Recipe: Udon Noodle Salad with Creamy Cashew Sauce

Posted on July 23rd, 2009 by broccolihut

CIMG9974Udon Noodle Salad with Creamy Cashew Sauce

Serves 1

Ingredients:

Salad

1.5 oz. udon noodles (dry)

1/2 cup chickpeas, cooked

1-2 cups assorted vegetables, chopped (I used celery and mushrooms)

Sauce

1 T creamy cashew butter

1 garlic clove, minced

juice of 1/2 small lime or lemon

2 t rice vinegar

2 T vegetable broth

2-3 T water

1/2 t red pepper flakes

salt, to taste

Cook udon noodles according to package instructions. Once cooked, drain, rinse with cold water, and mix with ice cubes to cool.

While the noodles are chilling, combine all the sauce ingredients in a small pan over medium heat. Stir continuously, until heated through and combined well. Add more water to achieve the desired consistency. Take sauce off the heat and let cool.

Once the noodles and sauce have cooled, combine with chickpeas and vegetables until the sauce is evenly distributed. Enjoy!

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11 Responses to “Recipe: Udon Noodle Salad with Creamy Cashew Sauce”

  1. burpexcuzme, on July 23rd, 2009 at 8:39 pm Said:

    That creamy cashew sauce is calling out to me! Wow, sounds awesome. Does it have a cheesy taste? Because I know the raw foodists make this “cheese” with cashews and such.

  2. JB, on July 23rd, 2009 at 10:01 pm Said:

    ooooooh i want to make this! but with soba noodles instead, because they’re my favorite. thanks for the recipe!

    -JB
    http://cardiovegsular.wordpress.com

  3. lesouefsbrouilles, on July 23rd, 2009 at 11:56 pm Said:

    you are soo creative caroline! it’s amazing!

  4. janetha, on July 24th, 2009 at 2:33 am Said:

    wow such good ingredients to this one! i love udon noodles and garbanzos. def bookmarking this one thanks!

  5. Erica, on July 24th, 2009 at 4:09 am Said:

    ow! I love peanut sauce, I bet I’d be just as big of a fan of cashew sauce!! mmm.

    Yes! I buy papaya at my regular grocery store (I usually only buy it on sale because it can be expensive). It is a love it or hate it flavor and I love it! Give it a go.

  6. Kailey, on July 24th, 2009 at 10:04 am Said:

    thank you so much for this recipe :) Just bookmarked it!

  7. The Fit Collegiate, on July 24th, 2009 at 11:20 am Said:

    I just stumbled across your blog and am completely enamored by all the lovely eats you’ve been whipping up! I added you to my blogroll asap…what a genius blog you have here!

  8. Mitri, on July 24th, 2009 at 12:46 pm Said:

    That sounds so delicious! I’ve never had cashew butter, but I wish I could taste some because I loooove cashews :)

  9. Danielle, on July 25th, 2009 at 12:57 pm Said:

    I was just looking at the salad collection earlier this week! They have some fabulous options, thanks for sharing :)

  10. Maria, on July 25th, 2009 at 9:55 pm Said:

    That recipe sounds fantastic! A brilliant twist on the plain old (but still delicious) Thai peanut noodles :)

  11. Picky Nicky, on January 9th, 2011 at 7:12 pm Said:

    Hi Caroline!! I’m new to your blog and I have to say that all of your recipes + pictures look amazing! And nut butter on noodles is so good :D I’m sure this recipe is delish!
    -Nicky

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