Spicy Thai Pasta Salad is hot, tangy, and inspired by the flavors of Thai cuisine. You’re going to love this dish!
This recipe is such a huge hit. We always have to double or triple batch this every time we make it. Forget tiny, small portions, you are going to want a heaping helping of Spicy Thai Pasta Salad. If you want to make this a more hearty main dish, you can even add shredded rotisserie chicken.
The secret to spicy Thai pasta salad is the infused oil and red pepper mixture. It sounds fancy, but infusing oils is actually really easy. The flavors continue to develop over time, so you really want to let this sit for at least 4 hours, and preferably overnight. We know it’s difficult, but trust us, it will be worth the wait!
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Pasta Options:
Don’t love bowtie pasta? You can use almost any small, shaped pasta instead: penne, rotini, etc.
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Peanuts: Optional
We love the crunch of the peanuts, but if you don’t share that love, or have allergies, you can always omit the peanuts.
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Spice Adjustments:
This tastes best with a good kick to it, but if you prefer a mild spice, use only 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of red pepper flakes .
If you like this recipe, you may be interested in these other pot luck recipe favorites:
- Italian Pasta Salad
- Cilantro Lime Orzo Pasta Salad
- Best Macaroni Salad
- Mom’s Creamy Potato Salad
- Creamy Cucumber Salad
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Spicy Thai Pasta Salad
- 12 ounces bowtie pasta
- 1 to 2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes
- 2 tablespoons vegetable or corn oil
- 1/3 cup sesame oil
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
- 1/2 cup honey roasted peanuts
- 1/2 cup sliced green onions
- Cook pasta according to package directions and drain well and transfer to a large mixing bowl.
- Meanwhile, heat corn and sesame oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add in crushed red pepper stir red pepper and cook for 2 minutes to infuse the flavor.
- Add in honey, soy sauce and salt. Mix well and pour over cooked pasta, coating evenly.
- Cover and refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.*
- When ready to serve, stir in chopped cilantro, peanuts and green onions.
I love this recipe! Yum. It was absolutely magnificent. You know its good when the last word out of everyone’s mouth is “When are you going to make this again??!” Everyone LOVED LOVED LOVED.
Pasta is delicious but with this combo it’s looking fkn awesome.
We loved this pasta dish! Spicy and oh so tasty!
This turned out great! Don’t leave the toppings off, they make the dish, especot the cilantro! I added the rotisserie chicken and let the mixture sit overnight for max flavor. This makes a lot of food.
I’m always looking for new side dish ideas. This recipe was super easy to follow and my boyfriend LOVED it! Like loved it to the point where he just kept talking about how good it was.
I used the entire box of pasta to avoid wasting and kept the rest of the ingredient amounts the same.
Superb recipe!
Two words. Absolutely delicious. Ok more than 2 words. I added it to my favorites.
This pasta salad is so different and tastes wonderful!!
I made it yesterday for a party and people loved it!!
Even though it took a while to cook, it still made any awesome meal and my family LOVED it
This recipe is not only easy and so delicious-when I think about it my mouth waters. I have made it twice and never have leftovers. Doubled the recipe for Easter and was a big hit. I do not change any of the ingredients. I love this recipe.
In this Spicy Thai Pasta Salad could I use olive oil or avocado oil in place of vegetable oil?
We so love this recipe. Everytime I think about making it my mouth starts to water and I can not wait to get it made:) I made exactly as the recipe says and its just incredible. Thank you for sharing.
This is our favorite pasta salad ! Thanks so very much for all the glorious recipes !
Love this, one of my new favorites!
Wonderful dish. I shredded some chicken breasts to make it a complete dinner. I used a little more than 1 tsp of red pepper because of the additional chicken, and it was nicely warm.
Hey what can I use to substitute sesame seed oil if a Person has an allergy to sesame seed thank you for the exciting recipe’s.