Shrimp Noodle Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon minced ginger
• 12 shiitake mushrooms, stems removed and discarded,caps thinly sliced
• 1 cup snow peas
• 1 small napa cabbage, shredded
• 1/4 cup dry sake
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 6 cups fish stock (or 4 c. vegetable stock and 2 c. clam juice)
• 1 lb small shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1/2 lb udon noodles or 1/2 lb flat egg noodles, cooked according to package directions,drained and rinsed
• 2 green onions, cut into 1 inch pieces
• salt and pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 let the oil heat in a big soup pot, over medium heat.
• 2 add the garlic, ginger, and mushrooms; saute and stir for 30 seconds.
• 3 add the snow peas and cabbage; toss for about 10-15 seconds.
• 4 add the sake; cook and stir freqently for 2 minutes (the cabbage should wilt and give off liquid).
• 5 add in the soy sauce and stock; bring to a boil.
• 6 lower heat to medium-low; cover and cook for 10 minutes.
• 7 increase heat to medium; add in shrimp; cook for about 3 minutes or until pink.
• 8 add in the noodles and scallions; cook for 2 minutes or so, until the noodles are heated through.
• 9 season with salt and pepper, if needed.
• 10 serve immediately.
• 11 **analternative: instead of soy sauce, add 2 teaspoons fish sauce and 1 teaspoon chili oil with the stock.