What to do with these Udon noodles?

[Angry__Panda]

So, I was cleaning out my pantry (parental units are out of town, decided to make sure they came back to a sparkling house so their vacation is complete :) ). ANYWAYS I found some dried Udon noodles that I had purchased a while ago from an Asian specialty shop we have around here....So what to do with them? I obviously know how to cook dried pasta lol...I was more curious what anyone would suggest to do for a sauce and or additions to the noodles? The same Asian market is rather close to home so any ingredients I might need from there won't be a problem to acquire.

Thanks in advance for suggestions.

[smalltank]

Hope this helps...
http://shine.yahoo.com/search/recipes?p=udon+noodles

If that list is too much..get some ground beef.or whatever you find in the fridge...cook it til it's tender..gets mostly drained of water..add some veggies if you can get some..add a bit of sauce..your choice..even soy sauce...wallah!

ST

[Andy]

For a simple sauce I normally just add a little bit of soy sauce with some garlic added in.
Simple but a nice taste.

[aceinyerface]

Make Pho Tai.

[Kouros]

Crack an egg into it...

[ouch]

Saute some garlic, ginger, scallion, and hot ground chilies. Add a few ounces of minced pork and cook another three two or three minutes. Add a splash of rice wine, a bit of chicken stock, some soy sauce and sesame oil. If you have any XO sauce, chuck in a spoonful. (I add MSG, but that's me- Joe Shanghai.) Cook noodles until al dente. Drain, add to sauce with some chopped cilantro and toss to coat.

[Alacrity59]

Miso Noodle Soup?

Not exactly the right noodles for it but I feel hungry just now for Beef ho fun. Because I like things hot I'd maybe use everything Ouch does above. Take about half a lb. of rump roast, slice thinly marinate for 30 minutes or so in a couple of tbsp. of rice wine and Soy with a tsp. of corn starch. Stir fry the beef, ginger, garlic, scallions. Combine with the previously cooked noodles. Heck even the cilantro would add something I'm sure.

[The Nid Hog]

Go down to the Asian grocery store and get a package of Japanese curry mix--it's looks like a big Hershey bar. Pick up a pound of stew meat, chop up an onion and a couple of carrots and make the curry according to the directions on the package. Take a couple of ladles of curry: you can thin it out with a bit of hot chicken stock or even a splash of hot water to make it a little more soupy if you like. Boil a serving of udon and put it in a bowl. Cover with the curry. Curry udon is food of the gods.

[ken123]

Well ideally you could make some Dashi from Kumbo seaweed and dried tuna shaving or cheat with a few drops of instant dashi mix. Add the cooked Udon noodles to it and perhaps a bit of seafood - scallops, fish, squid, etc. OR go the Udon curry route, but use some good curry - something like a dhansak masala, Goan curry / Masala, or grind your own version from some freshly roasted spices. Yes a good curry udon is superb.

+1 to everything Ouch suggested, especially the XO sauce (minus the MSG).

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Ken

[Kazeryu]

Interesting -- I've never seen dried udon -- around here I only see them fresh and pseudo-fresh (vacuum packed).

[bassopotamus]

I made a really good salad out of them the other day from Cuisine at Home. It called for Soba, but I bought the wrong noodles, still turned out well. Proportions kind of depend on how many noodles you have (I had about a pound of non dried ones). Basically,
1 lb skirt steak
Udon Noodles
1 bag coleslaw mix
3/4 cup chopped basil
1 Cup Edamame (shelled, frozen)
1/2 cup Ponzu Sauce
Sri Racha to taste
1 tsp peanut oil
Cook the noodles, rinse under cold water
Boil Edamame for 5 minutes, drain, rinse under cold water
Broil 1 lb of skirt stake until Medium rare (about 5 minutes a side). Allow to cool a bit, slice thinly against the grain

Toss Noodles with whole bag of coleslaw mix, basil, and edamame. Mix Ponzu, Sri Racha, Peanut oil. Pour over noodle stuff, and toss to coat. Top with sliced steak. Makes 4-6 servings depending on how hungry you are.

Make a sauce with 1/2 cup Ponzu sauce, Sri Racha to taste (maybe 1 TB), and a little peanut oil.

[Deltaboy]

What we do is bring the pasta to a boil, heat left over meat and mixed veggies to hot. Drain pasta lattle meat and veggies on top and eat.