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12 Apr, 2022

NASU SOMEN (Simmered Eggplant and SOMEN noodle).

Hello everybody, it's John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we're going to make a distinctive dish, nasu somen (simmered eggplant and somen noodle). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook nasu somen (simmered eggplant and somen noodle) using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make NASU SOMEN (Simmered Eggplant and SOMEN noodle):

{Take of egg plant (about 300g).
{Take of (about3.4 oz) water.
{Take of soy sauce.
{Get of sugar.
{Make ready of mirin.
{Get of sesame oil.
{Prepare of ABURA-AGE fried TOFU.
{Prepare of IRIKO dried sardines (or NIBOSHI).
{Prepare of somen noodle.
{Take of ml(about 5 oz) MENTSUYU (see my MENTSUYU recipe).
{Make ready of chopped green onion.
{Take of grated ginger roots.
{Get of Chili pepper (only if you like).

Instructions to make NASU SOMEN (Simmered Eggplant and SOMEN noodle):

Cut the stem off from eggplant, cut in half lengthwise. (if it's big, cut the eggplant in quarter.) Make shallow cut in vertical. Soak the eggplants in water..
Cut ABURA-AGE into 2 inch length rectangles..
Put sesame oil in a medium pot, and warm the oil over low heat. Add IRIKO and cook, stirring constantly, until just fragrant..
Dry the eggplants with a paper towel. Then, Add the Eggplant. Increase the heat to medium. Stir-fry the eggplant until it covered with oil..
Add the water, soy sauce, sugar and MIRIN and ABURA-AGE. Simmer with the lid for about 15 minutes until eggplants are tender..
Boil SOMEN in a large pot of water for 2 minutes. (Stirring constantly to keep the noodles separated.)Drain the noodles in a colander and cool under cold water.Drain well..
Place SOMEN and MENTSUYU in a bowl, and pour the simmered eggplant and sauce. Garnish Green onion, grated ginger and chili pepper..
You can eat this warm or cold. I usually cook and keep the Simmered eggplant in the refrigerator. And eat it next day..

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