It’s late at night. You just had a rough day in the office.
Your girlfriend is mad at you for no reason (period?). You’re alone in your
apartment. And you’re hungry as f**k.
Why not make a hearty MISO UDON BOWL?
Easy to whip up (thanks to the ready-made udon noodles and
powdered fish stocks), and totally customizable to your liking!
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For 1 servings,
you will need:
1 portion of Fresh/Dried
Udon (Weighing approximately 200 grams). Fresh, ready-made packaged udon cooks
faster. Hence; it’ll feed your hunger faster
1 packet of
instant Dashi powder. Sold in most international groceries store in box of 10,
sold around IDR 20K
1 tbsp of Miso
1 tbsp of Sugar
3 cups of Water
for the soup stock
2 cups of Water
(or more) for boiling the noodles.
Plenty of Ice Cubes
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Ready? Here We Go!
Step 1 – Pour 2 cups of water
into a saucepan and let it boil on high heat. Once boiling, put your Udon in. Read the package of the
noodles! The ready-made noodles should take 2 minutes to be done, while dried
ones can took 7-9 minutes to cook!
Perfectly summarizes a bad day right? |
But be not afraid, for Udon is here! |
Exactly 2 minutes for this bad boy to cook up nicely! |
Step 2 – Get a bowl and fill it with ice and water. After the
noodle is done, transfer it to the ice bowl. This will stop the cooking
process, and makes the noodle chewier and have more bite to it. Yummerz!
Ice Age 5 - Udon Goes for A Swim |
Step 3 – Now, let’s cook the broth. Boil 3 cups of water. I’m adding spring onions (purely optional) for aroma. Once boiling, add the Dashi powder & sugar and cook through. After that, add the miso. Use a small strainer and a spoon to infuse the Miso to the
broth. Let it boil for 1 minute, and it’s done!!
There's just something awesome about instant Dashi powder. It's tasty, almost magical. |
Sugar and spice and everything nice |
Miso! |
So Done! |
Step 4 – Serve!
Ah, A warm, Miso-broth Udon on a
lonely night. Ain’t that just a lovely thing to have? I’m giving you freedom of
choice for the toppings.
Seriously, go crazy.
If you love protein, you can add
beef or chicken to it. Vegetarian? Add mushrooms and spinach. Me? I’m adding
soy-mirin marinated Enoki mushrooms,
5:30 Boiled Eggs, Katsuobushi, Bean
Sprouts and Spring Onions.
Oh, did I tell you that you can
actually make the broth in advance and freeze it to be used later on?
Give this recipe a go!
Cheers
xx