Recipe of Award-winning Somen Noodles with Cucumber and Pork

Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, somen noodles with cucumber and pork. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Place the cooked somen noodles on a serving plate. Mix the leftover sauce, cucumber peels and ground sesame seeds. Put on top of the pork (you can mix the shiso leaves at this point). Put the somen noodles in a deep plate.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook somen noodles with cucumber and pork using 16 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Somen Noodles with Cucumber and Pork:

1. Get 150 grams Thinly sliced pork belly
2. Prepare 2 Cucumbers
3. Get 2 tbsp Soy sauce
4. Make ready 2 tsp ◎Grated ginger
5. Make ready 2 tbsp ◎Mirin
6. Make ready 1 tbsp ◎ Sake
7. Take 1 tsp ◎ Sugar
8. Get 2 pinch ◎ Salt
9. Take 150 ml ● Dashi stock
10. Get 1 tbsp ● Soy sauce
11. Take 1 tbsp ● Mirin
12. Make ready 2 tbsp with slightly more water listed in the cooking instruction Or replace the ● ingredients for mentsuyu
13. Make ready 1 tbsp White ground sesame seeds
14. Make ready 1 tbsp White toasted sesame seeds
15. Prepare 2 leaves Shiso leaves (or spring onions)
16. Make ready 2 servings Somen noodles (or udon noodles)

Drain the sauce off the pork into a bowl, and toss it with the noodles to coat. Divide the dressed noodles across four bowls and top with pork, cucumber, herbs and. Stir-fried Pork & Somen (OR Capellini) 'Somen', Japanese Thin Noodles, can be substituted with Capellini (Angel Hair Pasta), and I often use Capellini. This is a very simple stir-fry dish, and naturally you can add any vegetables that you have in hand.

Instructions to make Somen Noodles with Cucumber and Pork:

1. Rub the pork with the ◎ ingredients. Microwave at 700 W for 2 minutes. (If you use mentsuyu, just thin with water.)
2. Cut the cucumber in half, hold the end and peel carefully with a peeler.
3. Sprinkle with a little salt and mix. After wilted rinse and drain in a colander. Squeeze out the excess water (do not leave the salted cucumber for too long, and work quickly).
4. Cook the somen noodles following the cooking instruction. Rinse and remove the excess starch. Drain in a colander. Julienne the shiso leaves.
5. Microwave the pork at 700 W for 1.5 minutes. (Do not cover the container tightly, and just cover lightly with cling film).
6. Take out from the microwave and add the soy sauce. Mix well and return to the microwave to cook for further 1.5 minutes. (Depending on the container you use, the cooking time may differ, so adjust).
7. Place the cooked somen noodles on a serving plate. Place Step 4 pork on top. Mix the leftover sauce, cucumber peels and ground sesame seeds. Put on top of the pork (you can mix the shiso leaves at this point).
8. Garnish with the shiso leaves and sprinkle with the toasted sesame seeds. Pour over the ● sauce.
9. On hot days chill Step 6 and ● before serving.
10. I put the seasoned meat on top, so the soup itself is diluted. Stock homemade mentsuyu (dashi stock, soy sauce, and mirin in a 4:1:1 ratio) in advance. If this is too strong, thin with water to your liking.
11. If serving the sauce with udon noodles, double the quantity of the ● soy sauce and mirin or else it may be too thin.

Stir-fried Pork & Somen (OR Capellini) 'Somen', Japanese Thin Noodles, can be substituted with Capellini (Angel Hair Pasta), and I often use Capellini. This is a very simple stir-fry dish, and naturally you can add any vegetables that you have in hand. Slice Pork very thinly and season with Salt and White Pepper. Lightly whisk Eggs in a bowl and season with Salt and White Pepper. Slice Onion and Ginger into thin strips.

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