12 japanese somen noodles Recipes

dashi (japanese bonito stock, available as instant granules or make your own), mirin, soy sauce (i prefer kikkoman), prepared wasabi (or to taste), sliced green onions, somen noodles, cilantro leaf (more or less to taste)

somen noodles, boiled or 1 package other thin pasta, head napa cabbage, shredded (chinese cabbage), ham or 1 cup char siu pork, chopped, eggs, kamaboko, cut in thin strips (fish cake), stalks green onions, chopped, cucumber , cut in slivers (optional), carrot, shredded (optional), sesame seeds, sugar, salt, cooking oil, japanese rice wine vinegar, soy sauce

water, dried mixed mushrooms , such as porcini or shiitake, about 2 cups, coin-sized pieces of fresh ginger, garlic , smashed, unsalted butter, fresh mixed mushrooms , such shiitake caps or cremini, sliced, kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper, eggs, dry sherry, soy sauce, cooked udon noodles (or somen, buckwheat/soba, or ramen noodles), enoki mushrooms , optional, scallions, green part only , thinly sliced on the bias, gomashio or sansho pepper, for seasoning

fresh saimin noodles or 1 lb somen noodles or 1 lb other fine white-flour noodles, dashi, spinach, chopped, kamaboko, thinly sliced (japanese fish cake), char siu pork, thinly sliced (chinese roasted pork), scallions, trimmed and chopped, pepper, beaten eggs (optional), shoyu (soy sauce)

sesame seeds, toasted, japanese soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, fresh ginger, grated, dashi, granules, water, dried somen noodles, snow peas , finely sliced on diagonal, daikon radishes , julienned, carrots , julienned, green onion , sliced on the diagonal, baby english spinach leaves, trimmed, toasted sesame seeds

sake, celery, sliced, peeled carrot, sliced, onion, sliced, sugar, bay leaves, toasted black peppercorns, soy sauce, water, to cover, salmon fillets, skin removed , center cut, salt and white pepper, ponzu, sliced shallots, togarashi , save some for garnish, japanese soy sauce, sugar, extra-virgin olive oil, fennel bulbs, shaved , fronds reserved for garnish, blanched somen noodles, sliced scallions

sake, celery, sliced, peeled carrot, sliced, onion, sliced, sugar, bay leaves, toasted black peppercorns, soy sauce, water, salmon fillets, skin removed , center cut, salt and white pepper, ponzu, sliced shallots, togarashi , save some for garnish, japanese soy sauce, sugar, extra-virgin olive oil, fennel bulbs, shaved , fronds reserved for garnish, blanched somen noodles, sliced scallions, leftovers: wasabi salmon salad sandwich with taro chips, wasabi aioli , recipe follows, poached salmon, fine diced celery, foccacia bread, sliced and grilled, tomatoes, thinly sliced, head butter lettuce, washed and dried, salt and black pepper, head taro, very thinly sliced, wasabi paste, minced garlic, minced ginger, rice wine vinegar, egg yolks, canola oil, salt and black pepper

water, dried mixed mushrooms , such as porcini or shitake, about 2 cups, coin-sized pieces of fresh ginger, garlic , smashed, unsalted butter, fresh mixed mushrooms , such shitake caps or cremini, sliced, kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper, eggs, dry sherry, soy sauce, cooked udon noodles (or somen, buckwheat/soba, or ramen noodles), enoki mushrooms , optional, scallions, green part only , thinly sliced on the bias, gomashio or sansho pepper, for seasoning

soy sauce, mirin (sweet wine, available at asian markets and some supermarkets), chicken broth, sake, sugar, sliced scallion greens, whole skinless boneless chicken breasts (about 1-1/2 lb), halved, dried thin somen (wheat noodles, available at asian markets some supermarkets, and some health food stores), shredded carrot, very thinly sliced cucumber, snow peas, blanched for 1 minute in boiling water and cut into 1/2-inch pieces

wasabi aioli , recipe follows, poached salmon , recipe follows, fine diced celery, foccacia bread, sliced and grilled, tomatoes, thinly sliced, head butter lettuce, washed and dried, salt and black pepper, to taste, head of taro, very thinly sliced, fryer at 275 degrees, wasabi paste, minced garlic, minced ginger, rice wine vinegar, egg yolks, canola oil, salt and black pepper, to taste, copyright , 2000, ming tsai, all rights reserved, sake, celery, sliced, peeled carrot, sliced, onion, sliced, sugar, bay leaves, toasted black peppercorns, soy sauce, water to cover, salmon fillets, skin removed , center cut, salt and white pepper to taste, ponzu, sliced shallots, togarashi , save some for garnish, japanese soy sauce, sugar, extra virgin olive oil, fennel bulbs, shaved , fronds reserved for garnish, blanched somen noodles, sliced scallions