Recipe: Kimchi udon bowl

Warm up your tastebuds with a bowl of spicy noodles. Photo / Fresh Media

Comfort food on a chilly day doesn’t always have to mean a traditional stew or soup. Some days, all you need is a bowl of delicious spicy noodles.

Kimchi, gochugaru and gochujang each add their own flavour to this dish, and you’ll end up with something that has a smoky, sweet and deliciously umami taste and a medium-hot level of spiciness.

Kimchi udon bowl

Serves 2

Ingredients

1 Tbsp cooking oil

4 rashers streaky bacon

1 cup kimchi, roughly chopped

½ onion, sliced lengthwise

400g udon noodles

4 stalks spring onions, thinly sliced

For the sauce

1 Tbsp gochugaru (Korean chilli flakes)

½ Tbsp gochujang (Korean chilli paste)

1 Tbsp premium soy sauce

1 Tbsp honey

1 tsp sesame oil

2 cloves garlic, minced

Garnish

2 eggs, fried

Spring onions, sliced

A pinch of gochugaru

Method

1. Mix the sauce ingredients and set aside.
2. Cut the bacon into 1cm pieces. Heat oil on medium-high heat and fry the bacon for 2-3 minutes. Add the kimchi and onion and cook for 2 minutes.
3. Add noodles, spring onions and sauce and fry for another 2 minutes.
4. Split the noodles across 2 bowls, top with a fried egg, sprinkle with chilli flakes and garnish with extra spring onions.

– fresh.co.nz