Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, chilled eggplant with ‘somen’ noodles. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Chilled Eggplant with ‘Somen’ Noodles is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Chilled Eggplant with ‘Somen’ Noodles is something that I have loved my whole life.
When noodles are cooked, drain and rinse well in COLD water, and drain well again. Place drained cold 'Somen' Noodles in a bowl, place the marinated eggplant, top with some finely chopped Spring Onion, then pour the marinade (mostly 'Mentsuyu') over and enjoy! This sesame marinated eggplant is not only great toppings for noodle but also side dish for steamed white rice.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have chilled eggplant with ‘somen’ noodles using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Chilled Eggplant with ‘Somen’ Noodles:
- Make ready 1 medium (*about 300g) Eggplant *cut into small pieces
- Make ready 2 tablespoons Canola Oil
- Prepare 1/2 cup ‘Mentsuyu’
- Take *Note: See ‘Method 1’ to find how to make ‘Mentsuyu’
- Prepare 1 Spring Onion *finely chopped
- Take Chilli Flakes *as required
- Prepare 1 teaspoon Grated Ginger *optional
- Get 2 servings ‘Somen’ Noodles OR Capellini (Angel Hair Pasta)
Fortunately I had 'Capellini', which textures is similar to the texture of 'Somen'. - cold somen noodles with fried eggplant topping. Recipe and Article by Kanako Koizumi. Summer in Seattle is just delightful with its perfectly comfortable temperature and friendly sunshine. And if you have ever spent summertime in Japan.
Steps to make Chilled Eggplant with ‘Somen’ Noodles:
- To make 1/2 cup ‘Mentsuyu’, combine following ingredients in a saucepan and boil for a few minutes. See more details at my ‘Mentsuyu’ recipe page.
- 1/2 cup Water
- 1/3 teaspoon Instant Dashi Powder
- 1 & 1/2 tablespoons Mirin
- 2 tablespoons Soy Sauce
- Heat Oil in a frying pan, cook Eggplant over medium heat until soft.
- Combine ‘Mentsuyu’, Chilli Flakes and Ginger (*optional) in a bowl, add cooked Eggplant and set aside to cool. When cooled, place in the fridge to chill.
- Cook ‘Somen’ Noodles as instructed. DO NOT add Salt to the water. If you cook ‘Capellini’, you need to add some Salt to the water.
- When noodles are cooked, drain and rinse well in COLD water, and drain well again. The noodles should be cold.
- Place drained cold ‘Somen’ Noodles in a bowl, place the marinated eggplant, top with some finely chopped Spring Onion, then pour the marinade (mostly ‘Mentsuyu’) over and enjoy!
See great recipes for Chilled Eggplant with 'Somen' Noodles too! A dish of noodles in summer, somen noodles dressed in a sauce of umami-rich dashi with sesame flavor. Please enjoy the noodles and toppings: Attentively prepared grilled eggplant, the airy texture of finely cut egg crape, and the crispiness of lettuce. The dough is stretched with the help of vegetable oil to make very thin strips and then air dried (which is why you need to rinse somen noodles after boiling). Somen (or sōmen) is a very thin noodles served cold which makes it a perfect summer dish.
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