Noodle Bowl in Under 10 Minutes

Get out your chopsticks! 

This is the simplest recipe and its I love it hot or cold, as long as its drizzled with sriracha (my true weakness). 

 

What you will need...

• Noodles (Soba, Udon, Ramen, Rice) Pictured are soba noodles, but ramen are my favorite)
• 1/2 cup of frozen, shelled edamame
• 1/4 cup of shredded carrots  
• 1 large button mushroom
• 1 chopped green onion
• 1 egg
• crushed cashews

 

For the dressing:

• 1/4 cup of soy sauce
• 1 Tbsp of sriracha (and more for drizzling, optional) 
• 2 Tbsp of olive oil 
• 1 tsp of sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp of ginger
• 1 1/2 tsp of cilantro 
•  1/8 cup of finely diced onion 

What to do...

• In a sauce pan boil your desired noodles
• Start on the sauce by whisking together soy sauce, sriracha, olive oil, sugar, ginger, cilantro and onion. 
• When the noodles are done, remove from heat, throw in the frozen edamame, shredded carrots, and mushroom and cover. 
• Once the edamame is thawed, drain the noodles and vegetables and toss in the dressing. 
• Top with an egg (crack egg onto a skillet, add 2 Tbs of water and immediately cover, leave undisturbed until egg is white and yolk is still runny.)
• Put into a bowl and garnish with crushed cashews, green onion and of course, sriracha.

 

 

 

 Just a tip: I have found, when I buy herbs so much of it goes to waste. Particularly when I buy cilantro, I hardly put a dent in the huge quantity I end up with and end up throwing the rest out. A good way to prevent waste is to freeze the herbs in olive oil in an ice tray. However, if you are like me and you lack the motivation to freeze your herbs as well as the freezer space to keep hundreds of herb cubes, you might be interested in trying these. Its not quite as good as the fresh stuff and it goes against my normal rule of thumb of using as few processed ingredients as possible but at least it isn't as wasteful! Plus I always have them onhand so I don't have to run out whenever I need fresh herbs or ginger. I really enjoy using these pastes in dressings and dipping sauces especially because they save you the hassle of finely chopping up these flavors manually. I found these in the refrigerated produce section with other herbs in Kroger. 

And one more tip, at Trader Joes "broken" cashews costs almost $2 less than regular, intact cashews!