Japanese-style Sesame Ginger Noodles – Maria Middlestead

Ingredients

• 150 g udon, soba or other buckwheat noodles, or black bean spaghetti (see above for options)
• 2 tsp toasted sesame oil*
• 1 large red onion, sliced
• 1 cup chopped cabbage
• 1 carrot, thinly sliced
• 2 tsp chopped gingerroot
• 2 large cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 small chilli, chopped (or add pinch of wasabi* to sauce)
• ½ cup soaked, squeezed, chopped shiitake* or mixed Asian mushrooms
• 200 g chopped smoked fish (smoked eel is traditional), or 185 g tin tuna, drained
• ½ -1 tsp sea salt with kelp* (depends on fish used)
• 4 Tbsp sweet soy sauce
• 3 Tbsp mirin
• 3 Tbsp rice vinegar