30 minute sweet potato noodles with a spicy peanut sauce and chickpeas. An easy and healthy dinner recipe that’s vegan and gluten free.
So I finally did it. I bought a spiralizer! And I’ve been having so much fun making veggie noodles. The Friday night after our spiralizer came in the mail, Brad and I tested it out with these sweet potato noodles. After a long week of work and kids, making veggie noodles is about as exciting as it gets around here on Friday nights. 😉
If you’re on the fence about whether or not to invest in a spiralizer, I say go for it. Making noodles out of veggies is not only fun but also a great way to sneak more nutrients into your diet. I bought this one and love it.
Have you ever wondered how to make spiralized sweet potato noodles (or any spiralized veggie for that matter)? It’s so easy.
Start by scrubbing and peeling your sweet potato. (Peeling is optional.) Cut off a bit of the sweet potato ends so that you have a flat surface on each end. After fitting your spiralizer with the desired blade, you’ll attach one end of your sweet potato to the prongs at the end of the crank, press the other end up against the blade, and turn the crank while applying pressure to push the potato towards the blades. The next thing you know, you’ll have a mound of beautiful sweet potato noodles forming on your counter!
Cook as desired, and devour. 🙂
For this recipe, you’ll saute those sweet potato noodles up in a skillet and toss them with an easy peanut sauce. The sauce is creamy and spicy, which is a perfect contrast to the sweet potatoes. Chickpeas give extra protein to this 30 minute one pot meal, and peanuts add more flavor and crunch.
Why you’ll love these Sweet Potato Noodles with Peanut Sauce:
- You can make this meal in one pot, in 30 minutes (or less), start to finish.
- Sweet potatoes are an excellent source of many nutrients, including Vitamins A and C, magnesium, potassium, and fiber.
- You can’t beat the contrast of flavors and textures in this dish – it’s creamy, spicy, crunchy, and sweet all at the same time!
Try my easy Vegetable Stir Fry next!
Sweet Potato Noodles with Peanut Sauce
Ingredients
For the Peanut Sauce:
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter, I used natural
- 5 tablespoons lime juice, about 2 large limes
- ¼ cup low sodium soy sauce, look for gluten free if needed
- 2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, more or less to taste
Remaining Ingredients:
- 4 medium sweet potatoes
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 15 ounce can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
- 4 green onions, sliced
- ¼ cup peanuts
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together all sauce ingredients.
- Scrub, peel, and spiralize the sweet potatoes.
- In a large skillet or dutch oven, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add sweet potatoes and cook, stirring occasionally, 5-7 minutes, until softened. Add chickpeas and cook, stirring, 2 minutes. Stir in peanut sauce and cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat.
- Divide noodles and chickpeas between four plates; top with green onions and peanuts and serve.
- Leftovers reheat well for lunch the next day.
Yay for getting a spiralizer! I bought one about two months ago, but have yet to use it. I need to get on that! The one I bought is a hand held one, but I’m thinking your version probably works a lot better! These sweet potato noodles are gorgeous, Kristine! I love the peanut sauce and how simple this is. Definitely perfect for a weeknight meal!
Ooh!! YAY to your new toy! Trust me, you will find yourself using your spiralizer all.the.time. It’s just so fun! These noodles look like you definitely started things off on the right foot! Love the looks of that peanut sauce!
Congrats on the spiralizer! I haven’t used mine in a while and I’m dying to make sweet potato noodles with it — this is more inspiration because this dish look delicioius! And I love the sound of that peanut sauce!
I have a spiralizer I got for Christmas and I haven’t used it yet! 🙁 I am totally trying this! YUM!
Ok, so now it’s official that I am the last person in the entire world without a spiralizer. Eeek! I gotta get one STAT! This dish looks great and I’m a big fan of anything with peanut sauce!
These look amazing! I love my spiralizer, but I’ve stuck to zoodles so far- I definitely need to branch out into sweet potato territory 🙂
I have a spiralizer that is not getting enough use these days! I need to make sweet potato noodles asap!! I bet they taste amazing with the peanut sauce! This is the perfect vegetarian 30 minute meal 🙂
Ok, so we just made this for dinner. WOW! It was SO good. Really delicious!
I’m so glad you liked this, Kelly! Thanks for giving it a try and letting me know. 🙂 I’m thinking I need to make it again soon!
This looks so good – I have a spiralizer but it doesn’t seem to work very well. Might have to try a different brand! Love the peanut sauce, that would be so good with the sweet potato noodles!
I have been having so much fun with my spiralizer! I mostly just love all the new textures it can create. These sweet potato noodles look just amazing…I love that you tossed them in peanut sauce!
A spiralizer has got to be one of the best kitchen investments I’ve made as of late. Those of you who are still on the fence – you won’t regret it! I made this for lunch and guess what, even my kids loved it. I added some brown sugar and sesame oil into the mix too. Super good!
How big are those sweet potatoes? About 4 ounces each, or…?
I used sweet potatoes that are about 8 ounces or 1/2 pound each.
Did anyone have issues with the peanut sauce getting too thick?? I used teddy’s natural peanut butter, and the other ingredients made it even thicker! Tasted all right, but texture was way off, and looked nothing like the picture ?