Udon noodles

Udon noodles are a pasta product originally from Japanese-Chinese cuisine, made from wheat flour into thick, long noodles. The delicate texture and neutral taste of udon make these noodles the basis of many hot and cold dishes, traditionally supplemented with herbs, vegetables, mushrooms and seafood. This topic offers you equally delicious options for udon with meat and vegetables.

Udon noodles with chicken and vegetables

Udon noodles with chicken and vegetables, as a classic option, will be a tasty and satisfying second course with an exotic aroma of oriental cuisine. We prepare udon with chicken fillet, a set of vegetables (onions, bell peppers, carrots, garlic), spices and simmer in a mixture of soy and teriyaki sauces. For cooking, it is convenient to take a wok pan.

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   How to cook delicious udon noodles? Immediately prepare all the ingredients for the dish, according to the proportions of the recipe. We peel the vegetables, wash them, dry them and cut them into thin strips.
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   Boil the udon noodles in salted water for 7-8 minutes.
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   Place the boiled noodles in a colander and rinse with cold running water.
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   We clean the fresh ginger, wash it, dry it with a napkin and finely chop it. Fry the chopped ginger in hot vegetable oil for a minute.
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   We also wash, dry and cut the chicken fillet into cubes, transfer to the ginger and quickly fry over high heat until the color changes to light.
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   Then put the chopped onion in the frying pan and fry over high heat with constant stirring for a couple of minutes.
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   Next, add the chopped carrots to the pan and fry for another 2 minutes.
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   Next, put the sliced ​​bell pepper in the pan and fry over high heat for 2-3 minutes. This way of frying will keep the vegetables crispy.
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   Then put the garlic, chopped through a garlic press, and pieces of chili pepper into the frying pan and fry for 1 minute over medium heat.
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    Pour two types of sauce over the fried vegetables, mix, add salt and black pepper to your taste and simmer everything for one minute.
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    At the same time, fry the sesame seeds in another dry frying pan and immediately pour them onto a plate so that they do not burn.
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    Add the boiled udon noodles to the vegetables and chicken, mix well and cook the dish over low heat for another 2-3 minutes so that the sauce saturates the noodles.
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    Sprinkle the finished dish with roasted sesame seeds and finely chopped herbs.
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    Place the prepared udon noodles with chicken and vegetables on portioned plates and serve hot, but the dish will be tasty even cold. Bon appetit!

Udon noodles with chicken, vegetables and teriyaki sauce

Udon noodles with chicken, vegetables and teriyaki sauce have a particularly pronounced taste due to this sauce, and are prepared simply and quickly. The chicken meat for the dish is first briefly marinated in teriyaki sauce with spices, which makes it more flavorful. We prepare this dish in a wok or deep cast iron frying pan, and use traditional onions, carrots and sweet peppers as a set of vegetables. The constant ingredients for the dish will be ginger, garlic and sesame.

Cooking time: 25 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 2.

Ingredients:

• Chicken fillet – 100 gr.
• Udon noodles – 150 gr.
• Bell pepper – 1 pc.
• Carrots – ½ pcs.
• Onion – ½ pc.
• Garlic – 1 clove.
• Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.
• Sesame oil – 1 tsp.
• Teriyaki sauce – 2 tbsp.
• Soy sauce – 1 tbsp.
• Ground ginger – ½ tsp.
• Sesame – 1 tsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Greens - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Place a considerable set of ingredients for the dish, according to the proportion of the recipe and the number of servings you need, on the table immediately so as not to forget anything, because the dish is prepared quickly. Peel the vegetables, rinse and dry.

Step 2. Wash the chicken fillet, dry it with a napkin and cut into medium cubes or strips.

Step 3. Place the fillet slices in a separate bowl, pour a spoonful of teriyaki sauce, sesame oil, sprinkle with dry seasonings, mix and leave for 10 minutes to marinate.

Step 4. Heat vegetable oil in a wok pan and fry the pieces of marinated chicken fillet over high heat until golden brown on both sides.

Step 5. Cut the onion into thin half rings.

Step 6. Transfer the chopped onion to the chicken.

