SunButter Dan Dan Noodles Recipe

When my kids were very small, we lived in Westchester County, New York. My husband and I used to go on date night to a Chinese restaurant in Yonkers called Hunan Village. It was owned by a regal Chinese man named Paul. He was the most impressive host. He liked to order for our table, and it was thanks to him that I first tried dan dan noodles. I’ve eaten them many times at restaurants since, and none compares to the ones at Hunan Village. They had the best darn dan dan noodles I’ve ever tasted. Funny thing about that restaurant was my husband had been going to it ever since he was a kid, and Paul was the owner, all the way back then. I’ve heard Paul left Hunan Village a few years ago, and that sadly their food has declined. In honor of Paul, I devised this scrumptious, addictive, allergy-friendly dan dan noodle recipe, because the traditional is chock-full of allergens (wheat, soy, peanuts). I hope my version does justice to Paul. For the linguine, I like corn-quinoa noodles that mimic the yellow hue of the traditional egg noodles.