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Kake Udon (Udon in Hot Broth)
Serves 2 · About 15 min
Simple udon in hot broth, made with frozen udon. You can use dashi you made yourself or dashi granules.
① Cut the green onions→② Make the broth→③ Boil the udon→④ Serve
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Frozen foods
Vegetables & fish cakes
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How to make it
1
Cut the green onions
- Cut the green onions small, 2–3 mm wide (thin rounds)
- If using kamaboko, cut 4 slices about 5 mm thick
How to tell it's doneThe green onions and kamaboko are cut and set out on a small plate, ready to put on top.
2
Make the broth
- Put 600 ml water and 1 1/2 tsp dashi granules in a pot (if using homemade dashi, just 600 ml dashi)
- Add 2 tbsp soy sauce, 2 tbsp mirin and 1/3 tsp salt, and put over medium heat
- When it boils, turn to low heat and keep it warm
- Taste it. If the flavor is weak, add salt a pinch at a time
How to tell it's doneIt is bubbling, and the broth is clear and light brown.
3
Boil the udon
- In another pot, bring plenty of water (about 1.5 L) to a boil
- Add the frozen udon still frozen
- Boil for the time on the package (usually about 1 minute). Loosen with chopsticks
- Drain in a strainer
How to tell it's doneThe noodles are separated one by one and white and soft all the way through (no frozen parts).
Be carefulThe package often also explains how to heat it in the microwave. In that case, follow the package.
4
Serve
- Put the udon in bowls
- Pour the broth from step 2 over it, 300 ml per person (3–4 ladlefuls)
- Top with green onions and kamaboko. If you like, sprinkle with a little shichimi
ReadyEat while the noodles are in the broth and still steaming.
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If it didn't work out
The sauce is weakAdd soy sauce 1 tsp at a time, tasting each time. You can also add a pinch of salt.
The sauce is saltyAdd water or dashi 50 ml at a time and heat again.
The center of the noodles is hard or coldThe boiling time was too short. Boil 30 seconds more. Loosen any frozen clumps while boiling.
The noodles are too softThey were boiled too long. Next time, take them out exactly at the time on the package and put them in the broth right away.
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