Kitsune Udon

Name: Kitsune Udon
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 2 ¼ cups dashi (Japanese soup stock; click to learn more); 1 Tbsp mirin; 1 tsp sugar; 1 Tbsp usukuchi (light-colored) soy sauce; ½ tsp kosher/sea salt (I use Diamond Crystal; use half for table salt); 2 servings udon noodles ((180 g dry udon noodles; 500 g frozen/boiled udon noodles)); 4 inari age (seasoned fried tofu pouch); 1 green onion/scallion; 4 slices narutomaki (fish cakes) ((optional; skip for vegetarian/vegan)); Shichimi Togarashi (Japanese Seven Spice) ((optional; sprinkle at the table)); 2 ½ cups water; 1 kombu (dried kelp) ((2" x 5", 5 cm x 12 cm)); 1 ½ cups katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes) ((0.5 oz: skip for vegetarian/vegan))

Instructions

Prep:10minCook:10min

Kitsune Udon is a Japanese noodle soup in dashi broth, topped with seasoned fried tofu, pink-swirl narutomaki fish cake, and scallions. This hearty udon soup is one of the most popular, classic Japanese noodle dishes.

Updated at: Wed, 10 Nov 2021 22:55:29 GMT