Icy Cold Somen. Somen are the thinnest Japanese noodles. It is easy to over cook. Somen is a very thin type of Japanese noodle made of wheat flour.
This is a perfect Japanese noodle recipe for hot summer days.
When the weather is getting warmer.
As you slurp cold somen noodles dipped in tsuyu, you feel your body starting to cool in the summer heat.
You can cook Icy Cold Somen using 5 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Icy Cold Somen
- It's 4 of servings Somen Noodles *OR Rice Vermicelli or Capellini (Angel Hair Pasta).
- It's of Mentsuyu (Dipping Sauce) *find my recipe at https://cookpad.com/uk/recipes/6744624-mentsuyu-noodle-dipping-sauce.
- Prepare of ‘Yakumi’ (Condiments).
- Prepare of *Note: ‘Yakumi’ is herbs and spices to add extra flavours to the dipping sauce. You can add any of the following.
- It's of Spring Onion, Toasted Sesame Seeds, Grated Ginger, Shredded Nori, Wasabi, Chilli Powder, Shiso, Myoga Ginger, etc.
Somen are usually served cold with a dipping sauce called tsuyu. Hiyajiru Somen (Somen Noodle in Chilled Sesame Soup). Summer Somen Noodles (Cold Noodles Recipe) Somen (or sōmen) is a very thin noodles served cold which makes it a perfect summer dish.
Icy Cold Somen step by step
- Cook Somen Noodles as instructed. You don’t need to add Salt to the water as Somen Noodles are salted..
- When noodles are cooked, drain and rinse well in COLD water, and place the noodles in a serving bowl with cold water and some Ice Cubes..
- Serve the noodles with the chilled ‘Mentsuyu’ dipping sauce and Yakumi..
- *Note: Fried food goes well with this noodle dish. Tempura are excellent. https://cookpad.com/uk/users/6036326?utf8=%E2%9C%93&u=tempura&commit=Search.
- Note: ‘Chilled Eggplant’ is delicious. https://cookpad.com/uk/recipes/6875911-chilled-eggplant-with-somen-noodles.
Noodles are served in chilled water and the dipping sauce is also chilled. It is a very simple dish but wonderful. • Somen are Japanese dried vermicelli noodles that are usually eaten cold during summer. See recipes for Shrimp Cold Somen Salad, Somen udon soup too. Somen noodles are thin wheat noodles, as thin as vermicelli, more delicate than buckwheat. Twirled around chopsticks and dipped in a sauce made with soy sauce and dashi, the noodles slide down the.
