Thread: Kitsune Udon Recipe

I love Japanese food and this is the recipe I will do next. Here's an additional information from the author Setsuko Yoshizuka:

Udon noodles served in hot soup and topped with seasoned aburaage are called kitsune udon. It literally means fox noodles. There is a belief that Japanese foxes like aburaage. So, this udon dish has come to be called kitsune udon.

Ingredients:

4 aburaage (deep-fried tofu), cut into halves

For simmering aburaage:

3/4 cup dashi soup stock
1 Tbsp soy sauce
1 Tbsp mirin
2 Tbsp sugar

For soup:

5 cup dashi soup stock
2 Tbsp soy sauce
3 Tbsp mirin
1/2 tsp salt
4 packages pre-boiled udon noodles
4 slices kamaboko fish cake for topping

Preparation:

Pour boiled water over aburaage to remove the excess oil. Drain aburaage well. Put dashi, mirin, sugar, and soy sauce in a medium pan and bring to a boil. Turn down the heat to low and simmer aburaage until the liquid is almost gone. Set aside. Boil water in a large pan and heat udon noodles as indicated in the package. Drain the udon and divide into four bowls. In the meantime, combine dashi, soy sauce, mirin, and salt in a medium pan and bring to a boil. Pour the hot soup over udon noodles. Place simmered aburaage and kamaboko slices on the top.

Makes 4 servings.


Source: About.com

This seems easy to make.. No calorie information? According to calorie count, 1 piece (13 grams) is about 35 calories so this might be a low calorie dish..

That's true.. Besides, one bowl is enough to make you full so this recipe also low in calories.

This might be a good idea for dinner. I haven't tried udon before. I usually order ramen.. I'll try this next time.

What's dashi soup stock and mirin? I don't know what these are. I love Japanese foods too and I'm curious about this one.