Recipes · Japanese · Main Courses
Somen (Cold Thin Wheat Noodles)
One serving has 238 kcal and 8 g protein. Ready in 15 minutes.
- Preparation: 10 min
- Cooking: 5 min
- Makes: 1 serving (129 g)
- Difficulty: Easy
- Diets: Pescatarian, Dairy-free
- Contains: alcohol, celery, fish, gluten, soy, sulphite
Ingredients
- 60 g Somen noodles, dry
- 50 g Fish stock
- 4 g Soy sauce
- 6 g Wine, fortified, sweet
- 6 g Scallions, raw
- 3 g Ginger, fresh
Method
- Bring the fish stock (dashi stand-in), soy sauce and mirin (sweet fortified wine stand-in) to a simmer, then cool and chill the dipping sauce.
- Bring a large pot of unsalted water to a rolling boil and cook the somen for 1-2 minutes only, as they cook very quickly.
- Drain immediately and rinse well under cold running water, rubbing gently, until completely chilled; this also washes away much of the salt used to keep the dry noodles pliable.
- Drain thoroughly and pile the noodles into a bowl of ice water or onto a chilled plate.
- Serve with the cold dipping sauce, scallion and grated ginger for dipping.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 238 kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 46.6 g | |
| Water | 68.4 mL | |
| Fiber | 2.8 g | 10% |
| Protein | 8.3 g | 17% |
| Tryptophan | 0.09 g | |
| Threonine | 0.2 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.28 g | |
| Leucine | 0.5 g | |
| Lysine | 0.15 g | |
| Methionine | 0.11 g | |
| Cystine | 0.2 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.35 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.19 g | |
| Valine | 0.31 g | |
| Histidine | 0.15 g | |
| Fat | 0.84 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 0.12 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 0.34 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0.05 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0.05 g | |
| Omega-6 | 0.2 g | |
| Saturated | 0.15 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0 g | |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg | |
| Calcium | 35.4 mg | 4% |
| Copper | 0.13 mg | 14% |
| Iron | 1.1 mg | 6% |
| Magnesium | 23.3 mg | 8% |
| Manganese | 0.35 mg | 19% |
| Phosphorus | 73.4 mg | 10% |
| Potassium | 193 mg | 4% |
| Selenium | 5.4 µg | 10% |
| Sodium | 1,426 mg | |
| Zinc | 0.39 mg | 5% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.07 mg | 6% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.04 mg | 4% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 1.4 mg | 10% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 0.32 mg | 6% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.05 mg | 4% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 15.1 µg | 4% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0.05 µg | 2% |
| Choline | 6.8 mg | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 3.5 µg | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 1.3 mg | 2% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 0 IU | 0% |
| Vitamin E | 0.12 mg | 1% |
| Vitamin K | 12.5 µg | 14% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.1 kg CO2e a serving: lower than most main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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