Shrimp and Cucumber Sesame Noodles
These simple asian noodles are flavored with a sesame soy sriracha sauce, and paired with refreshing cucumber and flavorful shrimp. Dinner is ready in less than 20 minutes!
Every once in a while I crave these flavors and must have them, nothing else will suffice. It’s different things for different people…some must have chocolate, some must have a big juicy steak with potatoes, but for me, I crave Asian flavors. Maybe it’s because when I was growing in my momma’s belly that’s what she ate.
There are two reasons I love this dish: 1. It’s very refreshing and light, and 2. The dish comes together in 10-15 minutes, which I think is pretty awesome. All you have to do is boil the noodles, make the dressing while you’re waiting, thaw out some frozen shrimp and julienne a cucumber.
Shrimp and Cucumber Sesame Noodles
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb glass noodles
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tsp sriracha
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp honey
- 1 tbsp walnut oil or vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds
- 1/2 lb shrimp cooked
- 1 english cucumber julienned
Instructions
- Boil the noodles in heavily salted water, until al dente, about 10-12 minutes.
- Make the dressing by whisking to combine the soy sauce, rice vinegar, sriracha, sesame oil, honey, walnut oil, and sesame seeds. Taste and adjust seasoning as desired.
- Once the noodles are finished cooking, drain, then toss with the dressing while the noodles are hot.
- Toss in the shrimp and the julienned cucumber. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition is estimated using a food database and is only intended to be used as a guideline for informational purposes.