SHOPPING LIST: Cooking Skills: Noodles 2, Chapter 3 (Japanese Noodle Dishes)

Kombu or instant dashi granules, soy sauce, sugar, rice vinegar, udon (frozen, vacuum-packed or dried), ramen noodles, fresh yakisoba noodles or egg noodles, Japanese curry roux, chicken stock, chicken thigh, thinly sliced pork, vegetable oil, onions, white cabbage, carrots, spring onions, cucumber, tomatoes, cooked ham, pickled ginger, eggs with the British Lion mark, Worcestershire sauce, tomato ketchup, mayonnaise, nori, toasted sesame oil. Check labels for fish, wheat, soy and egg.

Kake udon (2 portions)
[ ] 600 ml dashi (made with kombu, or instant dashi granules)
[ ] 3 tbsp soy sauce
[ ] 1 tbsp sugar
[ ] 1 tsp rice vinegar (in place of mirin)
[ ] 2 portions of udon (fresh or frozen, about 200 g each; or 150 g dried)
[ ] 2 spring onions, finely sliced
[ ] 1 nori sheet, torn (optional)
[ ] 1 Lion-marked egg, soft-boiled, halved (optional)

Curry udon (2 portions)
[ ] 600 ml dashi or chicken stock
[ ] 40 g Japanese curry roux (about 2 cubes; check the label)
[ ] 1 onion, thinly sliced
[ ] 150 g chicken thigh, thinly sliced
[ ] 1 tbsp vegetable oil
[ ] 2 portions of udon (about 200 g each)
[ ] 2 spring onions, sliced
[ ] 1 tsp soy sauce, to taste

Yakisoba (2 portions)
[ ] 300 g fresh yakisoba or ramen noodles (or 200 g dried egg noodles)
[ ] 150 g thinly sliced pork or chicken (or 150 g mushrooms and tofu)
[ ] 2 tbsp vegetable oil, divided
[ ] 200 g white cabbage, shredded
[ ] 1 carrot, in matchsticks
[ ] 1 onion, thinly sliced
[ ] 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
[ ] 1 tbsp tomato ketchup
[ ] 1 tbsp soy sauce
[ ] 1 tsp sugar
[ ] 1 nori sheet and a little mayonnaise, to serve (optional)

Cold ramen salad (2 portions)
[ ] 200 g ramen noodles
[ ] 2 Lion-marked eggs, beaten, for the omelette strips
[ ] 1 tsp vegetable oil
[ ] ½ cucumber, in matchsticks
[ ] 2 tomatoes, sliced
[ ] 100 g cooked ham or cooked chicken, in strips
[ ] 1 tbsp pickled ginger (optional)
[ ] 4 tbsp soy sauce, for the dressing
[ ] 3 tbsp rice vinegar, for the dressing
[ ] 2 tbsp sugar, for the dressing
[ ] 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil, for the dressing
[ ] 4 tbsp water, for the dressing

For the experiments
[ ] Extra udon in two forms and extra soy sauce
[ ] Extra Worcestershire sauce and sugar