Yakiudon

30 August 2014

Adapted from Just One Cook Book

Ingredients:

1. 2 packets of udon noodle thawed
2. 250g pork or chicken sliced
2. 1 clove garlic chopped (optional)
3. 1 onion sliced thin
4. 1 carrot sliced thin
5. 5 cabbage leaves sliced thin
6. 5 oyster mushrooms or shitake mushrooms sliced thin (optional)
7. 5 broccoli florets
8. 3 TBS cooking oil
9. 1-2 eggs (optional)

Marinade for meat:

1. 1 TBS soya sauce
2. 1 tsp cornstarch
3. Dash of pepper

Seasonings:

1. 1 TBS Mentsuyu sauce
2. 1 TBS mirin (if you do not have, you can substitute with Chinese rice wine or skip this altogether)
3. Yakiudon or yakisoba sauce
4. Salt & pepper to taste

Garnish:

1. Sprinkle of bonito flakes (optional, if you don't have, you can do without it)
2. 1 stalk spring onion chopped
3. 1 fried egg and cut into slices (optional)

Directions:

1. Blanch broccoli with boiling water, drain and run under cold water to retain the greenness and set aside.

2. Marinade meat with soya sauce, pepper and cornstarch and set aside.

3. Heat wok with 1 TBS cooking oil and meat until cooked. Remove and set aside.

4. Beat egg with sprinkle of salt, heat work with 1 tsp oil, fry egg, set aside and cut into slices.

5. Heat wok with 1 TBS and fry garlic until golden.

6. Add carrots, onions, mushrooms and cabbage and fry for a couple of minutes.

7. Add mirin and stir well for a minute.

8. Add udon noodle, Mentsuyu sauce and yakiudon sauce, stir and mix well. Sprinkle pepper.

9. Add broccoli and meat and mix well.

10. Dish and garnish with fried egg, spring onion and bonito flakes (optional)

Video Demonstration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3PXjAcosXk

Additional Information:

If you could not find udon noodles, you can substitute with spaghetti cooked according to package instruction before frying the noodle. If you don't have Mentsuyu sauce, just substitute with soya sauce. I sometimes don't have the bonito flakes, and do without it. You can also add tofu or other vegetables to your liking :-)

References:
http://www.justonecookbook.com/recipes/yaki-udon/

0. Thaw udon noodles....

Prepare all the ingredients and set aside...
1. Blanch broccoli with boiling water, drain and run under cold water to retain the greenness and set aside.

2. Marinade meat with soya sauce, pepper and cornstarch and set aside.

3. Heat wok with 1 TBS cooking oil and meat until cooked. Remove and set aside.

4. Beat egg with sprinkle of salt, heat work with 1 tsp oil, fry egg, set aside and cut into slices.

5. Heat wok with 1 TBS and fry garlic until golden.

6. Add carrots...

....add onions...

...add mushrooms and cabbage and fry for a couple of minutes.

7. Add mirin and stir well for a minute.

8. Add udon noodles...

... add Mentsuyu sauce and yakiudon sauce, stir and mix well.

9. Add broccoli and meat and mix well (forgot to take picture)

17 May 2015

10. Dish and garnish with fried egg, spring onion and bonito flakes

15 September 2014