Nabeyaki Udon Japanese Noodle Food

JAPANESE NABEYAKI UDON SOUP

Steps:

• Heat dashi stock, chicken, carrots, soy sauce, mirin, sugar, and salt in a pot over medium heat. Simmer until chicken is no longer pink in the center, 5 to 7 minutes. Add tofu, mushrooms, and bok choy, stirring until vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes more.
• Stir udon noodles into broth and simmer until tender, 3 to 4 minutes. Add leeks and crack eggs into soup; simmer until eggs are slightly firm, about 5 minutes more.

NABE YAKI UDON

Steps:

• Combine the dashi, usukuchi, mirin and kombu in a pot. Bring to a boil over high heat. Add the salt and katsuobushi, and immediately turn off the heat and strain into a nabe (hot pot) or medium saucepan. Add the udon and bring back to a boil. Reduce the heat and add the chicken and shitake mushrooms. Cook for 1 minute.
• Crack the egg into center of soup. Ladle the soup over the egg until it turns white. Remove the nabe from the heat and add the kamaboko and blanched spinach.

NABEYAKI UDON (JAPANESE NOODLE)

Steps:

• Cut chicken into bite-sized pieces.
• Slice negi/leek diagonally into 1/2 inch lengths.
• Boil spinach for two minutes and cool in water and drain well. Cut boiled spinach into 1 1/2 inch lengths.
• Mix dashi soup stock, soy sauce, mirin, and salt in a bowl.
• Divide the soup into four individual earthen pots and cook on medium heat.
• Add chicken in the soup and simmer.
• Add udon noodle in the pot and place kamaboko and spinach on the top.
• Simmer for five minutes.
• Crack an egg in the soup and add negi. Cover with a lid and stop the heat and let it steam.

NABEYAKI UDON SOUP WITH CHICKEN, SPINACH, AND MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Place sardines or kombu in a large Dutch oven or donabe, fill with 6 cups water, and set aside at least 15 minutes or up to 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, cook spinach in a medium pot of boiling salted water until just cooked through, about 1 minute. Using a slotted spoon, transfer to paper towels. Gently squeeze water from spinach, then transfer to a cutting board and cut into 2" slices. Transfer to a plate. Return liquid to a boil, add snow peas, and cook until just cooked through, about 1 minute. Drain and transfer to plate with spinach. Wipe out pot and reserve.
• Bring sardine liquid to a simmer over medium-high heat. Using slotted spoon, discard sardines, then reduce heat to medium. Add chicken and simmer until cooked through, about 5 minutes. Add mushrooms, tofu (if using), soy sauce, mirin, and remaining 3/4 tsp. salt. Cook, stirring, until mushrooms are tender, 3-5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook udon in reserved pot 2 minutes less than package directions.
• Bring chicken mixture to a simmer. Drain noodles and add immediately to pot. Add spinach, snow peas, scallions, and fish cake (if using), arranging each into sections and leaving an opening for egg.
• Gently beat eggs in a small bowl with a whisk or chopsticks. Pour into broth and cook until just set, about 2 minutes.
• Serve soup immediately in pot tableside, portioning into individual bowls.