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15-min. Easy & Simple Udon Carbonara

Christie Lai
Udon Carbonara. A delicious, creamy dish with an Asian twist on a classic Italian dish. Filling and totally indulgent. This quick and simple dish only takes 15 minutes with just 5 ingredients!
5 from 13 votes
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine Japanese
Servings 4
Calories per serving 1772 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • 2.20 lb frozen udon noodles
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1.5 cups bacon or pancetta or guanciale for authentic taste, chopped into ½-inch wide pieces
  • 2 teaspoon garlic minced
  • ½ cup pecorino romano or parmigiano reggiano, grated
  • ¼ cup water reserved from cooking noodles
  • salt to taste
  • seasoned seaweed flakes or sub with nori cut into thin strips

Instructions
 

  • In a small bowl, whisk together eggs, cheese, garlic.
  • In a large pot with hot boiling water, blanch your frozen food on noodles until they have loosened for about 30 seconds. Do not boil. Reserve ¼ cup of the noodle water for later. Strain noodles immediately.
  • In a large pan, fry your bacon (or pancetta or guanciale) until crispy and the fat has been rendered off. Remove the meat with a slotted spoon and set aside. Remove and discard the excess oil in the pan.
  • Into the same pan, add udon noodles with ¼ cup reserved noodle water to loosen them. Add meat back in. Cook until noodles begin to steam.
  • Remove the entire pan off the heat. Wait 1 minute for the noodles to cool down. Then pour in cheese egg mixture and quickly mix so the eggs do not cook. Season with salt to taste.
  • Serve and garnish with seasoned seaweed strips, optional.
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Nutrition
Calories: 1772kcal | Carbohydrates: 169g | Protein: 48g | Fat: 102g | Saturated Fat: 38g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 256mg | Sodium: 3396mg | Potassium: 78mg | Fiber: 14g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 335IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 175mg | Iron: 1mg