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Udon soup with curry sauce recipe

Ingredients /nutrition

  • 100 g thinly sliced beef rump or round steak
  • 4 tbsp tomato paste
  • 4 tbsp mild curry powder
  • 2 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 thinly sliced onion
  • 1 grated carrot
  • 375 ml beef stock
  • 125 ml coconut milk or milk
  • 2 tbsp smooth peanut butter
  • 1 tsp dashi powder dissolved in 370 ml water
  • 1 tbsp white sugar
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp mirin
  • 300 g dried udon noodels, cooked according to instructions on packet
  • 1/2 stalk thinly sliced leek

Methods / instructions

  1. Combine beef, tomato paste, curry powder and a tablespoon of oil in a bowl. Set aside.
  2. Heat remaining oil and sweat onion and carrot until tender.
  3. Add marinated beef and cook for 2 1/2 minutes.
  4. Stir in beef stock and coconut milk.
  5. Cook until beef is tender and stir in peanut butter.
  6. To prepare dashi mixture, mix dashi, sugar, soy sauce and mirin in a bowl. Bring to boil and keep warm.
  7. Divide udon noodles equally and pour dashi mixture over with curry sauce on top.
  8. Sprinkle sliced leek on top and serve immediately.

Servings: 4

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