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🍜 Udon Noodle Soup 🍜
Author: A Virtual Vegan

An easy Udon Noodle Soup that’s light, refreshing and packed with flavour. It makes a perfect low maintenance mid-week meal & once you’ve made that flavoursome broth you can really get creative with the toppings!

Ingredients

🍜 4 teaspoons toasted sesame oil , OPTIONAL
🍜 1 medium onion , chopped
🍜 1 thumb sized piece fresh ginger , chopped
🍜 4 cloves garlic , chopped
🍜 ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon , or 1 cinnamon stick (added whole)
🍜 2 sticks lemon grass
🍜 2 - 4 star anise , 2 gives a very subtle flavour, 4 will make it more pronounced
🍜 8 cups / 2 litres flavourful stock/ broth , I highly recommend Pacific Natural Foods Mushroom

Broth

🍜 60mls / ¼ cup tamari or soy sauce
🍜 800 grams udon noodles , or any other kind of noodle (rice noodles are great if you need to keep the recipe gluten-free)

Toppings

🍜 around 300 grams / 4 cups sliced mushrooms , sliced
🍜 2 medium carrots , julienned (cut into thin matchsticks)
🍜 2 jalapenos sliced into thin rounds
🍜 1 bunch green onions , chopped into rounds
🍜 1 sprig fresh mint for each bowl , cilantro works well too
🍜 sesame seeds for sprinkling , OPTIONAL

Instructions

🍜 1. Warm a large pan over a medium heat and add 2 teaspoons sesame oil (to make oil-free sauté in a few tablespoons of water instead, adding more throughout as needed to stop sticking).

🍜 2. Sauté the onions and ginger together until the onion is beginning to caramelize, then add the garlic and cook, stirring frequently, for another few minutes.

🍜 3. Slit the lemon grass lengthways with a sharp knife then bash it with a rolling pin (it helps the flavour come out!). Add it to the pan with the the star anise and cinnamon then pour over the broth and tamari/soy sauce.

🍜 4. Simmer for around 30 minutes then sieve it to remove all of the add-ins and return the liquid to the pan. Keep it on a low heat to keep warm.

🍜 5. While the broth is simmering prepare your toppings. Wash and chop all of the raw veggies and sauté the mushrooms in the remaining 2 teaspoons of sesame oil until golden brown. Use water to sauté them to make oil-free. Once golden, remove from the heat and set aside.

🍜 6. Bring a large pan of water to a rolling boil and cook the noodles as per the directions on the packet. When cooked, drain and rinse in cold water to stop them cooking any more.

🍜 7. Assemble your bowls by putting noodles in the bottom, ladling over the hot broth, then covering with toppings of choice. Finish with an optional sprinkling of sesame seeds.

Notes

🍜 The broth will keep for up to one week in the fridge and freezes well.

🍜 Only cook as many noodles as you will eat as they do not keep well in the broth. They get too soft and a bit slimy. They are much better when cooked fresh each time and it only takes a few minutes anyway so it's no hardship.

https://avirtualvegan.com/udon-noodle-soup/#recipe
https://avirtualvegan.com/wprm_print/15024

About Farlot Eggs

This egg is covered in thick, silky fur that is a lovely brown color. The soft fur actually conceals a thin membrane-like shell that protects the developing creature within from external harm. The fur keeps the surface of the egg's membrane warm in the chilly mountaintops where they are laid.

When the egg approaches hatching, delightful squeaks and meows can be heard. The sounds are said to bring inexplicable happiness to all who hear it.

About the Farlot Creature

Farlots are an uncommon mammal who live in the few cold areas of Ark; they are commonly known as "Fairy Guides." Their defining feature is their faintly glowing wings that allow them to fly in short bursts, earning them their name. According to Arkian folktales, Farlots have also been known to guide lost travelers back home from the mountains by the light of their wings. The longest recorded flight of a Farlot is 11.3 seconds at a length of 13 meters.

Their wings are extensions of their spine, which is composed of naturally occurring chitin. These wings get their distinctive rose color as a result of a steady diet of pink berries that grow on Ark's mountain shrubs.