Step 7. Cut the carrots into large strips.

Step 8Cut the bell pepper into the same strips.

Step 9. Place the chopped carrots and peppers into the wok with the chicken, stir and quickly fry over high heat for 1-2 minutes.

Step 10. At the same time, boil the udon noodles in salted water for 5 minutes and drain some of the water. Add a spoonful of soy sauce and teriyaki to the fried ingredients, add finely chopped garlic, salt and black pepper to your taste and mix well.

Step 11. Then transfer the udon with the rest of the broth to the wok, mix again and simmer the dish over low heat for another 3 minutes.

Step 12. Place the prepared udon noodles with chicken, vegetables and teriyaki sauce on serving plates, sprinkle with sesame seeds and chopped herbs and serve. Bon appetit!

Homemade udon noodles with shrimp

Udon noodles with shrimp are easy to prepare at home, and the taste will not differ from a restaurant dish. Udon noodles are not cheap and, in principle, they can be replaced with Rollton egg noodles, and the taste of the dish will not change. Any kind of shrimp is suitable and they are fried in garlic butter. We complement the shrimp udon with vegetables and a set of Asian spices.

Cooking time: 40 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 5.

Ingredients:

• Shrimp – 400 gr.
• Udon noodles – 200 gr.
• Bell pepper – 1 pc.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Garlic – 4 cloves.
• Ginger – 20-30 gr.
• Teriyaki sauce – 120 ml.
• Soy sauce – 50 ml.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.
• Water – 100 ml.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Prepare all ingredients for the dish. Peel the vegetables, dry them and start cutting. Chop the ginger and garlic very finely.

Step 2. Cut the onion into thin half rings.

Step 3.Cut the carrots and bell pepper into thin strips.

Step 4. Peel the pre-frozen shrimp from the shell with the internal vein and rinse.

Step 5. Heat a little vegetable oil in a separate frying pan, fry a clove of garlic in it, add the shrimp, fry them for a few minutes, turn off the heat and leave the shrimp in this oil so that they are well saturated with the garlic aroma.

Step 6. Heat vegetable oil in a wok and fry the sliced ​​ginger for a couple of minutes over high heat.

Step 7. Then place the chopped vegetables into the wok one by one. First add the onion and fry for 2 minutes.

Step 8. Then add the chopped carrots and peppers and fry for 2 minutes.

Step 9. Next, add the rest of the chopped garlic and fry for another 2 minutes.

Step 10. At the same time, boil the noodles as directed on the package and rinse in a colander with cold water.

Step 11. Mix two types of sauce in a bowl and pour this mixture over the vegetables.

Step 12. Add boiled udon noodles, fried shrimp along with oil to the wok with the fried vegetables and mix everything well.

Step 13. Add 100 ml of hot water to the wok and simmer the dish under a covered lid over low heat for another 2-3 minutes.

Step 14. Place prepared udon noodles with shrimp at home into portioned plates and immediately serve hot. Bon appetit!

How to cook udon noodles with pork

Udon noodles with pork are easy to prepare and do not take much time; you just need to use a wok or deep frying pan so that the ingredients are quickly fried and the pork turns out soft and golden brown. In this recipe, along with spices, we will complement the dish with canned pineapple.

Cooking time: 40 minutes.

Cooking time: 15 minutes.

Servings: 3.

Ingredients:

• Pork fillet – 350 gr.
• Udon noodles – 150 gr.
• Pineapple, canned – 200 gr.
• Soy sauce – 100 ml.
• Frozen bell pepper – 100 gr.
• Garlic – 2 cloves.
• Ginger root – 20 gr.
• Lemon juice – 2 tbsp.
• Corn starch – 1 tbsp.
• Sugar – 1 tbsp.
• Sesame - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Prepare the ingredients for the dish immediately, according to the proportions of the recipe. We wash the pork fillet, dry it with a napkin and cut it into small cubes.

Step 2. Peel the garlic, chop it through a garlic press and fry it in a small amount of vegetable oil.

Step 3. Peel the ginger root, grate it, add it to the garlic and fry for a couple of minutes.

