Sorry for the delay gang! I have been ready for the last two parts of this series for a few days but I kept leaving my camera at home so I couldn’t upload my pics. Forgive me?
Okay, So in the first part of the Udon Series, I decided to start with the basics. Instant Udon. Kind of Like Ramen but with Udon. During my search for Udon Recipes, I was getting intimidated by all the ingredients that I would need to get for the broth (Dashi stock) and not being able to read labels was not helping. I sought some advice from some people I knew and some I knew had experience in Food.
Christo pointed me in the direction of some Asian markets in my neighborhood where I could pick up a few more items to make my dashi. As you have read in the previous post, i made the instant suff and sort of know what to expect from Udon when I set out to make my own.
I got the the market and took my sweet and precious time going through each and every aisle. I picked up everything and looked for some words I recognized. It was difficult. After I picked up several things that were not on my list (Pocky, wasabi peas, shumai) I finally asked the clerk to help me find my dashi. She helped way beyond what was asked of her. I was excited. She not only pointed me in the direction of the dashi but handed me a bottle that looked like soy sauce and told me how she makes HER Udon. Which is why there are 3 parts to this and not two. I am adding in the “recipe” (if you will) from a true Udon lover. I already had the noodles but she gave me a bottle of “stuff” and a small red bottle of chili powder. She didn’t really have an exact recipe but told me it was easy to adjust for my taste. I read the ingredients and it pretty much had everything in it that I was looking for: Dashi, mirin, soy sauce… etc.




I love your series on udon soup!!!For next time, you can get all of those ingredients on AsianFoodGrocer.com. The sauce you have is Somen Tsu (or Somen Soup Broth), used in many Asian soups. We have the same thing, but in a different brand: Somen Noodle Soup Broth 11.3 Fz or you can try Udon Noodle Soup Broth 11.3 Fz.And we have chili pepper too >_<-Asian Food Grocer
larry! Thanks so much for all of that info! I truly enjoyed doing my research having taken on this challenge knowing that Udon is yummy and nothing more. Now that I know what to look for you can be sure i will make it only one way: my way LOL!