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Beef udon served in a Japanese style noodle bowl with a pair of wooden chopsticks.
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Beef Udon

Enjoy a comforting bowl of Beef Udon with this easy-to-follow beef udon recipe, featuring tender beef slices and thick, chewy udon noodles.
Course Lunch, Main Course, Soup
Cuisine Japanese
Keyword beef udon, beef udon recipe
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 2
Calories 393kcal

Ingredients

Soup

  • 2 Cups Dashi
  • 1 tbsp Soy Sauce
  • 1 tbsp Japanese Sake
  • 2 tsp Sweetener your preferred sweetener
  • 1/8 tsp Salt
  • 1 Stalk Green Onion
  • 8 oz Udon Noodles
  • 1/8 tsp Togarashi

Beef

  • 1/2 lbs Beef thinly sliced
  • 1 tsp Cooking Oil neutral, no flavor or taste
  • 1 tbsp Soy Sauce
  • 1 tbsp Sweetener your preferred sweetener

Instructions

  • Gather all the ingredients.
    Ingredients for beef udon on the countertop.
  • Cut green onions into thin slices.
    Sliced green onions on the cutting board.
  • Make 2 cups of dashi and place on simmer.
    Dashi in a pot.
  • Add sweetener, Japanese sake, soy sauce into dashi from step 2 and bring to boil. Once boiling, reduce back to simmer. Taste and if too light, adjust with salt.
    Udon soup base in a pot.
  • Add oil to fry pan and place on high heat. Once heated, add beef and cook until lightly seared. Do not move the beef when searing and should take 1 minute. After the first side is seared, reduce heat to medium, break apart the meat and cook for an additional 1 minute. After 1 minute, add soy sauce and sweetener, stir and continue cooking until meat is fully browned. Remove from heat and set aside.
    Beef cooked in a frying pan.
  • Prepare udon noodles per directions on packaging. Transfer udon noodles to serving bowl.
    Cooked udon in a bowl.
  • Transfer cooked beef and 1 cup of broth into the serving bowl. Top with green onions and sprinkle togarashi.
    Beef udon served in a bowl.

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Nutrition

Calories: 393kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 81mg | Sodium: 2006mg | Potassium: 558mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 97IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 94mg | Iron: 3mg