This sounds more complex than it is. You’re making a dressing, marinading some mushrooms, cooking your noodles and mushrooms and ta-dah you have an amazing slurpy bowl of goodness.

The mushrooms I used were King Oyster because of their meaty texture, but you could use any large white mushroom. If they have a higher water content they may take longer to get golden.

I’ve been on a make my own noodles journey and used home made noodles in these pictures. I would recommend using a ramen or udon noodle for store bought. But a noodle is a noodle so you could even use pasta. Shock, horror. Does anyone else do this sometimes? I’m not a traditional girl and have no problems doing stuff that’s not technically correct in my own kitchen. It’s your kitchen, cook in a way that’s easy for you, makes you feel good and tastes how you want it to. You don’t need awesome knife skills or amazing food knowledge to make something that tastes great. You just need a recipe to follow!

So here it is:

Serves 2

Ingredients

Dressing

2 Tbs Tahini

1.5 Tbs Soy sauce

1 Tbs sesame oil

1.5 Tbs rice wine vinegar

1 Tbs neutral oil (light olive, rice bran, peanut all work)

2 tsps crispy chilli oil (this brand)

1.5 tsps maple syrup

The rest

300g King Oyster mushrooms, siced lenthwase 5mm thick, then chopped into bite sized pieces.

1 Tbs Soy Sauce

1 Tbs Chinese Cooking wine

1/4 cup roasted cashews

1/4 cup finely slice spring onion

100g ramen noodles (two serves) (I buy them like this)

(sliced chilli to serve if you please)

oil for frying.

Directions

Make the dressing by whisking all the ingredients together in a big bowl. (you will toss noodles in this bowl either.

Get another bowl and add 1Tbs of the dressing to it, along with the soy and wine. Mix then add the mushrooms. Let them marinade for at least 20 mins.

Place a medium heavy based pan on medium high heat. add a little oil to coat the base and then pour in the mushrooms, marinade and all. Cook, stirring often until the marinade has almost evaporated and the mushrooms are golden. This usually takes 10-15 mins on medium heat.

Add the cashews and all but 2 tsps of the spring onion to the mushrooms. stir to combine. Turn off the heat.

While the mushrooms are cooking, bring water to the boil and cook according to packet directions. Drain and toss with the remaining dressing.

Divide noodles amongst serving bowls and top with the mushrooms mix. Sprinkle with the chilli if using and the remaining spring onion.

EAT.

HH. x