Whether stir-fried or boiled in soup, udon noodles have a delightful chewy texture. I usually buy them in-store, but I recently ran out of stock. Thankfully, they're super easy to make at home... only THREE ingredients necessary.
Ingredients
- all purpose flour
- salt
- water
It's that simple!
1. Measure out 200g flour, 10g salt, 90g water. The measurements do need to be precise, so I recommend using a scale for this step.
2. Mix the salt and water together in a cup. Then add the salted water to the flour in a bowl. The dough should be crumbly.
3. Put the dough in a open ziploc bag and let it rest for 30 minutes.
4. Now, the hard work begins... seal the ziploc bag and then place it on the floor. Flatten the dough with your feet. (Yup, that's right! At this point, the dough is so sturdy that you'll need to use the weight of your whole body to flatten it out.)
5. Once flat, open the bag and roll the dough into a log.
6. Seal the bag and flatten with your feet once more. Repeat the log rolling, alternating directions each time (horizontally, then vertically) three more times. Or until the dough softens in consistency.
7. After several cycles of flattening, leave the dough in the ziploc bag for 2-3 hours.
8. When it's time, dust a cutting board with corn starch. Roll the dough into a thin square.
9. Fold the square like an accordion. Then cut into strips of noodles. Note that the noodles will expand upon boiling, so cut the noodles thinner than you'd like them to be.
10. Drape the strips of noodles over a chopstick. This step helps the noodles to retain a more pleasant shape for eating.
11. Boil a pot of water. When boiling, add the noodles and cook for about 12 minutes.
12. Enjoy hour noodles with soup, or stir-fried!
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