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Nabeyaki Udon Noodles in the Pot

Name: Nabeyaki Udon Noodles in the Pot
Total time: 1 h 36 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 1.7 L cold water; 35 g kombu, wiped; 35 g dried bonito flakes (hana-katsuo); 1½ tsp salt; 2¼ tbsp dark (koikuchi) soy sauce; 2¼ tbsp light (usukuchi) soy sauce; 1½ tbsp sugar; 1½ tbsp mirin; 450 g dried udon noodles; 4 medium raw shrimp; 1 kamaboko (steamed fish cake); 4 fresh shiitake mushrooms, wiped; 12 stalks mitsuba (trefoil), or spinach or edible chrysanthemum; 4 eggs

Udon cooked to order in individual clay pots with shrimp, fish cake, shiitake and mitsuba in hot noodle broth, finished with an egg poached in a nest of noodles until the white sets and the yolk stays soft. Food for a cold night.

YieldServes 4
Hands-on45 min
Total1 h 36 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

dashi

1.7 Lcold water
35 gkombu, wiped
35 gdried bonito flakes (hana-katsuo)

noodle broth

1½ tspsalt
2¼ tbspdark (koikuchi) soy sauce
2¼ tbsplight (usukuchi) soy sauce
1½ tbspsugar
1½ tbspmirin

pots

450 gdried udon noodles
4medium raw shrimp
1kamaboko (steamed fish cake)optional
4fresh shiitake mushrooms, wiped
12 stalksmitsuba (trefoil), or spinach or edible chrysanthemum
4eggs

Diet

Pescatarian

Contains

Gluten
Egg
Soy
Fish
Crustacean shellfish
Celery
Sulfites
Birds' eggs (any)
Tuna
Bonito
Pollock
Shrimp
Crab
Legumes (any)
Wheat
Rice
Parsley
Mushrooms (any)
Shiitake
Mold-ripened and koji-fermented foods
Seaweed (any)
Kelp
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
Alcohol
Mitsuba (Japanese parsley)

Taste

Sweet
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Smoke
Herbal / fresh

Texture

Chewy
Brothy

Equipment

Stovetop

Season

Winter

Occasion

Weeknight

Effort

20–45 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 2

Nutrition

Calories: moderate
Protein: high
Carbs: high
Fat: low
Fiber: high
Sodium: high

Budget

Budget: moderate

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