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Ingredients
- 1 shiitake mushroom and 1 Tbs maitake mushrooms or handful shiitake mushrooms
- Sauce
- 2-4 tsp shoyu
- 3-4 Tbs water or soaking water from shiitake mushroom
- 5-8 drops ginger juice (rate a 1" piece of ginger and squeeze out the juice)
- 1/2 tsp fresh lemon juice or rice vinegar
- 1 carrot, cut into bite-size pieces
- 1 stalk broccoli, cut into bite-size pieces
- 1 leek, white part only, cleaned and cut into large bite-size pieces
- 2 bok choy leaves, cut into bite-size pieces, or 1 baby bok choy
- 1 handful bean sprouts
- 2-3 napa cabbage leaves or collards, roughly chopped
- 4-6 dandelion greens (I used chrysanthemum leaves), roughly chopped
- 1 8-oz package udon noodles
- 1 " piece kombu
Details
Servings 2
Preparation
Step 1
Place the shiitake and maitake mushrooms in a small bowl and cover with warm water. Soak for 30 minutes or until softened. Bring a large pot of water to a boil for the noodles. Stir together the sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
Arrange all the vegetables on a plate near your stove. Remove the mushrooms from the soaking water, reserving the liquid. Slice and add to the plate with the vegetables.
Cook the noodles in boiling water until just al dente; drain and set aside.
In a nabe or ceramic pot that is safe for use on the stovetop (or use a regular pot), bring 2-3 cups water and the mushroom soaking liquid to a boil. Add the kombu and mushrooms and lower the heat so the water is simmering. Begin adding the vegetables one at a time, starting with the carrots and other vegetables that take longer to cook. Most of the vegetables shouldn't take longer than 2 minutes. You want them fresh and light, not mushy or overcooked.
Bring the nabe pot to the table. Give each person 3 bowls: 1 for their noodles, 1 for their nabe vegetables, and 1 small bowl for their dipping sauce. Everyone takes from the big nabe pot, dipping their vegetables and noodles in the dipping sauce as desired. The whole meal is pretty fun and healing Make sure to drink the vegetable broth at the end. It has a very subtle flavor and all the goodness of the vegetables cooked into it.
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