The Legitimate Version of $2 Chow Mein

Anyone who has ever gone out on St. Laurent has had the infamous $2 Chow Mein. St. Laurent $2 Chow Mein is seriously just noodles and peanut butter, which sounds gross, but I honestly think those people are geniuses. They have capitalized on the weaknesses of drunk people: their ravenous appetite and their loss of logical decision making (by that I mean no longer even thinking of the calories in fried noodles covered in peanut butter).

I am a big fan of the $2 Chow Mein, mainly because I love all things peanut butter, seriously it is my vice. Sometimes when there is no food in my house I sneak into my cupboard and eat peanut butter with a spoon. Embarrassing, but delicious.

So naturally I have always wanted to conquer making an actual peanut sauce and during reading week I finally had the chance.

This picture really can't capture the pleasure in eating actual food smothered in peanut butter, it was fantastic.

I used the recipe from http://www.KathEats.com/ and I didn't really like how the sauce turned out. So I will provide you with how I adapted it for no, but will continue to search for a better peanut sauce and this may be updated later. Also, it could be that I didn't like the sauce because it was too, um authentic tasting? Perhaps my taste buds have become accustomed to the taste of pure peanut butter on noodles.

Ingredients
Stir Fry:
Assorted vegetables, chopped (I used red pepper, broccoli and celery)
1 package soba noodles
Soy sauce for stir frying
3 tbsp. soy nuts
Sauce:
2 tbsp. peanut butter
1 tbsp. sunflower oil
1 tbsp. soy sauce
2 tbsp. brown sugar

Directions:
1. Stir fry the veggies and the soy sauce in a large wok for 5-7 min.
2. Add the soba noodles. Provigo is really limited in items like this and I ended up with the sketchiest food purchase ever, I bought these:

They don't look that weird until you read the package and realize they are precooked, again not so weird but they are vacuum packed and apparently contain crazy preservatives because you don't need to refrigerate them! So you are supposed to keep this strange package of pre-cooked noodles in your cupboard...

Anyways, add those to your wok and continue to stir fry for another 3-5 min (they actually taste great once cooked).

3. Combine the ingredients for the sauce in a separate bowl. Continue to add peanut butter (and brown sugar) until desired taste is reached.

4. Combine everything and top with soy nuts.

I could post another photo of the finished product, but I think a close up of the sauce is more well deserved: