Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, ‘nikomi’ simmered udon soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
‘Nikomi’ Simmered Udon Soup is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. ‘Nikomi’ Simmered Udon Soup is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have ‘nikomi’ simmered udon soup using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make ‘Nikomi’ Simmered Udon Soup:
- Get 2 servings Cooked Udon Noodles *Frozen type recommended
- Prepare 2 Shiitake
- Make ready 2 Chickuwa (Fish Sausages) OR/AND 4 Fish Balls
- Make ready 1 Bok Choy OR other Green Leafy Vegetable
- Make ready 2 Spring Onions
- Take 2 Eggs
- Get *Note: The above ingredients are suggestions. You can add Chicken, other Asian Mushrooms, Tofu, and etc
- Prepare <Soup>
- Get 2 cups Dashi Stock *OR 2 cups Water & 1 teaspoon Dashi Powder
- Prepare 2 tablespoons Sake (Rice Wine)
- Get 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- Prepare 1 tablespoon Soy Sauce
- Make ready 1/2 tablespoon Mirin
Instructions to make ‘Nikomi’ Simmered Udon Soup:
- If you use Frozen Udon, place in a heat-proof bowl, pour over boiling hot water and loosen the noodles, then drain.
- Heat all the soup ingredients in a large saucepan or pot. Today I used a clay pot called ‘Donabe’ in Japanese.
- Add Udon Noodles and other ingredients, and bring to the simmer. Eggs can be added at the end of the cooking process. When Udon Noodles are soft and vegetables are cooked, it is ready to enjoy.
- *Note: Cold Eggs straight from the fridge takes time to be cooked. Crack an Egg into a small cup and microwave at medium power about 500-600W for 30 seconds, then place it in the soup. And repeat with another Egg. This way Eggs can be cooked quickly in the soup.
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