Spicy Udon Noodle Soup
If you’re like me and a fan of ramen noodles or Udon noodles dishes from places like wagamama or just simply a packet of instant ramen noodles. Then this is a fantastically quick and easy dish that you can adapt to your specific liking.
Feel free to follow the ingredients below or modify it. This dish can be created to be either vegan or vegetarian friendly to fit with you.
Ingredients:
Udon Noodles (~200g ) [or ramen if you prefer a thiner noodle]
30-50 g Red Cabbage
30-50 g White Cabbage
2 Hard Boiled Eggs
1 Carrot (sliced)
50g Frozen Peas
1/2 Broccoli
1 Hot Chilli (adapt for your spice level)
Bone Broth or 1 stock cube (Vegetable, Chicken, Umami etc.)
3-4 Garlic Cloves
Thumb size fresh Ginger
Salt & Black Pepper
Sriracha Sauce (Optional)
Chilli Flakes (Optional)
~350-450 ml of Water
Method:
Put 350-450ml of water into a large saucepan and begin to boil. (If you’re using your homemade bone broth reduce the water depending upon how concentrated the broth is).
In a smaller saucepan begin to boil up the water to boil your hard boiled eggs (alternatively feel free to boil them up in the same saucepan as the vegetables).
Meanwhile the water is beginning to boil, finely chop the red and white cabbage into long matchstick size pieces. Thinly slice the carrot. Cut the broccoli into the florets. Peel and slice the ginger.
Once the pan of water has began to boil put in your stock cube (if not using bone broth).
Throw in the carrots, red & white cabbage ginger and let them boil for 4-5 minutes. or until they become a tender
Once the carrot & cabbage has become tender, toss in the broccoli florets, frozen peas and crushed garlic into the saucepan and boil for 1-2 minutes. (You don’t want to over boil the broccoli as you want it to have that crunch still to it.
Put the noodles into the saucepan a cook the noodles for ~2 minutes (or as the instructions on the packet).
Pour everything into a large soup bowl, peel & halve the eggs and place on top of the dish.
Finish with Sriracha sauce & chilli flakes.
Get your chopsticks at the ready and devour this dish.
Note: Keep the broccoli stalk and vegetable peels, they be used to make vegetable stock or to flavour other dishes). Help to eliminate food waste.