Step 4. Then add pieces of pork to these fried ingredients and fry over high heat until golden brown on all sides.

Step 5. Pour soy sauce into a bowl and add lemon juice.

Step 6. Add a spoonful of sugar to it and mix a little.

Step 7. Then add a spoonful of cornstarch and mix well again.

Step 8. Add chopped frozen or fresh bell pepper to the fried pork, mix and fry for another minute.

Step 9. Add canned pineapple, cut into small cubes, to the pork and cook for another minute.

Step 10. Then pour the prepared sauce over the fried ingredients, mix well and cook until the sauce becomes thick.

Step 11. At the same time as frying the pork, boil the udon noodles until tender, as indicated on the package.

Step 12Place the boiled udon noodles in a colander, rinse with running water and add to the meat and vegetable mixture, mix again, take a sample and adjust the taste.

Step 13. Place the prepared udon noodles with pork on plates, sprinkle with sesame seeds and immediately serve hot to the table. Bon appetit!

Udon noodles with beef

Udon noodles with beef is not an authentic dish, but satisfying, moderately spicy and with Asian charm. For it, tender beef with streaks of fat is selected, preferably tenderloin. In this recipe, we marinate the beef in advance in a mixture of teriyaki and soy sauces. As a vegetable set we take onions, carrots, eggplant and some champignons.

Cooking time: 2 hours.

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Servings: 1.

Ingredients:

• Beef – 200 gr.
• Udon noodles – 60 gr.
• Champignons – 100 gr.
• Eggplants – 200 gr.
• Onion – 100 gr.
• Carrots – 100 gr.
• Garlic – 2 cloves.
• Soy sauce – 4 tbsp.
• Teriyaki sauce – 6 tbsp.
• Sesame oil – 3 tbsp.
• Greens - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Immediately peel the vegetables and champignons, rinse them and dry them with a napkin. Chop the eggplant and mushrooms into thin strips, the onion into half rings, and chop the carrots on a coarse grater. Grind the garlic through a garlic press. Cut the beef across the grain into small pieces.

Step 2. Place the sliced ​​beef in a separate bowl, pour a mixture (2 tablespoons each) of soy and teriyaki sauces, add chopped garlic, mix and put in the refrigerator for at least an hour to marinate. During this time, stir the beef a couple of times.

Step 3. Boil water in a saucepan, pour udon noodles into it and cook for 25 minutes, adding cold water every time the water in the saucepan begins to boil.With this method, the noodles will be cooked, but will remain a little hard. Place the boiled noodles in a colander and rinse with cold water.

Step 4. Heat sesame oil in a wok pan, transfer the marinated beef onto it and fry for 15 minutes, stirring constantly, over high heat until the pieces are golden brown. Then transfer the fried beef to a plate.

Step 5. In the remaining oil, alternately and cook for 2 minutes, add the chopped ingredients in the following order: onions, carrots, eggplant with mushrooms. Then fry everything together for another 5 minutes.

Step 6. Add the beef to the fried vegetables, pour in the remaining two sauces, mix and simmer for another 2 minutes. Lastly, add the boiled noodles to the wok, stir, and if the dish turns out a little dry, add a little more sauce.

Step 7. Transfer the prepared udon noodles with beef to a plate, add chopped fresh herbs and serve. Bon appetit!

Udon with chicken and vegetables in creamy sauce

Udon with chicken and vegetables in creamy sauce is not an Asian dish, but adapted to our pasta recipes. The udon is prepared just like the traditional one, and the wok-fried chicken with vegetables is topped with cream instead of teriyaki. It turns out tasty, satisfying and simple. The vegetables in this recipe are carrots, green beans, sweet peppers and green onions, and the set of them can be changed to your liking.

Cooking time: 40 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 3.

Ingredients:

• Chicken fillet – 300 gr.
• Udon noodles – 200 gr.
• Green onion – 40 gr.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Bell pepper – 1 pc.
• Green beans – 150 gr.
• Cream 20% – 200 ml.
• Tamago – 50 gr.
• Ground coriander - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Rinse chicken fillet and vegetables with cold water and dry with a napkin. Cut the vegetables into thin strips and the chicken fillet into small pieces. Heat a little vegetable oil in a wok. Place chopped carrots, peppers, beans and white onions into it. Fry everything over high heat and stirring for 2 minutes.

