1Boil your noodles in salted water and take them out about 30 seconds early so they can finish soaking up the sauce later.
2Save a bit of pasta water then rinse the noodles so they don
’t fuse together.
3In a cold pan, toss in peanut butter, chili flakes, green onion, sesame seeds, garlic, one tablespoon of chili crisp, rice vinegar, and dark soy sauce.
4Heat one third cup of neutral oil until it
’s dangerously hot.
5Carefully pour it over the cold ingredients and listen to that ASMR sizzle.
6Give it all a good stir.
7Add your noodles and toss until they
’re completely coated and glossy.
8If you want that restaurant-level silkiness, turn the heat to medium low and mix in a splash of your saved noodle water.
9Kill the heat, hit it with extra green onion, a spoon of chili crisp, and a squeeze of lime if you
’re in your main character era.