If you like this recipe, you have to try our sweet potato pad thai with chicken and the best sweet potato spaghetti. They both use sweet potato noodles in new and unique ways.
Why use sweet potato noodles?
We use zucchini noodles a lot, but we prefer sweet potato noodles when we are looking for a savory and hearty meal. Sweet potato noodles cook up quickly and add a nice texture to a dish that is similar to al dente pasta. Just use a spiralizer to make the noodles and watch them carefully to avoid overcooking. We prefer ours with a tiny bit of crunch – if you overcook sweet potato noodles they can get mushy.
The creamy sauce
Erica came up with this sauce recipe, and we’ve been using it on just about everything lately! It really only has three main ingredients plus some seasonings, so it’s super simple. You don’t have to soak the cashews or anything either. Just use a high-powered blender like a Blendtec or Vitamix and you’ll get a nice and creamy consistency.
A note about the fresh herbs
The creamy sauce in this recipe is really enhanced with flavor of some freshly chopped herbs. We really like fresh herbs so we used a lot of them – about 1/4 cup chopped. We also used a mixture of chives, sage and parsley. But really, you can use any freshly chopped herbs you prefer. Also, you can cut down the amount used if you like or substitute 2-3 tbsp of dried herbs if that’s all you have.
Make this recipe even easier
This recipe is pretty quick and easy, but you could make it even easier by using leftover chicken or a shredded rotisserie chicken. That will save you the time of cutting up chicken into cubes and cooking it. Or you could skip the chicken entirely and use shrimp instead. If you choose either of these options, just make the sauce while the noodles are cooking to have it ready to go.
Some other noodle recipes
Sweet Potato Chicken Pad ThaiSzechuan NoodlesCreamy Salmon Sweet Potato NoodlesPork Ramen NoodlesCreamy Chicken AlfredoSheet Pan Crispy Vegetable Noodles and Pork
Your turn to try these creamy chicken sweet potato noodles
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