Step 2. Sprinkle fried vegetables with salt and seasonings to your taste, add chopped chicken fillet and fry over high heat and stirring for 7-10 minutes.

Step 3. At the same time as frying the ingredients, boil the udon according to the package instructions. Place the boiled udon in a colander and rinse with cold water. Add tamago and finely chopped green onions to the wok and immediately transfer the boiled udon.

Step 4. Pour cream over these ingredients, mix gently and turn off the heat after 2 minutes. Take a sample and adjust the taste.

Step 5. Divide the cooked udon with chicken and vegetables in creamy sauce into portioned plates and serve hot. Bon appetit!

Udon noodles with chicken and zucchini

Udon noodles with chicken and zucchini will not have a very pronounced taste, so this dish is often complemented by other vegetables or a wide range of spices. In this simple recipe, add carrots and sweet peppers to the zucchini and prepare udon with soy sauce.

Cooking time: 45 minutes.

Cooking time: 15 minutes.

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Udon noodles – 200 gr.
• Water – 1.5 l.
• Chicken fillet – 1 pc.
• Small zucchini – 1 pc.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Bell pepper – 1 pc.
• Soy sauce – 3 tbsp.
• Salt – 1 tsp.
• Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.

To submit:

• Sesame - to taste.
• Greens - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. First of all, prepare all the ingredients according to the recipe. Rinse the chicken fillet and dry with a napkin. Peel, rinse and dry the vegetables. Measure out the required amount of spices.

Step 2. Cut the chicken fillet into thin cubes. Cut the peppers and carrots into thin strips, and the zucchini into thick strips. Heat vegetable oil in a deep frying pan or wok and first fry the chicken fillet over high heat. Then add the sliced ​​zucchini with vegetables to it and fry with constant stirring until the vegetables are fully cooked.

Step 3. At the same time, boil 1.5 liters of water in a saucepan, add a little salt and boil the udon noodles for 7 minutes. Then drain the noodles in a colander, rinse with cold water and transfer to the wok with the fried ingredients. Pour soy sauce into them, add a little salt, mix gently and turn off the heat after 3-4 minutes.

Step 4. Place the prepared udon noodles with chicken and zucchini on portioned plates, sprinkle with sesame seeds and finely chopped herbs and serve the dish hot. Bon appetit!

Udon noodles with seafood

Udon noodles with seafood, as an exquisite dish of Japanese cuisine, should preferably be cooked in a wok pan and one serving at a time. Then all the components will be fried, not steamed, and this largely determines the taste of the dish. Udon noodles can be taken with wheat, buckwheat, or egg, and seafood can be mixed. In this recipe we prepare udon with shrimp and mussels.

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Cooking time: 15 minutes.

Servings: 1.

Ingredients:

• Udon noodles – 140 gr.
• Shrimp – 100 gr.
• Mussels – 100 gr.
• Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.
• Garlic – 1 clove.
• Ginger – 1 piece the size of a clove of garlic.
• Carrots – 30 gr.
• Bell pepper – 50 gr.
• Soy sauce – 3 tbsp.
• Hot pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Immediately boil the selected udon noodles according to package instructions. Then drain it in a colander and be sure to rinse with cold water.

Step 2. Peel the vegetables, rinse and wipe dry with a napkin. Cut the bell pepper and carrots into thin strips, and finely chop the ginger and garlic with a knife.

Step 3. Prepare mussels and shrimp in portions.

Step 4. In a wok or deep frying pan, heat two tablespoons of vegetable oil and add the garlic and ginger.

Step 5. Fry them with constant stirring for 30 seconds.

Step 6. Then transfer the seafood to the wok and fry over high heat and stirring for two minutes.

Step 7. It is important that the juice completely evaporates.

Step 8. Then transfer the chopped peppers and carrots to the wok and fry for 2 minutes.

