I would love to see some adjustments for a 19 day trip. Only taking a jet boil so wouldn’t have the luxury of the other sauce pan fmto do sauce fixings. Any suggestions?

This recipe was a lot heavier than the others we brought – not sure I’d make it again for a backpacking trip, but it’s inspired me to make peanut noodles at home again!

Great question Erin. That’s something we have been experimenting with for some time. We have used small food safe containers with a narrow mouth and filled these at home with cooking oil or whatever liquid ingredient is needed for the recipe. These are small white plastic containers – usually sold in travel sections of REI or similar stores like this. This has worked fairly well but I would still put the bottle in a ziplock bag as a back up. Other options, GoStak Twist n’ Lock Storage Jars. Lastly, for oil or soy sauce, the lazy way is to get prepackaged packets. Hope this helps!

Hi Jeff, you actually can get powdered peanut butter, and it works great in a sauce, but you’d have to add chunks separately (with some chopped peanuts). This recipe works great backpacking. Maybe I’ll do a separate write up for it with those considerations in mind. Thanks!

I’m a 3 – 8 day hiker and love your recipes but I’ve made a few adjustments to make them lighter and use less fuel. I dehydrate as many items as possible including spaghetti. I added crushed red peppers and chilli powder. Good choice on chunky peanut butter, can’t dehydrate but love the taste.

Hi Leisel, absolutely! I’ve made this using ramen noodles, which are easier to rehydrate than regular dried pasta. You could also pre-boil pasta and then dehydrate it in little birds nests if you don’t like ramen. Powdered peanut butter is pretty easy to come by nowadays, and works perfectly for sauces. The easiest way to deal with dried versions of the other ingredients is to buy them already dehydrated, and then check the packaging for the amounts necessary to mimic the fresh amounts in this recipe. You could easily dehydrate them yourself, though. And then I’d leave the sesame oil out and just bring an individual packet of soy sauce. Have fun!

Hi Michelle! Yes, I think dried ginger will be fine, just use a little at a time. I’ve also used powdered peanut butter, which works really well. It’s hard to get everything ready for a trip, but worth the effort. I’m trying to get myself to dehydrate and freeze things way in advance so I can just grab and go, but haven’t gotten that organized quite yet. Have a great trip!