
- 2 tbs peanut butter, 32gr, 1.2oz
- 1 tbs dry sherry, 15gr, .53oz
- 2 tsp soy sauce, 10.5gr, .37oz
- 2 tbs fresh snipped chives
- 2 tbs fresh snipped oregano or marjoram
Instructions:
- Cook pasta according to package instructions.
- Snip herbs.
- In a small saucepan heat chicken stock, peanut butter, soy sauce and sherry, just until peanut butter melts, stirring well to combine.
- When pasta is done, drain well and put into a bowl.
- Immediately pour sauce over and stir well to combine.
- Let rest 5 minutes. Add herbs, stir well and serve.
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Nutrition Information |
General Technical Details and Disclaimer:
Measurements in this color are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.
I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it. I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.
My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale
and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/
