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Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, nasu somen (simmered eggplant and somen noodle). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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NASU SOMEN (Simmered Eggplant and SOMEN noodle) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. NASU SOMEN (Simmered Eggplant and SOMEN noodle) is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to 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 it.

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

1. Take 3 egg plant (about 300g)
2. Prepare 100 ml (about3.4 oz) water
3. Get 3 tbsp soy sauce
4. Take 3 tbsp sugar
5. Get 3 tbsp mirin
6. Prepare 3 tbsp sesame oil
7. Prepare 1 piece ABURA-AGE fried TOFU
8. Make ready 10 g IRIKO dried sardines (or NIBOSHI)
9. Make ready 4 bundles somen noodle
10. Take 150 ml(about 5 oz) MENTSUYU (see my MENTSUYU recipe)
11. Make ready 2 tsp chopped green onion
12. Prepare 1 tsp grated ginger roots
13. Make ready Chili pepper (only if you like)

You can eat Simmered Eggplant with the rice instead of SOMEN. Nasu Dengaku, Fried eggplant with miso paste. Hiyashi Ramen, Egg noodle toped of vegetables & seaweed served with cold sweet soy sauce. This is very simple but my favorite dish that my mom cooks ;) It's a sweet soy sauce flavor (kind of teriyaki flavor) that goes perfect with white rice.

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

1. 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.
2. Cut ABURA-AGE into 2 inch length rectangles.
3. Put sesame oil in a medium pot, and warm the oil over low heat. Add IRIKO and cook, stirring constantly, until just fragrant.
4. 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.
5. Add the water, soy sauce, sugar and MIRIN and ABURA-AGE. Simmer with the lid for about 15 minutes until eggplants are tender.
6. 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.
7. Place SOMEN and MENTSUYU in a bowl, and pour the simmered eggplant and sauce. Garnish Green onion, grated ginger and chili pepper.
8. You can eat this warm or cold. I usually cook and keep the Simmered eggplant in the refrigerator. And eat it next day.

Chilled somen noodle served with grated ginger, scallion and a delicious dipping sauce called Tsuyu. This is a perfect Japanese noodle recipe for hot summer days. To beat the heat, my favorite go-to dishes on these hot summer days are Japanese cold noodles dishes such as somen and soba. Get ready for the most refreshing Japanese noodle recipe ever! Dip your cold and springy somen noodles in umami mentsuyu Somen are thin wheat noodles that are white in color and have a springy, bouncy texture when cooked al dente.

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