Japanese Cold Noodles

Name: Japanese Cold Noodles
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Japanese, Asian
Ingredients: 473 milliliters unseasoned dashi (Japanese soup stock); 2 Tbsps mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine); 6 servings Accompaniments: finely grated peeled fresh ginger; minced scallion; shredded fresh shiso leaves; sesame seeds; 5 Tbsps usukuchi shoyu (Japanese light soy sauce); 3 Tbsps sugar

You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Japanese Cold Noodles a try. Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, and fodmap friendly recipe has 52 calories, 3g of protein, and 1g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up unseasoned dashi, mirin, sugar, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. This recipe is typical of Japanese cuisine.

Instructions

Heat all dipping sauce ingredients in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring, until sugar is dissolved. Cool sauce, then chill, covered, until cold, about 1 hour.

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Bring 2 1/2 quarts water to a rolling boil in a 4-quart saucepan over moderately high heat.

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Add noodles and 1 cup more water. When water returns to a boil, add 1 cup cold water and bring back to a boil. Simmer noodles until just tender and slightly translucent, about 2 minutes. Test noodles for doneness by dipping 1 strand in cold water and sampling. If noodles are not tender, add 1 cup more water and return water to a boil.

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Water

Drain noodles in a colander and rinse well under cold water.

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Divide noodles among 6 bowls filled with ice and cold water. Divide dipping sauce among 6 small bowls and serve with accompaniments for flavoring it, then dip each mouthful of noodles in sauce.

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