Simple Stir-fried Udon

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 100 g broccoli, cut into florets
• 150 g udon noodles
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons water
• salt
• 2 tablespoons oil, divided (olive or canola or peanut etc)
• 1 small yellow onion, chopped
• 1 stalk spring onion, chopped (reserve the green part)
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 3 slices ham, chopped
• 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1/2 tablespoon dark soy sauce (the thick and sweet kind)
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 2 tablespoons mirin or 2 tablespoons rice wine
• crushed chili pepper flakes, to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 lime, juice of

Recipe

• 1 partially cook broccoli and udon in salted boiling water for a few minutes; drain and reserve 1/4 cup of the water.
• 2 beat the egg with 2 tb water and a pinch of salt.
• 3 heat 1 tb of oil in a wok; when hot, pour the egg in and cook until set; remove and set aside.
• 4 heat remaining 1 tb oil in the same wok over high heat; when hot, saute the onions until soft.
• 5 add garlic and saute for 30 sec.
• 6 add ham slivers and saute for another 30 sec.
• 7 stir in udon noodles.
• 8 add hoisin, oyster, soy sauces, pepper, wine, chilli flakes; saute for 1 minute.
• 9 adjust heat to medium-low, add broccoli and reserved cooking water, cook for another minute.
• 10 taste and adjust seasonings if necessary.
• 11 add the cooked egg to the noodles, breaking it into pieces as you stir.
• 12 stir in sesame oil.
• 13 sprinkle with the reserved chopped spring onion (the green part) and squeeze some fresh lime juice over noodles, then serve immediately.