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    Creamy PeanutNoodles

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    A pale blue bowl of glossy brown peanut noodles topped with crushed peanuts, sesame seeds and spring onion greens200+ cooks
    • Total time:30min
    • Your hands-on time:12min you
    • Longest hands-free stretch:12min free

    How upliance makes creamy peanut noodles, step by step

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    Peanut noodles. Done.
    12 min18 min
    1. upliance, upliance

      This cooks it.

      • CHOP
      • SAUTÉ
      • STIR
      • COOK
      +−What is it?

      upliance is a steel jar on a smart base with a touchscreen. It weighs, chops, sautés, stirs and cooks, and the screen tells you what to drop in next. Scroll to watch it make peanut noodles from above, noodles and all, in one jar.

    2. You, 7 min

      Peel garlic, quarter onion

      +−How rough?

      Peel 10 garlic cloves (the slow bit). Pull the stems off 1 green chilli and 2 dried red chillies. Peel an onion and cut it in 4. Deseed half a capsicum and cut it in 4. Wash 100 g button mushrooms, whole. Break 2 packs of noodles in half and fine-chop a little spring onion green for later. The chopping is the jar's job.

    3. You, 30 s

      Drop 1 of 6

      +−What goes in

      10 peeled garlic cloves, 1 green chilli and 2 dried red chillies, stems off. upliance weighs them as they land.

    4. Line drawing: jar with lid and crown on
      upliance, 10 s

      Chops garlic and chillies

      +−No knife?

      No mincing garlic by hand. With the lid and crown on, the blade chops the garlic and both chillies fine in about 10 seconds. Scrape the sides down once it stops.

    5. You, 15 s

      Drop 2 of 6

      +−What goes in

      2 tbsp refined oil, straight on top of the chopped garlic. Take the crown off the lid.

    6. Line drawing: crown lifted off the lid
      upliance, 5 s

      Sizzles the garlic

      +−Just 5 seconds?

      Yes: a quick sizzle in the hot oil to wake the garlic up. It gets its proper sauté with the veg in a minute.

    7. You, 30 s

      Drop 3 of 6

      +−What goes in

      1 onion, peeled and cut in 4, and half a capsicum, deseeded and cut in 4. Then pop the crown back on.

    8. Line drawing: jar with lid and crown on
      upliance, 25 s

      Chops onion and capsicum

      +−How fine?

      Chunky, not minced: the blade cuts the onion and capsicum into bite-size bits that hold their shape in the noodles.

    9. You, 15 s

      Drop 4 of 6

      +−What goes in

      100 g button mushrooms, washed and whole. No slicing: the jar does it next.

    10. Line drawing: jar with lid and crown on
      upliance, 13 s

      Chops the mushrooms

      +−Then?

      A few short pulses of the blade cut the mushrooms into chunks. Scrape the sides down when it stops.

    11. Line drawing: crown lifted off the lid
      upliance, 3 min

      Sautés the veg

      +−Till when?

      Take the crown off so the mushroom water steams away. upliance sautés the garlic, onion, capsicum and mushrooms for about 3 minutes, stirring by itself, till they soften and pick up colour.

    12. You, 1 min

      Drop 5 of 6

      +−What goes in

      The sauce: 2 tbsp peanut butter, 1 tbsp dark soy sauce, ½ tsp vinegar, ¼ tsp salt, ½ tsp sugar and 50 ml water. Keep the crown off.

    13. Line drawing: crown lifted off the lid
      upliance, 1½ min

      Stirs up the peanut sauce

      +−No whisking?

      upliance mixes the peanut butter in, then cooks and stirs it with the veg for about a minute and a half, till it turns into a thick, glossy sauce that coats everything.

    14. You, 45 s

      Drop 6 of 6

      +−What goes in

      2 packs of instant noodles (the recipe uses Wai Wai), broken in half and dropped in dry, then 350 ml water and 10 g butter. Put the crown back on. No pot of boiling water, no draining: the noodles cook in the sauce.

    15. upliance, 12 min

      Cooks the noodles in it

      12MIN FREEleave the kitchen
      +−What's the jar doing?

