Niku Udon 肉うどん

Ingredients

• 2 tsp sugar
• 1 tbsp mirin
• 1 tbsp sake
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 piece ginger thinly sliced
• 250 g beef thinly sliced
• 2 cups Dashi stock
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp mirin
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 portion Udon Noodles (*1)
• 6 slices Naruto
• 2 tsp finely chopped scallions

Steps

1. 1

   Add the soy sauce, mirin, sake, sugar and water in a little bowl and stir to mix together.

2. 2

   Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat and add ginger until it becomes fragrant.

3. 3

   Add the thinly sliced beef. When the beef colour has canged, add the sauce mixture and bring it to simmer.

4. 4

   Cook it for about farther 5 minutes and turn the heat off.

5. 5

   Place dashi stock, mirin, soy sauce, sugar and pinch of salt and bring to boil.

6. 6

   Once it boiled, pour the udon soup stock into a serving bowl.

7. 7

   Cook the udon noodles. Boile plenty of water in a large pot over high heat.

8. 8

   When the water boils, add the noodles to cook.

9. 9

   Drain the cooking water and place noodles in the serving bowl.

10. 10

    Top with the beef, naruto and finely chopped scallions.

11. 11

    Sprinkle shichimi togarashi as you like.