Asian Spaghetti with Cucumber and Spicy Peanut Sauce

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Asian Spaghetti with Cucumber and Spicy Peanut

Sauce  

 

1/4 cup smooth peanut butter

1 tbsp. oy

sauce

1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice

1 clove garlic, minced

1/4 tsp.

dried hot pepper flakes, or to taste

1/4 tsp. sugar

1/4 cup hot water

 

6 ozs. spaghetti

1 cucumber, peeled, halved, seeded, cut diagonally into

1/8 " slices

1/3 cup thinly sliced scallion

salt and pepper, to taste

 

 

Use a blender to mix peanut butter soy sauce, lemon

juice, garlic, pepper flakes, sugar and water until the sauce is smooth. In a

kettle of boiling salted water, boil the spaghetti until it is just tender.

Drain and rinse briefly under cold water. Drain well, transfer to a bowl. Toss

with the sauce, cuke, and scallions, salt and pepper to taste. Serve the pasta

at room temperature. Serves 2.