15 Minute Udon Noodle Soup with Miso

Fast food Japanese style! Start to finish, this healthy and light Japanese Udon Noodle Soup with Miso takes less than 15 minutes.

Why This Udon Noodle Soup Is So Good

Adding miso makes the soup savory, and flavorful

Easy to make – just 15 mins

Great for noodle lovers

Packed with goodness from a variety of vegetables

Ingredients

Udon noodles

Vegetable or chicken stock

Carrots, snow peas, mushrooms, green onions

White miso paste

How To Make This Udon Noodle Soup – Step By Step

Cook the udon noodles according to the package directions, drain and set aside. In the meantime, in a medium pot, bring the stock to a boil. Lower the heat to medium and add the carrots and cook until the carrots are crisp-tender, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the mushrooms and snow peas and cook until slightly tender but still bright green, about 1 minute. In a medium bowl, add the miso paste. Add a ladleful of hot broth. Whisk until the miso is completely dissolved, then pour the entire miso mixture into the pot with the soup. Do not boil the soup with the miso, as the miso will become gritty. Stir in the noodles and the green onions.

Types Of Japanese Udon Noodles

Udon noodles are white, fat ‘n slighty chewy, wheat-based noodles from Japan. There are 3 different forms of noodles: dried, fresh-prepared, and make from scratch. (If you are eating low-carb or gluten free, try Shirataki Noodles)

Dried udon noodles

Dried udon noodles are easy to find – most grocery stores will carry it (look in the Asian section). When cooking udon noodles, there’s no need to salt the boiling water. Almost all Asian style noodles contain salt, so adding more is unnecessary. Hime is my favorite brand of dried udon noodles that are easy to find. You can even buy them on Amazon for less than $10.

Fresh, prepared udon noodles

Fat, chewy, delicious noodles!

Fresh udon noodles are already cooked, all you need to do is boil for a minute or so to warm up the noodles. Read the package instructions.

Can I Make Udon Noodles From Scratch?

If you’re interested in learning how to make udon noodles from scratch, Iron Chef Morimoto shared his recipe with us!

Miso Paste for Udon Noodle Soup

What makes this udon miso soup so flavorful is the addition of miso. Miso is fermented soybean paste, one of the main ingredients in Japanese miso soup. It’s a great staple to have in your refrigerator since there are so many recipes that use miso and the stuff lasts for about 6 months in the refrigerator.

The miso that I prefer to use for Udon Noodle Soup is Shiro Miso, or White Miso. It’s milder and less salty than red miso (aka) or yellow miso (shinsu).

Vegetables for Udon Noodle Soup

The type of mushrooms I used in the recipe is called shimeji mushrooms, or white beech mushrooms. They’re incredibly healthy and I love the slightly slippery texture.

You can use any type of vegetables you’d like, but make sure to slice them thinly. For example, the carrots are sliced as thin as possible, into coins, so that they will cook in just a few minutes.

Snow peas

Carrots (sliced thinly or use julienne carrots)

Fresh mushrooms

Corn kernels

Hard boiled egg (already hard boiled, just cut in half)

Thin, roasted seaweed slices (nori)

Fresh bean sprouts

Spinach

Daikon sprouts

Fresh tomato slices

Video: How to make Udon Noodle Soup

Top Tips For This Udon Noodle Soup

If you don’t have udon noodles, you can use pasta noodles.

Keep vegetable thinly sliced, so they all cook quickly.

I sued shiro miso, it is the least salty. If you go for a different – more salty – miso, reduce amount by a teaspoon or two.

Do tno boil the soup with miso, or it will become gritty.

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