RECIPE WITH UDON NOODLES RECIPES

Steps:

• Heat 1 Tbsp. vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Add cabbage and cook, tossing often, until edges are browned, about 4 minutes. Reduce heat to low and continue to cook, tossing often, until thickest parts of cabbage leaves are tender, about 4 minutes longer. Remove from heat and set skillet aside.
• Place udon in a large heatproof bowl (or pot if you don’t have one) and cover with 6 cups boiling water. Let sit 1 minute, stirring to break up noodles, then drain in a colander. Transfer noodles back to bowl and toss with sesame oil. Transfer cabbage to bowl with noodles. Wipe out skillet.
• Heat remaining 1 Tbsp. vegetable oil in same skillet over medium-high and add pork, breaking up and spreading across surface of pan with a spatula or tongs. Cook pork, undisturbed, until underside is brown, about 3 minutes. The pork will never brown if you’re fussing with it the whole time, so when we say “undisturbed,” that means keep your paws off it and let the heat of the pan and the pork do their thing. When pork is browned, break up meat into small bits. Cook, tossing, just until there’s no more pink, about 1 minute. Add chopped scallions (the pale parts), ginger, and red pepper. Continue to cook, tossing often, until scallions are softened and bottom of skillet has started to brown, about 1 minute. Add udon mixture, mirin, and soy sauce and cook, tossing constantly, until noodles are coated in sauce (be sure to scrape bottom of skillet to dissolve any browned bits), about 45 seconds. Remove from heat and fold in 1 Tbsp. sesame seeds and dark-green parts of scallions. Top with more sesame seeds before serving.

Steps:

• Put the onion, carrot and sunflower oil into a wok and cook over a medium heat for about 6–7 minutes, stirring frequently, until the onion is just starting to turn golden.
• Add the mushrooms, cabbage and broccoli to the wok along with the white parts of the spring onions, the garlic and grated ginger. Stir-fry over a medium heat for about 2 minutes, until the vegetables are tender.
• Add the noodles, mirin, soy sauce and rice vinegar and stir-fry until the noodles are hot through.
• Drizzle with sesame oil and scatter with the green parts of the spring onions and the sesame seeds, if using, and top with a little pickled ginger, if liked.