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Monday night blues buster…udon

udon with ham, cabbage, and woodear mushrooms

Another frigid evening with the forecast for more snow…today I saw dump trucks and end loaders all over town clearing out old snow to make room for new. What’s a girl to do? Hop a jet to a warmer climate…nah, that’s not my speed. I just head into the kitchen and crank out some kick-ass soup in under 10 minutes.

I made chicken stock a few weeks ago and stashed it in the freezer and today seemed like a good day for the healing hand of a good bowl of soup. While the udon cooked, I heated up the stock with some added fresh ginger and a garlic clove. The rest was easy, rehydrated woodear mushrooms, napa cabbage, and ham all cut into thin strips, and a couple of green onions sliced. I added a dash of soy sauce, sesame oil , and chili oil to the stock and it was ready. Although you can’t tell by the picture I did arrange the noodles in a nice bundle with the cabbage, woodear, and ham snuggled up next to them and then drowned it all in the best broth…ever.

February 11, 2008 | Filed Under Asian, beef, fish, poultry, pork, food, pasta, pizza, noodles, soup, salad, sandwich 

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One Response to “Monday night blues buster…udon”

  1. JEP on February 12th, 2008

    Continues to be snowy & frigid here, too. For me, soups are always a “culinary experiment” with a tasty end result!

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