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Kitsune Udon Recipe - Japanese Fox Noodles

By Setsuko Yoshizuka, About.com

Kitsune Udon - Fox Noodles

Kitsune Udon - Fox Noodles

Photo (c) Setsuko Yoshizuka
Udon noodles served in hot soup and topped with seasoned aburaage are called kitsune udon. It literally means fox noodles. There is a belief that Japanese foxes like aburaage. So, this udon dish has come to be called kitsune udon.
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Ingredients:

  • 4 aburaage (deep-fried tofu), cut into halves
  • For simmering aburaage:
  • 3/4 cup dashi soup stock
  • 1 Tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 Tbsp mirin
  • 2 Tbsp sugar
  • For soup:
  • 5 cup dashi soup stock
  • 2 Tbsp soy sauce
  • 3 Tbsp mirin
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 4 packages pre-boiled udon noodles
  • 4 slices kamaboko fish cake for topping

Preparation:

Pour boiled water over aburaage to remove the excess oil. Drain aburaage well. Put dashi, mirin, sugar, and soy sauce in a medium pan and bring to a boil. Turn down the heat to low and simmer aburaage until the liquid is almost gone. Set aside. Boil water in a large pan and heat udon noodles as indicated in the package. Drain the udon and divide into four bowls. In the meantime, combine dashi, soy sauce, mirin, and salt in a medium pan and bring to a boil. Pour the hot soup over udon noodles. Place simmered aburaage and kamaboko slices on the top.
*Makes 4 servings.
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