Dipped Somen Noodles In Sesame Dipping Sauce

Name: Dipped Somen Noodles In Sesame Dipping Sauce
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 as much as you prefer Somen noodles; 100 ml Kombu based mentsuyu (3x concentrate); 200 ml Filtered water; 1 to 2 tablespoons Sesame paste; 5 drops or so ★Ra-yu (best if with chili flakes); 1 tsp ★Grated ginger; 1 tbsp ★Ground sesame seeds; 1 ton, as garnish Green onions or scallions

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I was bored with regular somen noodles, but store-bought mentsuyu is expensive and I only had a little of it, so I tried making this dipping sauce.

The mentsuyu, ra-yu, sesame seed, ginger and green onion amounts are an approximate. Adjust the amount to your liking.
Try with salted sliced cucumber, tomatoes, myoga ginger, shiso leaves, etc. to make a hearty noodles dish!
This dipping sauce can be used with rice or udon noodles too. Recipe by Nekoyanagi shouten

I was bored with regular somen noodles, but store-bought mentsuyu is expensive and I only had a little of it, so I tried making this dipping sauce.

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I was bored with regular somen noodles, but store-bought mentsuyu is expensive and I only had a little of it, so I tried making this dipping sauce.

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Ingredients

2 servings

1as much as you prefer Somen noodles
100 mlKombu based mentsuyu (3x concentrate)
200 mlFiltered water
1to 2 tablespoons Sesame paste
5drops or so ★Ra-yu (best if with chili flakes)
1 tsp★Grated ginger
1 tbsp★Ground sesame seeds
1ton, as garnish Green onions or scallions

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Steps

1

Put the ground sesame in a bowl. Mix the mentsuyu and water in little by little using a whisk.
2

Add all the ★ ingredients and mix.
3

Put the sauce in bowls that are a bit bigger than soba-choko (small soba dipping bowls). Add lots of green onion just before eating, dip the noodles into the sauce, and enjoy.
4

"Rich and Delicious: All-Purpose Sesame Sauce" is the basic form of this sauce. It's an easy to use up amount. Give it a try.
5

Variation 1: Natto and summer vegetables with sesame sauce on top of tofu = an isoflavone packed dish!
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Variation 2: Cold rice with sauce and summer vegetables. Rinse hot rice with ice water to make a non-sticky and light zosui (rice soup).
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Variation 3: A noodle salad-type dish made with thin udon noodles, cucumber, shiso leaves, kimchi and mayonnaise.
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Try adding boiled pork, boiled chicken, lettuce etc.