Serves 4

  • 2 oranges
  • ½ c Seed + Mill Organic Tahini 
  • ¼ c soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp ginger, finely grated
  • 2lbs spring veg (any mix of asparagus, green beans, snap peas, snow peas)
  • 10-12 oz ramen noodles
  • ½ c frozen, shelled edamame
  • sesame seeds

Make the sauce

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Use a vegetable peeler to peel the rind from an orange. Squeeze 1 cup juice from 2 oranges into a large bowl. To the OJ, add the rind, tahini, and soy sauce. Add ginger into the bowl, season with S&P, and stir.

Prep the veg

Trim the stem ends from the spring veg. Thinly slice on a diagonal ½ inch thick. Add half—only half—to the bowl, season with S&P, and stir to combine.

Cook the noodles

Add 10 to 12 ounces ramen noodles and edamame to the boiling water and cook according to the package directions. Drain, rinse, then stir into the sauce.

Sear veg and combine

In the same pot, heat 2 tablespoons neutral oil over medium-high. Add the remaining half of the vegetables. Season with S&P and cook, stirring just once, until browned in spots, 2 to 4 minutes. Add everything in the sauce bowl and cook, tossing until the sauce is warm and glazy, 1 to 2 minutes. Shower with toasted sesame seeds.

 

Good hot, warm, or room temp.

Instead of ramen noodles, use soba, dried or fresh udon, or lo mein.

Brown tofu, cubes of chicken breast filet, chicken thigh filet or  ground chicken before adding the vegetables in step 4. Remove, then add back with the sauce.

Reprinted from I Dream of Dinner. Copyright © 2022 by Alexandra Slagle. Photographs copyright © 2022 by Mark Weinberg. Published by Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Random House.