Description
This vegetable champon recipe is a lighter version of Nagasaki champon, made with a mix of dashi and chicken broth, and topped with vegetables and crab sticks.
Ingredients
Scale
Soup:
- 3 1/2 cups dashi broth
- 1 chicken stock cube
- 1 tablespoon sake
- 2 tablespoon mirin
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
Noodles:
- 2 nests of dried egg noodles (about 60g per nest)
Toppings:
- 6g wood ear mushrooms, dried
- 150g cabbage (about 1 cup), chopped
- 30g carrot (about 1/3 cup), sliced into thin sticks
- 1/2 cup bean sprouts
- 4 crab sticks (kamaboko)
Aroma Oil:
- 1/4 cup vegetable or grapeseed oil
- 30g scallions (about 1/3 cup), chopped
Instructions
Scallion oil:
- To make the fragrant oil, add all the ingredients to and turn the heat to low. Let the ingredients simmer for about 5 minutes. The oil should be slightly bubbling, (small bubbles).
- Turn the heat off and place a small strainer over a bowl. Pour the oil through the strainer and discard the scallions and garlic. Set aside.
Champon:
- Rehydrate the wood ear mushrooms by soaking them in water for about 15 minutes. Drain and chop into thin strips. Set aside.
- Add the ingredients for the soup in a pot, and bring to a boil.
- Stir and add the mushrooms, cabbage, and carrot. Boil for 2 minutes and turn the heat down to medium. Cook for another 3 minutes.
- Meanwhile, cook the egg noodles according to the directions on the package and drain them. Divide the noodles among two bowls.
- Turn the heat off, divide the soup and vegetables among the two bowls and add the crab sticks.
- Pour a little aroma oil on top and serve.
Notes
Make ahead of time:
- Mix all of the ingredients for the broth in a bowl and refrigerate until you are ready to start cooking.
- Prep your vegetables and keep them in a storage container in the fridge, until you are ready to start cooking.
- Make you aroma oil ahead of time and keep it in a jar, on the kitchen counter.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 510
- Sugar: 20.4g
- Sodium: 2927mg
- Fat: 30.5g
- Saturated Fat: 3.3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 19.8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 46.2g
- Fiber: 3.6g
- Protein: 11.7g
- Cholesterol: 28.7mg