If you shop at Costco, you are no stranger to the ginormous 10lb bag of carrots that are available in their produce section. So often I would reach for them then think “there’s NO way we could get thru all of these” and put them back. Well, on Monday, I gave into the challenge and to my surprise, we’ve actually eaten a good portion of them. However, it was time for a new variation besides raw sticks. So I came up with this delicious “noodle” dish using my spiralizer. It tastes so much like a Japanese seaweed salad with out the jelly like texture. I’ll be honest, my kids weren’t sold but my husband and I slurped them up.
Sesame Carrot Noodles
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Author: ohyagood
Recipe type: Side
Cuisine: Asian
Serves: 4-5
Ingredients
- 7-8 large carrots or 4 cups of spiraled carrot noodles
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1 T sesame oil
- 1 tsp garlic, minced
- ½ tsp salt
- ⅛ tsp pepper
- ¼ cup rice vinegar
- ⅛ cup + 1 T light oil like avocado, olive or vegetable, divided
- ⅛ cup coconut aminos
- ½ T red onion, finely diced
- black or white sesame seeds
Instructions
- Spiralize the large part (about 1½ in in circumference) of the carrots to make into noodles
- Toss the noodles into a large skillet over medium heat with the Tablespoon of oil for about 5 minutes or until carrots are slightly softened
- Whisk together remaining ingredients except for onions and seeds for the dressing and pour over noodles
- Garnish with red onion and sesame seeds