Umami Days: Cooking

Meaty with a dash of veggies

Recipes with Asian noodle

Chicken teriyaki noodle bowl

Inspired by the menu of Hawker Chan where every main dish can be served with either rice or noodles. In this recipe, cubed chicken thigh fillets cooked in soy sauce, sake and mirin are heaped over over sweet-salty stir fried egg noodles, and garnished with toasted sesame seeds and finely sliced scallions. Unforgettable.
Course: Main Course
Cook time: 10 minutes
Servings: 4 people

Chicken, sotanghon and vegetable soup

Cut the cooking time of this traditional Filipino chicken noodle soup by combining pre-made bone broth and chicken fillets instead of simmering a whole chicken. Prep time is 10 minutes; cooking time is 15 minutes.
Course: Soup
Cook time: 15 minutes
Servings: 2 people

Beef tendon shoyu ramen

Simple, tasty, indulgent. All you really need is a slow cooker to tenderize the tendon. Everything else is a matter of assembly.
Course: Main Course
Cook time: 6 hours
Servings: 3 people

Spicy sesame garlic noodles

Heavily inspired by Esther Choi who, in Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend, declared her dream of integrating kimchi in every dish she cooks. This noodle dish is salty, sweet and spicy with the umami richness that only fermented food can impart.
Course: Main Course, Snack
Cook time: 10 minutes
Servings: 3 people

Chicken yakisoba

A Japanese stir fry with Chinese-style noodles (chuuka men), chicken and vegetables flavored with Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, oyster sauce, soy sauce and sugar.
Course: Breakfast, Snack
Cook time: 10 minutes
Servings: 4 people