NATIONAL DISHES OF JAPAN
SUSHI, RAMEN, SOBA NOODLES, AND UDON



Udon, Japanese Noodles




Udon Noodles
Udon are thick Japanese noodles. There are several ways to prepare Udon. This recipe shows three of them:
Ingredients: 
Udon* 
Noodle soup*: e.g. Ninben Tsuyu no moto
Kitsune Udon:
Naruto*: Fish sausage with a pink pattern when cut
Atsuage*: baked tofu. You can use the triangular atsuage bags that are used for Inare Sushi,  but put 
them first in boiling water for a moment to reduce their strong taste a little bit.

Leek or green onion
Tanuki Udon:
Naruto* 
Tenkatsu: crispy pieces that are left when deep frying tempura. If not available, you can cut some leek,
mix it with tenpura batter and deep fry it.

Leek or green onion
Tsukimi Udon:
One egg per person
Naruto* 
Leek or green onion
* This ingredient may not be available in Western supermarkets, but you should be able to find it in
Japanese grocery stores that exist in most large European and American cities. 

Preparation: 
Noodles 
1. 	Boil Udon and boil some water in another pan (about 400ml per person, 
depends on the size of the bowl in which you will serve the noodles).

2.   Cut naruto (about 7mm thin) and leek/green onion.
	
3. Put Udon into sieve and rinse it with hot water.

4.  Add noudle sauce into prepared hot water. Consult the bottle label about the proportion.With
"Ninben Tsuyu no moto" sauce the proportion sauce-water is 1:8.

5. Put the hot Sauce into a bowl and add Udon into it. (Use one bowl per person)

Kitsune Udon 
6. Decorate Udon with atsuage, cut leek and naruto.

Tanuki Udon 
7. Put the deep fried pieces (Rests of Tenpura deep frying), naruto and cut leek onto the noodles.

Tsukimi Udon 
8. Put the york, cut leek and naruto onto the noodles.


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