Kosher Yakisoba Or Udon Recipes

KOSHER YAKISOBA OR UDON

Steps:

• Cook udon or soba noodles in ample boiling water until tender, drain and store at room temperature (30 minutes of the cooking time is for the noodles).
• In a medium bowl, mix 1 tbsp cornstarch, grated garlic and sesame oil with chicken and refrigerate covered until required.
• Note: All cooking of this kind should be done at the highest temperature setting.
• In a large wok, skillet or cast iron griddle heat 1/4 cup of peanut oil until a piece of cabbage will sizzle quickly in it (almost smoking).
• Add ginger and green onions to oil and stir quickly.
• Then add carrots and stir again for 30 seconds.
• Add cabbage and mushrooms and wait 30 seconds before stirring.
• Continue to stir fry until mushrooms have released most of their water.
• Remove veggies from the wok with a slotted spoon and place in a bowl.
• Place remaining mushroom liquid in a small bowl and save.
• Wipe wok clean and place back on the heat.
• When good and hot remove chicken mixture from fridge and unwrap.
• Add oil to wok and quickly add the chicken.
• Let sizzle for 15 seconds then stir, making sure that oil and chicken get evenly distributed over the surface of the wok.
• Let sizzle for 1 minute (it is important to let food sit and sizzle when stir frying, this seals the juices in) then stir again.
• While chicken is cooking add soy sauce, shiro miso, cornstarch, salt, sugar and sherry to the mushroom liquid and stir well.
• When chicken is just cooked add noodles and continue to stir fry for 1 minute.
• Add cabbage mixture to the wok and stir fry until all is good and steaming hot.
• Add liquid mixture to wok and continue to stir fry until liquid is basically gone.
• Ready to serve.

YAKISOBA

Steps:

• Cut semi-frozen steak into thin bite size pieces and stir-fry over medium heat until thoroughly browned, heat 2 quarts water to rapid boil while stir-frying meat.
• Add 1 to 2 seasoning packets of seasoning mix from noodles to steak.
• Add Ramen noodles to water and boil 3 minutes.
• While cooking noodles, add vegetables and soy sauce to taste to steak and heat thoroughly.
• When noodles are done, drain and add to steak and vegetable mixture.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Note: Chicken, pork or shrimp can be substituted for steak.

JAPANESE STYLE CURRY UDON NOODLES (KAREI UDON)

Steps:

• In a 2 quart saucepan, heat the oil. Add the flour and cook, stirring for a minute over low heat. Add the curry powder and cook another minute. Whisk in the hot vegetable stock all at once: it will thicken almost instantaneously. Add the soy sauce and syrup and cook until thick enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon.
• Cook the udon noodles in a large pot of boiling water. When al dente, drain well, rinse and place into 4 large bowls. Fill each bowl with curry sauce, top with scallions and serve immediately.

SIMPLE STIR-FRIED UDON

Steps:

• Partially cook broccoli and udon in salted boiling water for a few minutes; drain and reserve 1/4 cup of the water.
• Beat the egg with 2 TB water and a pinch of salt.
• Heat 1 TB of oil in a wok; when hot, pour the egg in and cook until set; remove and set aside.
• Heat remaining 1 TB oil in the same wok over high heat; when hot, saute the onions until soft.
• Add garlic and saute for 30 sec.
• Add ham slivers and saute for another 30 sec.
• Stir in udon noodles.
• Add hoisin, oyster, soy sauces, white pepper, wine, chilli flakes; saute for 1 minute.
• Adjust heat to medium-low, add broccoli and reserved cooking water, cook for another minute.
• Taste and adjust seasonings if necessary.
• Add the cooked egg to the noodles, breaking it into pieces as you stir.
• Stir in sesame oil.
• Sprinkle with the reserved chopped spring onion (the green part) and squeeze some fresh lime juice over noodles, then serve immediately.

JAPANESE NOODLES IN MISO SOUP MISO NIKOMI UDON

Steps:

• Cut the chicken into small pieces and salt lightly.
• Soak the shiitake in water until the tops (but not the stems) are soft.
• Remove the stems and cook briefly in a small amount of water flavored with soy sauce and sugar, to flavor mildly; I would use about 1/4 cup water with 2 to 3 teaspoons each soy sauce and sugar.
• Prepare the aburage by placing it in a metal sieve in the sink and pouring 1 to 2 cups boiling water over each side, being careful not to burn yourself.
• This is to remove some of the oil.
• Rinse in warm water, squeeze dry and cut into 3 by 1/2 cm rectangles.
• Wash and scrape the gobo with the edge of a knife (the most flavor is just below the surface of the skin, so don't scrape too deeply; the scraped areas will darken almost immediately, this can't completely be helped), and cut into slivers, as if you are sharpening a pencil, into a bowl of water.
• Cut the green onion into thin slices.
• Peel the hard boiled eggs and slice horizontally.
• Stir the miso and dashi together and strain.
• Place miso mixture into a large pan; add the milk and just bring to a boil.
• Immediately lower the heat to simmer.
• Boil the udon in a lot of boiling water in a separate pan.
• Stop cooking when the udon is still a little firm; drain and rinse under cold running water to remove starch.
• Add the drained udon, chicken, drained shiitake, aburage, and gobo to the pan containing the simmering miso mixture, in this order.
• When the udon and chicken are cooked through add the kamaboko and green onion and increase heat so that the soup will just boil up once more.
• Remove from heat, divide into individual bowls, garnish with hard boiled egg slices and sprinkle on sansho.

YAKISOBA

Steps:

• In a large skillet combine sesame oil, canola oil and tonkatsu or hoisin sauce. Stir fry 30 seconds. Add garlic and ginger and stir fry an additional 30 seconds. Add chicken and soy sauce and stir fry until chicken is no longer pink. Remove mixture from pan, set aside and keep warm.
• In the emptied pan combine the onion, cabbage, carrots and bean sprouts. Stir fry until cabbage begins to wilt. Stir in the cooked noodles and the chicken mixture, and serve.

YAKISOBA WITH PORK AND CABBAGE

Steps:

• Bring a pot of water to a boil, salt it and add noodles. Cook until just done, about 3 minutes. Drain in a colander and run under cold water. Toss noodles with sesame oil to keep them from sticking together, and set aside.
• Put peanut oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. When it's hot, add ginger and cook, stirring, until just fragrant, about 1 minute. Add pork and cook for about 5 minutes or until the pork is no longer pink and is starting to brown around the edges.
• Add cabbage and carrots to skillet and stir; sprinkle with salt. Continue to cook until vegetables soften, adding a bit of water as needed to keep them from sticking.
• Meanwhile, stir together in a small bowl ketchup, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, mirin and Tabasco. When vegetables are soft and any liquid has evaporated, add noodles and sauce to skillet. Toss to coat everything well and cook until noodles are warmed through. Serve, topped with chopped scallions.