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; 3 bundles somen (thin white wheat noodles), paper wrapping discarded

Japanese Cold Noodles is a gluten free, dairy free, and fodmap friendly recipe with 6 servings. One serving contains 52 calories, 3g of protein, and 1g of fat. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have sugar, , mirin, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. It works well as a side dish.

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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Ice