Udon Carbonara

Udon Carbonara. A delicious, creamy dish with an asian twist on a classic Italian dish. Filling and totally indulgent. This dish only takes 20 minutes to make!

This dish with a twist comes from Japan. But the sauce idea is from Italy. The Japanese just replaced the noodles with Udon, which a is a popular noodle.

It is very filling thanks to the thick Udon noodles and the sauce is so creamy and rich thanks to the bacon and egg.

For this recipe

You will need:

4 frozen udon cakes
4 eggs
1.5 cups bacon, chopped
2 tsp garlic
1/2 cup shredded cheddar or Swiss cheese, of your choice
Salt to taste
Optional: seasoned seaweed cut into strips

Tips for making the best Udon Carbonara

• Have all your ingredients prepared and ready to go! This will make it easier on your and also ensure that your noodles don’t go soggy from cooking for too long
• Do not boil your udon noodles. Even if they’re from frozen. Just blanch them in hot boiling water to loosen and that’s it. Strain immediately. As they will still cook in the pan.
• Whisk your cheese and garlic into your eggs
• When adding the egg sauce into your udon noodles, remove the udon noodles off the heat. In fact, allow it to cool a bit before pouring the sauce and then mix quickly. The reason for this is to prevent the eggs from solidifying and not remaining as a liquid sauce.

Where can I buy some of these ingredients?

Udon Noodles. I recommend the frozen kind for best taste. These can be found in the frozen aisle of any asian grocer.

Seasoned seaweed. Most asian grocers.

Give it a try!

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Udon Carbonara

Udon Carbonara. A delicious, creamy dish with an asian twist on a classic Italian Dish. Filling and totally indulgent. This dish only takes 20 minutes to make!

Course dinner, lunch

Cuisine Japanese

Keyword carbonara, udon, udon carbonara, udon noodles

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Servings 4

Ingredients

• 4 frozen udon cakes
• 4 eggs whisked
• 1.5 cups bacon chopped
• 2 tsp garlic
• 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, parmesan or pecorino cheese grated
• Salt to taste
• Optional: seasoned seaweed cut into strips

Instructions

• In a small bowl whisk together eggs, cheese, garlic.
• In a pot, blanch your frozen food on noodles until they have loosened. Do not boil your noodles. Strain immediately.
• In a nonstick pan, fry your bacon bits until crispy and the fat has been rendered off. Scoop out your bacon and set aside. Pour the remaining oil into a bowl to compost later.
• Into the same pan toss in udon noodles. Add a splash of water to loosen them. Add bacon back in. Cook until noodles begin to steam.
• Remove noodles off heat. Wait about a minute for the noodles to cool down. Then pour in your egg sauce and quickly mix so the eggs do not cook. Season with salt to taste.
• Quickly transfer to your serving plate. Garnish with seasoned seaweed strips.