Curry Udon. Curry Udon (カレーうどん) has been a popular menu item in Japan for a long time. It is lesser-known compared to Curry Rice, but the creamy curry is just as fulfilling when you enjoy it with udon. And to me, the silky noodles have a way to soothe the soul in a comforting way unlike the other.

Surely this is the ultimate Japanese winter comfort food to cook. The majority of Curry Udon recipes make curry flavoured broth by mixing dashi stock and a block of store-bought curry roux which is sold to make Japanese curry on rice. I talked about different types of curry roux packs in my blog, Katsu Curry (Japanese Curry with Chicken Cutlet). You can cook Curry Udon using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Curry Udon

It's of Cooked Udon 4 Servings.
Prepare 400-500 g of Beef Steaks *thinly sliced.
It's 2 of medium size Onions *coarsely sliced.
It's 1 tablespoon of Oil.
You need 800 ml of Dashi Stock (OR Water 800ml & Instant Dashi Powder 1 teaspoon).
It's 4 tablespoons of Soy Sauce.
You need 4 tablespoons of Mirin.
You need of Salt *optional.
Prepare 1-1 of &1/2 tablespoons Curry Powder (*Japanese or Asian Curry powder recommended).
Prepare 2-3 tablespoons of Potato Starch Flour.
It's 2-3 tablespoons of Water.
You need 1 of Spring Onion *sliced.

Warm up your insides the Japanese way with curry udon. A combination of old and new Japanese cooking, curry udon consists of udon noodles mixed with Japanese curry sauce and tsuyu to make a hearty, warming noodle soup with all of the rich flavour of katsu curry. In a medium sauce pan, mix curry sauce and dashi broth and bring it to a boil. Add udon and simmer for a few minutes.

Curry Udon step by step

Slice Onion and Beef Steaks..
Heat Oil in a pot and cook Onion and Beef. When the Beef changed the colour, add Dashi Stock (or Water and Dashi Powder), Soy Sauce, Mirin and Curry Powder. Cook until Onions are tender. Check the flavour of the soup and add salt if necessary..
Prepare Udon Noodles same time. If you are using already cooked Udon, heat them in hot water..
Mix Potato Starch Flour and Water. When Onions are tender, gradually add the starch mixture to the soup stirring until the right thickness is achieved. (You don’t need to use all starch mixture.).
Place hot Udon in a large bowl, pour the curry mixture and sprinkle some sliced Spring Onion on top..

Mix corn starch and water in a small dish and add it to the sauce/udon. Let's make the curry sauce for udon noodles. Add a small amount of vegetable oil to a pot and turn on the burner. Add in the white part of the long green onion sliced diagonally. This curry udon is a quick and easy recipe that features slurpy udon noodles and vegetables in a thick, flavourful stew.