Shirataki Noodle Bowls
 
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Recipe type: Soup
Serves: 4 servings
Ingredients
  • Two 8 oz packages shirataki noodles, rinsed and drained (The noodles are very long. You may wish to slice them in half or quarters.)
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • ¼ tsp crushed red pepper flakes
  • ½ red bell pepper, sliced thinly
  • 1 carrot, sliced in matchsticks
  • 6 oz mixed oriental mushrooms, such as shiitake and oyster
  • 2 cloves minced garlic
  • 1 inch piece of ginger, peeled and grated
  • 1 cup bean sprouts, rinsed and drained
  • 1 ½ cup chopped Napa cabbage
  • 4 green onions
  • 1 Tbsp toasted sesame seeds
  • 1 stalk lemon grass
  • 16 oz vegetable or chicken stock
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • 2 Tbsp chickpea miso (I use this because of soy allergy, but regular light miso could also be used.)
  • 2 Tbsp fish sauce (if you’d like to keep this vegan, substitute 1 more Tbsp chickpea miso and 1 Tbsp dry sherry)
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • ½ tsp salt
  • freshly ground black pepper to taste
  • 16 oz water
Instructions
  1. Cut the lemon grass into 4 inch sections. Slice the sections in half lengthwise. Tap on it with the back side of a knife to bruise it. Wrap up the pieces of lemon grass in a piece of cheesecloth and tie the ends.
  2. Whisk stock, miso, fish sauce, sesame oil, salt and pepper together.
  3. Heat 2 tbsp oil over medium high heat in a large pot.
  4. Add crushed red pepper flakes, red bell pepper, carrot and mushrooms as well as the bottom white ends of the Napa cabbage.
  5. Saute about 5 minutes until starting to soften.
  6. Add grated ginger and sauté about a minute.
  7. Add minced garlic and sauté about 30 seconds to a minute just until aroma comes.
  8. Add stock mixture to pan and scrape bottom of pan with a wooden spatula to release browned bits.
  9. Add water to pan and lemon grass packet.
  10. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes.
  11. Add bean sprouts, Napa cabbage, and return to a simmer and simmer one minute.
  12. To serve divide noodles among bowls and ladle soup over them or if you prefer you can just add the noodles to the pot when you add the bean sprouts and Napa cabbage.
  13. Sprinkle bowls with green onion and sesame seeds.
Recipe by Savory Nature at http://savorynature.com/2015/03/17/shirataki-noodle-bowls/