Foryoueats: Somen Noodle Soup (Nyumen)

Name: Foryoueats: Somen Noodle Soup (Nyumen)
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: For the Somen Broth (from scratch):; 3 cups dashi (Japanese soup stock) (I‘ll show you how to make a quick dashi with 3 cups water and 2dashi packets; you can purchase it onAmazon; for vegan/vegetarian, makeVegan Dashi); 2 Tbsp soy sauce; 1½ Tbsp mirin; 1 tsp sugar; ¼ tsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt; For the Somen Noodle Soup:; 1 head Shanghai bok choy (2 oz, 60 g); 2 inches carrot (1 oz, 30 g); 4 shiitake mushrooms (1 oz, 30 g); 4 slices kamaboko (fish cake); 3 large eggs (50 g each w/o shell); 3 bundles dried somen noodles (5.3 oz, 150 g); For the Garnish:; 1 green onion/scallion; 3 sprigs mitsuba (Japanese parsley); ½ tsp toasted white sesame seeds; For the Quick Somen Broth (with concentrated mentsuyu; optional):; 6 Tbsp mentsuyu (concentrated noodle soup base) (follow the dilution instructions on the bottle; the mentsuyu that I purchased calls for a mentsuyu-to-water ratio of 1 to 7); 2⅔ cups water (adjust according to the mentsuyu-to-water dilution ratio on the package instructions; prepare approximately 750 ml or a little more than 3 cups of the somen broth); 2 Tbsp mirin

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This Somen Noodle Soup, also known as Nyumen, features a light and flavorful somen broth made from scratch with dashi, soy sauce, mirin, sugar, and salt. Paired with Shanghai bok choy, shiitake...

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Ingredients

For the Somen Broth (from scratch):
3 cups dashi (Japanese soup stock) (I‘ll show you how to make a quick dashi with 3 cups water and 2dashi packets; you can purchase it onAmazon; for vegan/vegetarian, makeVegan Dashi)
2 Tbsp soy sauce
1½ Tbsp mirin
1 tsp sugar
¼ tsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt
For the Somen Noodle Soup:
1 head Shanghai bok choy (2 oz, 60 g)
2 inches carrot (1 oz, 30 g)
4 shiitake mushrooms (1 oz, 30 g)
4 slices kamaboko (fish cake)
3 large eggs (50 g each w/o shell)
3 bundles dried somen noodles (5.3 oz, 150 g)
For the Garnish:
1 green onion/scallion
3 sprigs mitsuba (Japanese parsley)
½ tsp toasted white sesame seeds
For the Quick Somen Broth (with concentrated mentsuyu; optional):
6 Tbsp mentsuyu (concentrated noodle soup base) (follow the dilution instructions on the bottle; the mentsuyu that I purchased calls for a mentsuyu-to-water ratio of 1 to 7)
2⅔ cups water (adjust according to the mentsuyu-to-water dilution ratio on the package instructions; prepare approximately 750 ml or a little more than 3 cups of the somen broth)
2 Tbsp mirin