Recipe of Ultimate Somen with kinshitamago and okras

Somen with kinshitamago and okras. She calls it Somen with Kinshitamago (thinly sliced egg crepes) and Okra. Ayako is a frequent contributor to Mama Lisa's World, sharing the traditions, songs and recipes of Japan. See recipes for Shrimp Cold Somen Salad, Somen udon soup too.

In China, it is also called guàmiàn (simplified Chinese: 挂面; traditional Chinese: 掛麵). I've tried a lot of Asia noodles but it's the first time I came across somen noodles. I like the shape and colour of these wheat flour noodles. You can have Somen with kinshitamago and okras using 5 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Somen with kinshitamago and okras

1. Prepare 3 bunches of dried somen noodles.
2. Prepare 2 of eggs.
3. It’s 1 teaspoon of salt.
4. Prepare 5 of okuras.
5. You need 50 g of soy sauce based sauce (mentsuyu) for dippings sauce.

It's the perfect noodle for this spicy minced beef with somen noodles and okra. Somen is very tasty and a super easy dish, but it is a somewhat light meal by itself. Gomoku means 'variety of ingredients' in Japanese. She calls it Somen with Kinshitamago (thinly sliced egg crepes) and Okra.

Somen with kinshitamago and okras instructions

1. Fill a large pot with a generous amount of water and when it comes to boil, add dried somen noodles making sure to separate them..
2. Stir noodles with chopsticks so they don’t stick to each other..
3. Boil it for about 3 minutes..
4. Drain somen in a colander and wash the noodles with hands under running water..
5. For topping eggs, add salt to the eggs and stir them..
6. Heat the frying pand and spread eggs over it. Cook it for about 3~4 minutes like crape..
7. Slice it..
8. Boil okra in the pot and cut it into bite sizes..
9. Serve somen in the plate and add eggs and okras for topping..
10. When you eat somen, dip somen in mentsuyu sauce..

Ayako is a frequent contributor to Mama Lisa's World, sharing the traditions, songs and recipes of Japan. Somen is the name for our noodles that are popular. Find and follow posts tagged kinshi-tamago on Tumblr. Somen are very thin noodles and can be eaten hot or cold. Nagashi Somen is a unique way of enjoying Somen Noodles during the summer season.