Name: Somen Noodle Soup (Nyumen)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: For the Somen Broth (from scratch):; 3 cups dashi (Japanese soup stock) (I‘ll show you how to make a quick dashi with 3 cups water and 2dashi packets; you can purchase it onAmazon; for vegan/vegetarian, makeVegan Dashi); 2 Tbsp soy sauce; 1½ Tbsp mirin; 1 tsp sugar; ¼ tsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt; For the Somen Noodle Soup:; 1 head Shanghai bok choy (2 oz, 60 g); 2 inches carrot (1 oz, 30 g); 4 shiitake mushrooms (1 oz, 30 g); 4 slices kamaboko (fish cake); 3 large eggs (50 g each w/o shell); 3 bundles dried somen noodles (5.3 oz, 150 g); For the Garnish:; 1 green onion/scallion; 3 sprigs mitsuba (Japanese parsley); ½ tsp toasted white sesame seeds; For the Quick Somen Broth (with concentrated mentsuyu; optional):; 6 Tbsp mentsuyu (concentrated noodle soup base) (follow the dilution instructions on the bottle; the mentsuyu that I purchased calls for a mentsuyu-to-water ratio of 1 to 7); 2⅔ cups water (adjust according to the mentsuyu-to-water dilution ratio on the package instructions; prepare approximately 750 ml or a little more than 3 cups of the somen broth); 2 Tbsp mirin

Ingredients

(Servings: 2)

3 cups dashi (Japanese soup stock) (I‘ll show you how to make a quick dashi with 3 cups water and 2dashi packets; you can purchase it onAmazon; for vegan/vegetarian, makeVegan Dashi)

2 Tbsp soy sauce

1½ Tbsp mirin

1 tsp sugar

¼ tsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt

1 head Shanghai bok choy (2 oz, 60 g)

2 inches carrot (1 oz, 30 g)

4 shiitake mushrooms (1 oz, 30 g)

4 slices kamaboko (fish cake)

3 large eggs (50 g each w/o shell)

3 bundles dried somen noodles (5.3 oz, 150 g)

1 green onion/scallion

3 sprigs mitsuba (Japanese parsley)

½ tsp toasted white sesame seeds

6 Tbsp mentsuyu (concentrated noodle soup base) (follow the dilution instructions on the bottle; the mentsuyu that I purchased calls for a mentsuyu-to-water ratio of 1 to 7)

2⅔ cups water (adjust according to the mentsuyu-to-water dilution ratio on the package instructions; prepare approximately 750 ml or a little more than 3 cups of the somen broth)

2 Tbsp mirin

Somen Noodle Soup (Nyumen)

Ingredients

For The Somen Broth (from Scratch)

For The Somen Noodle Soup

For The Garnish

For The Quick Somen Broth (with Concentrated Mentsuyu; Optional)

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Somen Noodle Soup (Nyumen)

Ingredients

For The Somen Broth (from Scratch)

For The Somen Noodle Soup

For The Garnish

For The Quick Somen Broth (with Concentrated Mentsuyu; Optional)

Steps

Nutrition Facts Nutrition facts are based on 1 serving. If servings is not specified, 4 is assumed for the total recipe.

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Nutrition Facts