Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, napolitan-style stir-fried udon noodles - great for lunch, great for kids. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Great recipe for Napolitan-Style Stir-Fried Udon Noodles - Great for Lunch, Great for Kids. I saw this recipe in a cookbook a long time ago, and I changed it a little bit to make my own version. There were some domestically grown shimeji mushrooms and maitake mushrooms that I had bought on sale,. You've probably had Udon as soup.

Napolitan-Style Stir-Fried Udon Noodles - Great for Lunch, Great for Kids is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Napolitan-Style Stir-Fried Udon Noodles - Great for Lunch, Great for Kids is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook napolitan-style stir-fried udon noodles - great for lunch, great for kids using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Napolitan-Style Stir-Fried Udon Noodles - Great for Lunch, Great for Kids:

1. Make ready 3 slice Bacon
2. Take 1 large clove Garlic
3. Take 2 portions Frozen udon noodles
4. Take 20 grams Butter
5. Make ready 2 tbsp Sake
6. Prepare 4 tbsp Ketchup
7. Prepare 1 tbsp Japanese Worcestershire-style sauce
8. Prepare 1 Salt and pepper
9. Take 1 ※Grated cheese (optional)
10. Get 1 ※Dried parsly (optional)
11. Take Vegetables (examples)
12. Get 1 packet Shimeji mushrooms
13. Take 1 pack Maitake mushrooms

In fact, when I was living in Japan, I would make this specific recipe at least. Yaki Udon (焼きうどん) is a Japanese undon noodles stir-fried with your choice of protein and vegetables. Your protein can be thinly sliced meat or any seafood suitable for stir-frying. This is a very quick and simple udon recipe and so delicious.

Instructions to make Napolitan-Style Stir-Fried Udon Noodles - Great for Lunch, Great for Kids:

1. Cut the vegetables into small pieces so that they cook through faster (remove the stems of the mushrooms, and separate them).
2. Cut the bacon into thin strips, and thinly slice the garlic.
3. Place the frozen udon noodles on a heatproof plate, loosely cover with plastic wrap, and microwave for about 7 minutes at 500 W.
4. In the mean time…Heat the butter in a frying pan, and sauté the Step 2 garlic over low heat.
5. When fragrant, turn up the heat to medium, and stir-fry the Step 2 bacon.
6. When the bacon is browned, add the Step 1 vegetables, and continue stir-frying.
7. When the vegetables are cooked through, add the Step 3 udon noodles, and turn up the heat to medium-high. Sprinkle with sake, and stir-fry the udon noodles while separating them.
8. Add the ketchup and mix until even coated. Add the Japanese Worcestershire-style sauce, quickly mix, and season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with the ingredients if you like and you're done.

Your protein can be thinly sliced meat or any seafood suitable for stir-frying. This is a very quick and simple udon recipe and so delicious. The recipe is written to make either Pork Yaki Udon or Prawn Yaki Udon. Yaki udon noodles is one of my favorite weeknight meals to make because it's so fast and easy to make! In my house, a quick stir fry with udon noodles, shrimp, carrots, mushroom and sugar snap peas is the preferred kids' choice for lunch.

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