Japanese cuisine: udon with chicken and vegetables, recipe

Japanese cuisine is very popular all over the world. There is a Japanese restaurant in any metropolis where you can taste the national dishes of the country of centenarians and samurai.

Among admirers of Japanese dishes, sushi is the greatest demand - a dish of rice and seafood; misosiru soup - the first dish containing miso paste; tempura - pieces of poultry, seafood or vegetables fried in vegetable oil that were previously dipped in batter; udon - a dish of noodles made from wheat flour without the use of eggs. Udon noodles with chicken and vegetables (recipe below) will be the main course of this article.

What udon is made of

Udon is a type of national Japanese noodle, the production of which uses 3 components: wheat flour, water and salt. Its feature is the complete absence of eggs. From the dough prepared from the listed ingredients, long noodles with a diameter of 2–4 mm are drawn. The color of the noodles depends on the quality of the flour used and may be white or off-white. Ready noodles are soft and supple.

Both first and second courses are prepared from udon. The noodles can be served hot, but they still taste great in the cold. It is often cooked with various types of meat, seafood, vegetables, and seasoned with dark or light soy sauce.

Try cooking a udon noodle dish with chicken and vegetables in your kitchen. All the ingredients used in the recipes can be found in almost any store. No special utensils are also needed.

Udon noodles with chicken and vegetables, recipe

For 3 servings you will need the following products:

• Udon noodles — 300 g
• Chicken Fillet - 250 g.
• Mushrooms, preferably champignons - 200 g.
• Beijing cabbage - 60 g.
• Bell pepper - 150 g.
• Zucchini - 150 g.
• Onions - 100 g.
• Carrots - 1 root crop.
• Potato starch - 6 tbsp.
• Vegetable oil - 100 g.
• Garlic - 1 clove.
• Soy Sauce - 100 ml.

Cooking steps:

1. Chop cabbage, zucchini, onions, peppers and carrots with a thin and long straw.
2. Cut the mushrooms into large cubes.
3. Chicken fillet cut into small strips, breaded in starch and quickly fry in a saucepan with vegetable oil over high heat.
4. After the filet is browned, add prepared vegetables to it, with the exception of cabbage. Fry them with chicken, do not reduce the fire and make sure that they do not burn. Bring vegetables to half cooked.
5. Lastly, add cabbage and pre-cooked udon noodles. Mix the cooked dish well and remove the stewpan from the stove. Add soy sauce, mix again.

Yaki udon tori (udon noodles with chicken and vegetables) turned out well. It remains to put the cooked noodles in plates and serve the dish on the table. The Japanese eat udon with chopsticks, but you can use a fork.

If you don’t have mushrooms at hand, they can be replaced by oyster mushrooms or dried shiitake mushrooms. We advise you to decorate the dish with cilantro or sesame seeds.

Udon Noodle Cooking Tips

To cook a delicious udon with chicken and vegetables and surprise your family with an unusual Japanese dish, follow these tips:

• It is best to boil noodles in chicken broth - so it will acquire a rich taste and will not be watery.
• You can’t boil udon for too long - it will stick together and lose its shape, it will become like porridge.
• Instead of soy sauce, you can use teriyaki sauce.
• To prepare the second courses, it is advisable not only to boil the udon, but also fry until golden, about 7 minutes.

Udon with chicken and vegetables, recipe number 2

Composition of products (4 servings):

• Chicken Fillet - 700 g.
• Carrots - 1 root crop.
• Wheat noodles udon - 350 g
• Green onion (stems) - 40 g.
• Canned corn - 70 g.
• Teriyaki sauce - 200 ml.
• Soy sauce - 70 ml.
• Sesame seeds - 15 g.

How to cook:

1. Chicken fillet cut into medium sized pieces. Fry the fillets in a pan with vegetable oil, do not salt, the fire should be strong. After the golden crust is formed, add teriyaki sauce and continue to fry the fillet over low heat.
2. Chop the carrots and peppers finely, then add to the chicken and pour teriyaki sauce. Continue to fry.
3. Boil the udon noodles first.
4. Transfer udon noodles into a pan with chicken and vegetables, add corn, chopped onions. Add teriyaki sauce if necessary. Mix the prepared dish thoroughly.

Serve udon with chicken and vegetables on a serving plate, sprinkle with sesame seeds on top.

As you can see, tasting Japan is not at all difficult. Try to cook these Japanese dishes in your kitchen!