Best Thai Angel Hair Pasta Recipes

THAI-STYLE BEEF SALAD OVER ANGEL-HAIR PASTA image

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 12

1/2 pound angel hair or other thin pasta
2 tablespoons cooking oil
3 tablespoons Asian sesame oil
1/2 cup sliced almonds
1 jalapeño pepper, seeds and ribs removed, minced
1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
1 1/2 pounds ground beef
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup Asian fish sauce (nam pla or nuoc mam)
4 scallions including green tops, chopped
1 cup coarsely chopped fresh mint
1/4 cup lime juice (from about 2 limes), plus 1 lime, cut into wedges, for serving

Steps:

1. In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the pasta until just done, about 5 minutes. Drain, rinse with cold water, and drain thoroughly. Toss the pasta with 1 tablespoon of the cooking oil and 2 tablespoons of the sesame oil. 2. In a large frying pan, toast the almonds over moderately low heat, stirring frequently, until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Or toast the nuts in a 350° oven for 5 to 10 minutes. Remove the nuts from the pan and chop them. 3. In a large frying pan, heat the remaining tablespoon of cooking oil over moderately high heat. Add half the jalapeño, the ginger, beef, and salt. Cook the meat, stirring frequently, until brown and cooked through, about 10 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the remaining tablespoon sesame oil, the fish sauce, scallions, mint, and lime juice. 4. Put the pasta on plates and top with the beef salad. Sprinkle with the remaining minced jalapeño and the chopped almonds and serve with the lime wedges.

THAI ANGEL HAIR PASTA image

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 17

1 1/3 C vegetable oil (peanut or canola)
1/2 C rice vinegar
1/4 C soy sauce
4t finely minced fresh cilantro
4t chopped green onion
1 small jalapeno, seeded and finely minced
2t fresh lime juice
2t dried red pepper flakes
1t sesame oil
1t red chili oil
1/2t Tabasco sauce
1/4 t white pepper
1/4 t minced garlic
12 oz. angel hair pasta
24 snow peas
2 carrots, julienned
4T chopped, roasted peanuts

Steps:

Whisk first 13 ingredients in a bowl and blend well. Put in skillet/pan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and keep warm. Prepare angel hair pasta according to package directions. While pasta is cooking briefly blanch the snow peas and carrots. Drain finished pasta, toss with the marinade sauce and the vegetables, and garnish with the chopped peanuts.