Recipe: Tasty Beef Udon Soup

Beef Udon Soup. Beef Udon Soup There is a very popular Donburi (Rice Bowl) dish called 'Gyū Don' and there is Udon Noodle version of it. However, there are different methods to cook it. If you love beef and udon noodles, Beef Udon (Niku Udon) is the dish for you.

Beef Udon Soup Add vegetable mixture to broth mixture; stir in beef. Stir in noodles, green onions, and spinach. Beef udon (Niku Udon) is a Japanese comfort dish made of tender sliced beef seasoned and stir fried on top of warm udon noodle in a savory dashi broth. You can cook Beef Udon Soup using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Beef Udon Soup

  1. Prepare 200 g of very thinly sliced Beef *e.g. 'Shabu Shabu' slices.
  2. You need 1 of small piece Ginger *sliced into fine strips.
  3. You need 2 of thick Spring Onions *thinly sliced diagonally.
  4. You need 2 of servings Udon Noodles *frozen type recommended.
  5. It's of Shichimi (Japanese Chilli Spice Mix).
  6. Prepare of Soup.
  7. It's 2 cups of Dashi Stock *OR 2 cups Water & 1 teaspoon Dashi Powder.
  8. It's 1/2 teaspoon of Salt.
  9. Prepare 2 tablespoons of Sake (Rice Wine).
  10. It's 2 tablespoons of Soy Sauce.
  11. Prepare 1 tablespoon of Mirin.

It is not just throwing sliced beef into the soup, but there is more to it. Add the beef strips and cook, stirring, until beef is cooked through. Add the green onion and cook, stirring, until the green onion softens and browns, slightly. Add the udon noodles and stir gently to loosen the noodles, then cook, stirring, until the sauce thickens and noodles are well warmed.

Beef Udon Soup instructions

  1. Cut finely sliced Beef into the size that is easy to eat. Thinly slice Spring Onions and Ginger..
  2. Bring Water in a saucepan to the boil. Add Beef slices in rapidly boiling water and bring back to the boil, then drain. Return the Beef to the saucepan..
  3. Add all the soup ingredients and Ginger, and bring to the boil. Add sliced Spring Onions and cook for a few minutes..
  4. Meanwhile, prepare Udon Noodles. Already cooked Udon Noodles such as Frozen Udon can be simply heated in boiling water..
  5. Drain Udon Noodles and place in serving bowls. Cover with the Beef mixture and pour the soup over. Sprinkle with Shichimi (Japanese Chilli Spice Mix) and enjoy..

Easiest way to cut the meat thin. Freeze it the night before and pull it out and let it defrost about an hour. Then you can easily slice it thin. Like so, very thin, and cooks fast. Slice it all up and put it in the fridge until ready to cook.