Japan

Kitsune Udon

Name: Kitsune Udon
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 400 g Udon noodles; 2 Aburaage (fried tofu); 800 ml Dashi; 2 tbsp each Soy sauce & mirin; 1 tbsp Sugar; some Spring onion

Udon soup with sweet tofu pouch

Kitsune udon - “fox udon” - are thick udon noodles in clear dashi broth, crowned with a sweet-savoury simmered fried tofu (aburaage).

Legend has it that foxes, messengers of the rice deity Inari, love this very fried tofu - hence the name.

Servings2

Time25 min

LevelEasy

Ingredients

Udon noodles400 g
Aburaage (fried tofu)2
Dashi800 ml
Soy sauce & mirin2 tbsp each
Sugar1 tbsp
Spring onionsome

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Briefly degrease the aburaage with hot water.
Simmer it sweet in dashi with soy sauce, mirin and sugar.
Season the remaining broth with soy sauce and mirin.
Cook the udon and place in bowls, pour over broth.
Top with aburaage, serve with spring onion.

Make it original

Udon and aburaage for kitsune udon are in the Asia Boutique.

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