Step 9. Pour soy sauce over the fried ingredients and add hot pepper to taste.

Step 10. Transfer the boiled noodles to the wok, stir, heat for 1-2 minutes and turn off the heat. Transfer the prepared udon noodles with seafood to a serving plate, add herbs and serve immediately hot. Bon appetit!

How to cook udon noodles with mushrooms

Udon noodles with mushrooms are prepared quite simply, quickly and will serve as an independent second course for you, especially during fasting. A set of vegetables is added to udon noodles with mushrooms and in this recipe we take zucchini, carrots, bell peppers and tomatoes. Fry mushrooms and vegetables separately, and then combine everything with boiled noodles. Most of the time is spent on preparing and cutting ingredients.

Cooking time: 40 minutes.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Servings: 6.

Ingredients:

• Udon noodles – 300 gr.
• Champignons – 350 gr.
• Garlic – 4 teeth.
• Zucchini – 200 gr.
• Carrots – 140 gr.
• Tomatoes – 240 gr.
• Bell pepper – 150 gr.
• Soy sauce – 8 tbsp.
• Sesame oil - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste
• White sesame – 1 tsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Immediately prepare vegetables for the dish. Peel, rinse and chop them into thin strips. Finely chop the garlic. Cut the champignons into thin slices. At the same time, boil the udon noodles in plenty of salted water according to the instructions.

Step 2. Place the boiled udon noodles in a colander and rinse with cold water.

Step 3. Heat sesame oil in a separate frying pan and fry half of the chopped garlic in it until fragrant.

Step 4. Then add slices of champignons to the garlic and fry over medium heat for 5 minutes. Sprinkle the mushrooms with salt and fry for another 2 minutes.

Step 5. In another deep frying pan or wok, fry the rest of the garlic in sesame oil, add the sliced ​​zucchini and carrots and fry over medium heat while stirring for 5 minutes.

Step 6. Add chopped sweet peppers and tomatoes to these vegetables, add salt and pepper and fry for another 3 minutes, also with constant stirring.

Step 7. Add fried champignons and boiled udon noodles to the fried vegetables, pour soy sauce over everything, mix gently and turn off the heat after 1-2 minutes.

Step 8. Place the prepared udon noodles with mushrooms on portioned plates, sprinkle with white sesame seeds and serve immediately. Bon appetit!

Udon noodles with turkey

Udon noodles with turkey are prepared simply, quickly, have high taste and the dish turns out to be quite dietary. For a delicious dish, thinly slicing the vegetables and turkey is important so that these ingredients cook quickly and maintain their crispy texture. An important ingredient for the Asian aroma and taste of the dish will be a mixture of teriyaki and soy sauces.

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Servings: 3.

Ingredients:

• Udon noodles – 200 gr.
• Turkey fillet – 300 gr.
• Carrots – 100 gr.
• Bell pepper – 150 gr.
• Vegetable oil – 4 tbsp.
• Soy sauce – 2 tbsp.
• Teriyaki sauce - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.

To submit:

• White sesame - to taste.
• Green onions – ½ bunch.

Cooking process:

Step 1. First of all, prepare and lay out all the ingredients for the dish on the table. Thaw the turkey fillet in advance, rinse, remove the tendons and cut the meat into thin strips. Peel the vegetables, rinse and cut into thin strips.

Step 2. Boil clean water in a saucepan and cook the udon noodles in it as directed in the package instructions.

Step 3. Place the turkey slices in a separate bowl, pour in soy sauce with a spoon of vegetable oil, stir and leave for 10 minutes to marinate.

Step 4. Place the boiled noodles in a colander and rinse under cold water. Heat vegetable oil in a wok over high heat. Fry the marinated turkey slices on it for 3 minutes until golden brown.

Step 5. Then add the chopped vegetables to it and fry over high heat and stirring for 3 minutes. Transfer the boiled noodles to the wok, add a little teriyaki sauce, stir and turn off the heat after a minute. Take a sample and add salt to your taste.

Step 6.Place the prepared udon noodles with turkey on portioned plates, add white sesame seeds and chopped herbs and serve hot. Bon appetit!