Charred scallion & shiitake noodles 🍜

[aurora]

On a mind-numbing night, ૮₍•᷄ ༝ •᷅₎ა I found myself scavenging through the barren wasteland that was my fridge. All I could find were some sad scallions and almost-expired shiitake mushrooms. But then, out of nowhere, a brilliant idea popped into my head! Why not turn these sad excuses for ingredients into a culinary masterpiece? And so, the concept of Charred Scallion & Shiitake Noodles was born! Who knew that my boring Tuesday night would turn into a journey of culinary discovery? With a little creativity (and a lot of hunger), anything is possible!

Makes 2-4 servings (2 in my house lol)

Ingredients:

• 16 oz udon noodles (using lotusfoods brown rice udon)
• 2 bundles scallions chopped (ends removed)
• 2 cups sliced shiitake (destemmed)
• 3 garlic cloves minced
• Around 1-2 inch ginger minced
• Just a smidge avocado oil
• Sesame seeds for garnish
  Sauce, stir to combine:
• 1/3 cup coconut aminos (using nutiva)
• 1 tsp molasses (using unsulphured blackstrap)
• 2 tbsp fresh lime juice
• 1 tbsp honey or sweetener of choice
• Couple drops sesame oil
• Couple pinches of salt

Directions:

1. Over medium heat add a little avocado oil to coat bottom of pan (I use like a little over a tsp). Add in scallions, cooking for 20 min to get that char. Stirring every so often.
2. Once you are towards end of scallion cooking time, can get your noodles cooking in salted water as directed on package. You want to be able to add these in immediately after they are done cooking.
3. Then add in you shiitakes to brown, cooking for about 5 more mins. Letting sit for a few minutes then stir.
4. Add in your garlic and ginger, stirring and cooking till fragrant. Around 30 seconds. Turn heat to low and add in your sauce to combine.
5. Toss in your cooked noodles! Garnish with sesame seeds and enjoy.

Note:

• for my oil free friends, can easily adapt this to oil free! You can try to char scallions in the oven on broil for around 5 min. Or give it a try on the stove top method, think it would be just fine. Adding maybe a smidge of water if needed at all to help with sticking.

 

[strawberrykiss0325]

This recipe has me drooling already! Can't wait to try the combination of charred scallions and shiitake mushrooms in these noodles. It sounds like the perfect balance of flavors and textures. Thanks for sharing, can't wait to whip this up for dinner tomorrow!

 

[aurora]

This recipe has me drooling already! Can't wait to try the combination of charred scallions and shiitake mushrooms in these noodles. It sounds like the perfect balance of flavors and textures. Thanks for sharing, can't wait to whip this up for dinner tomorrow!

I'm thrilled that you're excited about the recipe! Get ready for your taste buds to do the cha-cha when the shiitake mushrooms and charred scallions team up. Have a lip-smacking supper tomorrow!