Recipe for "cold-noodles"

NAME

     COLD-NOODLES - Mildly spicy cold noodles
     I first had this at Brandy Ho's in Chinatown, San Francicso.
     I forget where I found the recipe.

INGREDIENTS (Serves 4)

     20 g      fresh garlic, minced
     10 g      fresh coriander, minced
     90 g      peanut butter
     15 cl     light soy sauce
     60 g      sugar
     3-15 ml    rice wine
     15-30 ml   hot bean paste
     15 ml     sesame oil
     500 g     lo mein noodles (other noodles will  do,  such  as
               ramen noodles or even spagetti).

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Cook the lo mein  according  to  directions.   Let
               cool.
          (2)  Mix the rest of the  ingredients.   Peanut  butter
               doesn't mix very well, so for a few minutes you'll
               think you've made a mistake.   Don't  worry,  just
               keep stirring until it's smooth.
          (3)  Add the sauce to the noodles.

NOTES

     Hot bean sauce also goes by the  name  Szechuan  bean  sauce
     etc.   This  is  the main ``spicy'' ingredient and should be
     handled with care.  Vary this  ingredient  to  taste.   This
     recipe  is  probably  very good without it.  It's also quite
     good served when the noodles are still hot.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy.  Time: 10 minutes preparation,  5  minutes
     cooking.  Precision: no need to measure.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Edward Falk
     Sun Microsystems, Mountain View, California, USA
     falk@sun.com   sun!falk