Udon Noodle Soup (Kake Udon)

Name: Udon Noodle Soup (Kake Udon)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: For the Homemade Broth:; 2⅓ cups dashi (Japanese soup stock) (use standard Awase Dashi,a dashi packet or powder, or Vegan Dashi); 1 Tbsp mirin; 1 tsp sugar; 1½ Tbsp soy sauce; ⅛ tsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt (plus more, to taste); For the Quick Broth (optional):; ⅓ cup mentsuyu (concentrated noodle soup base) (or enough to make 2½ cups, 600 ml of soup; each brand is different, so follow your bottle‘s instructions for hot udon soup (うどん or めんのかけつゆ); I used Kikkoman Koidashi Hontsuyu; you can make my Homemade Mentsuyu); 2⅓ cups water (for my bottle‘s mentsuyu-to-water ratio of 1 to 7; please adjust the water based on your bottle‘s dilution ratio for hot udon soup); 1 Tbsp mirin; For the Udon Noodle Soup:; 2 servings udon noodles (1.1 lb, 500 g frozen or parboiled udon noodles; 6.3 oz, 180 g dry udon noodles; or 10.6 oz, 300 g Homemade Udon Noodles); toppings of your choice (thinly sliced green onion/scallion, shichimi togarashi (Japanese seven spice), and more options in the blog post)

Prep 5m

Cook 10m

Total 15m

This Udon Noodle Soup recipe features a savory and comforting homemade or quick broth with mirin and soy sauce. Add toppings like green onion and shichimi togarashi for an authentic Japanese meal. Satisfying and easy to customize with your favorite ingredients.

Udon Noodle

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Ingredients

(Servings: 2)

2⅓ cups dashi (Japanese soup stock) (use standard Awase Dashi,a dashi packet or powder, or Vegan Dashi)

⅛ tsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt (plus more, to taste)

⅓ cup mentsuyu (concentrated noodle soup base) (or enough to make 2½ cups, 600 ml of soup; each brand is different, so follow your bottle‘s instructions for hot udon soup (うどん or めんのかけつゆ); I used Kikkoman Koidashi Hontsuyu; you can make my Homemade Mentsuyu)

2⅓ cups water (for my bottle‘s mentsuyu-to-water ratio of 1 to 7; please adjust the water based on your bottle‘s dilution ratio for hot udon soup)

2 servings udon noodles (1.1 lb, 500 g frozen or parboiled udon noodles; 6.3 oz, 180 g dry udon noodles; or 10.6 oz, 300 g Homemade Udon Noodles)

toppings of your choice (thinly sliced green onion/scallion, shichimi togarashi (Japanese seven spice), and more options in the blog post)

Nutrition Facts

Calories

385kcal

19%
Fat

5g

0%
Saturated Fat

1g

0%
Carbohydrates

72g

3%
Fiber

4g

0%
Sugar

9g

0%
Protein

11g

0%
Cholesterol

0mg

0%
Sodium

3,537mg

176%

Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Udon Noodle Soup (Kake Udon)

Ingredients

For The Homemade Broth

For The Quick Broth (optional)

For The Udon Noodle Soup

Steps

Nutrition Facts

Udon Noodle Soup (Kake Udon)

Ingredients

For The Homemade Broth

For The Quick Broth (optional)

For The Udon Noodle Soup

Steps

Nutrition Facts Nutrition facts are based on 1 serving. If servings is not specified, 6 is assumed for the total recipe.

Nutrition Facts