Hiyashi Chuka Somen - Japanese Cold Noodles

Author: Anita Jacobson

Categories: Main Dish

Cuisines: Japanese

Ingredients: Noodles Pork Egg Vegetables

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 5 mins

Total Time: 20 mins

Serves: 2

Ingredients

• 200 gram dried somen
• 2 eggs
• 1 Japanese cucumber
• 100 gram ham
• 10 cherry tomatoes
• 1 scallion
• Sauce
• 1/4 cup rice vinegar
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoon sugar
• 2 tablespoon sesame oil

Instructions

1. Prepare the sauce: Combine rice vinegar, soy sauce, water, sugar, and sesame oil in a bowl. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Set the sauce aside.
2. Fried egg strips: Crack eggs into a bowl and stir. Heat a little oil in a frying pan over medium heat, pour the eggs into the hot pan, and cook until set. Cut the fried eggs into thin strips.
3. Prep other ingredients: Cut the cucumber into thin sticks, cut the ham into thin strips, cut the cherry tomatoes into halves, and cut the scallion into thin slices.
4. Boil somen: Boil a pot of water (about 8 cups), and cook the somen in the boiling water for 2 minutes, or follow the instructions on its packet. Drain boiled somen with a strainer, and run it under cold tap water until water clears. Transfer the noodles to a bowl of ice water to chill and stop the cooking process.
5. Arrange the dish: Strain and divide the noodles into two bowls. Top each bowl with half the fried eggs, cucumber, ham, cherry tomatoes, and scallions.
6. Serve the dish: Pour half of the sauce over each bowl of noodles right before serving, and toss gently to coat the noodles and all the other ingredients with the sauce. Enjoy immediately.