      With the lid and crown on, upliance cooks the noodles right in the peanut sauce for about 12 minutes, stirring slowly the whole way so they loosen up and don't clump, till the water is soaked up and the sauce turns creamy.

    16. You, 2 min

      Crush peanuts. Top. Serve.

      +−Finish

      Roughly crush 10 g roasted salted peanuts in a mortar. Tip the noodles into bowls and scatter the peanuts, ½ tsp white sesame seeds and the chopped spring onion greens on top. Eat hot.

    Your half hour, split

    You: 12 min
    peel garlic · 6 drops · garnish
    upliance: 18 min12 free
    chop · sauté · stir · cook
    upliance: a steel jar on a smart base with a touchscreen

    You: 12 min. upliance: 18 min.

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    Full recipeIngredients by drop and every step+−

    Instant noodles, levelled up. Garlic, chillies, onion, capsicum and mushrooms go into a glossy peanut butter and soy sauce, and the noodles cook right in it: no pot of boiling water, no draining. Crushed peanuts, sesame and spring onion on top.

    Chinese. Veg snack. Serves 2. About 30 min start to finish; about 12 min of it is you. Cooked 200+ times on upliance.

    Ingredients (2 servings)

    Drop 1chopped by the jar

    • Garlic peeled10 cloves
    • Green chilli top stem removed1
    • Dried red chilli top stem removed2

    Drop 2sizzled

    • Refined oil 2 tbsp

    Drop 3chopped by the jar

    • Onion peeled, cut in 41
    • Capsicum deseeded, cut in 4½

    Drop 4chopped, then sautéd with the rest

    • Button mushrooms washed, whole100 g

    Drop 5the peanut sauce

    • Peanut butter 2 tbsp
    • Dark soy sauce 1 tbsp
    • Vinegar ½ tsp
    • Salt ¼ tsp
    • Sugar ½ tsp
    • Water 50 ml

    Drop 6cooked ~12 min in the sauce

    • Instant noodles (Wai Wai) broken in half2 packs
    • Water 350 ml
    • Butter 10 g

    To serve

    • Roasted salted peanuts roughly crushed10 g
    • White sesame seeds ½ tsp
    • Spring onion greens fine-chopped2 g

    Steps

    1. Prep (you, ~7 min). Peel 10 garlic cloves. Remove the stems from the green chilli and dried red chillies. Peel the onion and cut it in 4. Deseed half a capsicum and cut it in 4. Wash the mushrooms. Break the noodles in half and fine-chop the spring onion greens.
    2. Drop 1 (you, 30 s). Put the garlic, green chilli and dried red chillies into the jar.
    3. upliance, 10 s. With the lid and crown on, it chops them fine. Scrape down the sides.
    4. Drop 2 (you, 15 s). Add 2 tbsp oil and take the crown off.
    5. upliance, 5 s. It gives the garlic a quick sizzle in the oil.
    6. Drop 3 (you, 30 s). Add the quartered onion and capsicum. Put the crown back on.
    7. upliance, 25 s. It chops the onion and capsicum into bite-size pieces.
    8. Drop 4 (you, 15 s). Add 100 g whole button mushrooms.
    9. upliance, ~3 min. It chops the mushrooms into chunks. Scrape down the sides and take the crown off. It then sautés all the veg, stirring by itself, for about 3 minutes.
    10. Drop 5 (you, ~1 min). Add 2 tbsp peanut butter, 1 tbsp dark soy sauce, ½ tsp vinegar, ¼ tsp salt, ½ tsp sugar and 50 ml water.
    11. upliance, 1½ min. With the crown off, it mixes and cooks everything into a thick peanut sauce, stirring all the while.
    12. Drop 6 (you, ~45 s). Add the broken noodles, 350 ml water and 10 g butter. Put the crown back on.
    13. upliance, ~12 min. It cooks the noodles in the sauce, stirring slowly the whole time, till the water is absorbed and the sauce is creamy. This is your free time: about 12 minutes away from the kitchen.
    14. Serve (you, ~2 min). Roughly crush the peanuts in a mortar. Serve the noodles topped with crushed peanuts, sesame seeds and spring onion greens.
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