>>72936086It's added as a sweetener/thickener at the end, making it a major flavor component. It's predominantly a chicken soup, often spicy and with tomatoes. The peanut butter makes it more like a curry in appearance and texture, so it's very important. It's more natural to serve it with rice, but egg noodles or pasta isn't out of the question. And anyway, peanut butter is pretty good in cup noodles...