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Miso nikomi udon
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Non vegNagoya

Miso nikomi udon

Udon simmered right in bubbling red miso broth. Bring the pot to the table and use the lid as a plate.

35 minTime
48 gProtein each
mildSpice
Nagoya's clay pot noodles3 chapters · 2 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.
The original
629kcal
48 gprotein
5 gfibre
35minutes

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

2 servings
Udon noodles2 packs udon
Water3¼ cups
Kombua 5 cm piece
Bonito flakesa handful
Miso paste4 tbsp red miso
Sugar2 tsp
Chicken, bonelessboneless thigh, bite size
Button mushroomshiitake or button, sliced
Aburaage1½ sheets, in strips
Egg2
Spring onion (green onion, scallion)4 stalks, cut on a slant

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Soak the kombu in the water 15 minutes, heat slowly and remove before boiling. Add bonito, turn off and steep 2 minutes, then strain.
  2. 2Whisk the miso and sugar into the dashi in a heavy pot or clay pot.
  3. 3Add the chicken, mushrooms and aburaage and simmer 8 minutes.
  4. 4Add the udon and simmer 4 minutes, until the noodles soak up some broth.
  5. 5Crack the eggs on top, add the spring onion, cover and cook 3 minutes, until the whites are fully set.
Serve it like this

Bring the pot to the table bubbling, with the eggs on top and the spring onion piled in the middle. Use the lid or a small plate to cool each bite.

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