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Peanut Noodles with Tofu

Linguine tossed in a peanut-soy sauce with crisp tofu, cucumber, and scallions.

Peanut Noodles with Tofu, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
35 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$9.16

Ingredients

  • 28 oz extra-firm tofu
  • 12 oz linguine
  • 6 tbsp peanut butter
  • 4 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp chili garlic sauce
  • 3 clove garlic
  • 1 cucumber
  • 1 bunch green onions / scallions
  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 3 tbsp cornstarch

Method

  1. Press the tofu 10 minutes, cube it, and toss with the cornstarch.

  2. Fry the tofu in the vegetable oil over medium-high for 8 minutes until browned and crisp on most sides.

  3. Boil the linguine and reserve a cup of pasta water before draining.

  4. Whisk the peanut butter, soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, chili garlic sauce, and grated garlic, thinning with pasta water until it pours like heavy cream.

  5. Toss the hot noodles with the sauce, adding more pasta water as needed to keep it loose.

  6. Top with the tofu, matchsticks of cucumber, and sliced scallions.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 12 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
Greece25,72 €6,43 €11 of 12 ingredients
Canada$61.62$15.4111 of 12 ingredients
Mexico$839.91$209.9811 of 12 ingredients
United States$36.63$9.1610 of 12 ingredients
United Kingdom£22.55£5.6410 of 12 ingredients
Germany41,42 €10,36 €10 of 12 ingredients
Australia$32.77$8.199 of 12 ingredients
Austria€ 37,94€ 9,499 of 12 ingredients
New Zealand$35.36*$8.847 of 12 ingredients
Egypt‏٤٤٠٫٨٧ ج.م.‏*‏١١٠٫٢٢ ج.م.‏6 of 12 ingredients
Spain9,32 €*2,33 €6 of 12 ingredients

* We have read fewer than seven in ten of these ingredients in that country, so the total is a partial figure and the real one is higher.

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