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Four simple steps to a delicious Udon Noodle Soup!
Whenever the weather gets colder, I naturally start turning to noodle soup dinners to warm us up inside & out. Udon noodle soup is one of those dishes that I very seldom make but should make more often now that the winter months are amongst us.
Udon is a thick Japanese noodle that is made out of wheat-flour. It’s used usually in hot noodle soups in Japanese cuisine. It’s chewy and has a very slippery consistency. If you aren’t skilled in chopsticks, you should stick to a fork, as they’ll probably slip right out of your grip :)
This is actually my favorite noodle to cook with and to eat. I’ve always loved the thickness of these noodles and I like how chewy they are.
There are various ways to make udon noodle soup and there’s no ‘correct’ way. It really varies by region and also by how you want it to taste. The broth that the noodles are cooked in is called a dashi stock. It’s the base broth that makes the soup. It’s usually a light brown color. Dashi is made out of bonito flakes and soy sauce. You simmer the soy sauce and bonito flakes in chicken broth and that’s where you get the flavor from! If you aren’t familiar with bonito flakes, I have a picture of it below. You can find these at your local Asian market.
I made my udon noodle soup with white miso paste (you can find this at the Asian mart too), dry seaweed, chicken broth, bonito flakes, and green scallions. This is a very versatile dish and you can add virtually any kind of meat to this as well as tofu (which is pretty common — I just didn’t have any on hand) and mushrooms. This dish takes no time to make (just look at the recipe — 4 steps!). It’s a one-pot dish that is ready in roughly 15-20 minutes! It has great flavor and it’s really something to warm yourself up to after coming in from the bitter cold :)
udon noodle soup
Ingredients
- 3 packs of udon noodles
- 3 cups (710 ml) chicken broth
- 1 ½ cups (355 ml) water
- ½ tablespoon bonito flakes
- 1 tablespoon white miso paste
- 3 large eggs
- Handful of dried seaweed
- Handful of chopped scallions
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of water and chicken broth to a boil then lower the heat and add in the bonito flakes, miso, scallions, and seaweed.
- Let that mixture simmer and the miso paste to dissolve to get all the flavors combined, about 7-10 minutes.
- Add in the noodles and let cook until noodles are soft, about 5-7 minutes. Then stir in the eggs, one by one, until cooked.
- Serve hot with extra seaweed & scallions on top. Jason added in some heat with sriracha in his soup. You may do the same if you like heat :)
One of my favorite soups! Looks GREAT!
I love udon noodle soup. There are lots of places for me to have it at restaurants around my house. This recipe looks great. Thanks for posting it!
I absolutely LOVE udon noodles. They are hard to find here so when I do find them I stock up. This sounds perfect!