Udon with Mushroom Broth, Cabbage, and Yams

Name: Udon with Mushroom Broth, Cabbage, and Yams
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 142 grams slender carrots (preferably assorted colors), peeled, thinly sliced on diagonal; 43 grams dried shiitake mushrooms, rinsed; 113 grams semi-firm tofu, cut into 1/2-inch cubes (optional); 355 milliliters coarsely chopped fresh cilantro; 177 milliliters thinly sliced peeled fresh ginger; 59 milliliters matchstick-size strips peeled fresh ginger; 237 milliliters sliced green onions; 2 strips 6-inch strips dried kombu; 2 lemongrass stalks, outer dark layers removed, all but bottom 4 inches cut off and discarded; 946 milliliters 1/2-inch-wide crosswise slices cored Napa cabbage; 142 grams snow peas, trimmed; 283 grams Japanese-style udon noodles or soba noodles; 6 servings Tamari soy sauce; 1 teaspoon unseasoned rice vinegar; 710 milliliters water; 473 milliliters 1/2-inch cubes peeled yams (red-skinned sweet potatoes); 6 servings Sambal oelek

Udon with Mushroom Broth, Cabbage, and Yams is a vegan side dish. One serving contains 304 calories, 13g of protein, and 1g of fat. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 24% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of slender carrots, shiitake mushrooms, soba noodles, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Bring broth and 3 cups water tosimmer in large pot over medium heat.

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Broth

Water

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Pot

Add cilantro, mushrooms, sliced ginger,and lemongrass. Cover; simmer untilmushrooms are tender, about 30 minutes.Rinse kombu; add to broth. Simmer 1minute. Using tongs, remove kombu andmushrooms; discard kombu.

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Lemon Grass

Mushrooms

Cilantro

Ginger

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Kombu

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Tongs

Transfermushrooms to work surface; cut off stemsand discard.

Cut each mushroom into 3 to4 strips. Strain broth through fine-meshstrainer into another large pot; discardsolids in strainer.

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Mushrooms

Broth

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Sieve

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Add tamari and ricevinegar to broth. DO AHEAD: Can be made1 day ahead. Cover and chill mushrooms.Cool, cover, and chill broth.

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Tamari

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Bring large pot of saltedwater to boil. Cook yams until just tender,4 to 5 minutes. Using skimmer, transfer tomedium bowl. Cook snow peas, cabbage, andcarrots separately until crisp-tender (snowpeas, 30 seconds; cabbage, 1 1/2 minutes;carrots, 2 minutes). Using skimmer, transfervegetables to separate bowls. Reservecooking liquid. DO AHEAD: Vegetables can becooked 2 hours ahead.

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Vegetable

Snow Peas

Cabbage

Carrot

Yam

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Let vegetables andliquid stand at room temperature.

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Bring cooking liquid to boil.

Sprinklewith salt.

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Add noodles; cook until tender butstill firm to bite, stirring often.

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Pasta

Drain; rinse.

Meanwhile, bring vegetable brothto simmer.

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Vegetable

Add green onions and gingerstrips. Season with salt and pepper.

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Green Onions

Using tongs, divide noodles amongbowls. Divide mushrooms, yams, snow peas,cabbage, and carrots among bowls, eachin separate mound. Divide tofu, if using,among bowls. Ladle broth over and serve,passing sambal oelek and tamari separately.

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Sambal Oelek

Mushrooms

Snow Peas

Cabbage

Carrot

Pasta

Tamari

Broth

Tofu

Yam

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Lemongrass, an herbthat resembles a green onion, has a mildlemony flavor. Kombu (a.k.a. kelp) is avariety of seaweed that’s often used formaking stock. It's usually sold dried. Tamariis a dark sauce made from soybeans. Udonis a thick wheat-or corn-based Japanesenoodle. Sambal oelek, a spicy chili sauce,is a common ingredient in Indonesian and

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Sambal Oelek

Chili Sauce