Fast food aka noodles

To everyone whose only experience with noodles are those awful cardboard noodles (otherwise known as instant noodles), you have my deepest sympathy. They might work well as a stomach filler which is what they were designed for in any case, but noodles are so much more than those. The variety of noodles is almost endless, unfortunately I live in a part of the world where there isn't a lot of variety in this area which is where Internet shopping comes in. Most of the noodles consumed in this household are delivered by mail from Japan Centre, we also use some amount of chinese noodles (mostly egg noodles and rice noodles), but they are easily available here.

Time to get to the point maybe? Ok, the only condition for todays dinner was maximum amount of flavour in minimum amount of time and that's where the noodle entered the picture.

Took about 5 mins to get the vegetables chopped, noodles and seasonings ready.


















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For two:

200 grammes of Soba Noodles with Yam Extract
2 carrots, sliced into fat matchstick shapes
1 tablespoon dark sesame oil
2 tablespoons neutral cooking oil
Leek, green part (about 10 cm)
Chinese cabbage, 3 large leaves (stem removed, green part sliced finely)
Thai fish sauce (just shy of 2 teaspoons)
Oyster sauce, 4 tablespoons
Water, 6 tablespoons

Boil noodles in salted water. As soon as you've put the noodles in boiling water, start sauteeing the carrots in the oil (sesame + neutral) over high heat. When they start to soften slightly add the leeks and saute for another minute. Add the chinese cabbage, keep stirring for another minute. Then pull the casserole off the heat, add water, fish sauce and oyster sauce, mix well.

Drain noodles. Put noodles on deep plates for serving, add the vegetable mix to the noodles and take care that all the liquid from the vegetables is also added to the plates and everything is mixed well. Enjoy.


















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