How To Make Udon Noodles In Less Than 30 Minutes? Quick & Easy Recipe

In this recipe, we’ll focus on Yaki Udon noodles or stir-fried noodles. Yaki Udon is made of wheat flour, prepared in a savory sauce in which the main ingredients are dashi, soy sauce, and mirin with vegetables and (optionally) chunks of meat.

You might think that making these ultra-thick noodles requires a lot of work and ingredients but that’s actually not true. All you need is wheat flour water, and salt, and you can prepare it in less than 30 minutes! Another great thing about these noodles is that you don’t require any kind of special kitchen gadget that you would need for making homemade pasta. All you need is your hands and a sharp knife.

Yaki Udon noodles are not gluten-free but are vegan (unless of course, you combine them with meat). The original Udon noodles recipe is prepared with an assortment of vegetables and proteins which makes this dish quite healthy. If you want to see the detailed nutrition information, you can find it at the bottom of the recipe card below.

• Just like when baking bread, the dough needs to rest to relax the gluten.
• Traditionally, the dough is kneaded with feet because the dough is quite hard to knead just with your hands but if you don’t mind putting in some extra effort, you can easily prepare this udon noodle recipe by using your hands.
• If the dough is still too hard, you can always cover it with a plastic wrap and let it sit out for another 10-15 minutes.
• After the noodles are done, soak them in ice. This removes excess starch and gives the noodles more ‘bounce’.
• If you’re cooking the noodles for soup, cook the noodles and the broth separately because too much starch will be released during the preparation.
• If you still want to use a pasta-making machine, check out this hand-crank pasta maker and roll out the noodles to 1/8″ thick.
• Don’t use udon noodles from Asian markets. Most of the time, these noodles aren’t of very good quality. You can easily make them at home!

And when you think you mastered udon noodles and are looking for a new challenge, try out our Laghman noodles recipe.

If you like experimenting with food, you should definitely experiment with color, especially if you have kids. You can make a natural, organic food coloring by frying some beets, purple cabbage, and a few optional vegetables. You can make them on special occasions such as Valentine’s Day or Japanese Girl’s Day.

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Large Pot

Kitchen Cutting Set

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