About the Recipe
This dish is named after a fox, the eponymous "kitsune" of the title. It's said that foxes find deep fried tofu irresistible, thus the name. Foxes visit my garden and they seem happy to eat anything I leave out for them so I'm sure they'd gobble up some deep fried tofu without a second thought!
Ingredients
2 aburaage cut into triangles
150ml japanese dashi stock
1 tbsp mirin
2 tbsps soy sauce
2 tbsps sugar
4 servings of soba noodles
1.2 litres japanese dashi stock
3.5 tbsps soy sauce
1.5 tbsps mirin
4 spring onions, topped and tailed and finely chopped
*to make Japanese dashi stock, add 1 tsp of Japanese instant dashi stock granule to 400ml of hot water to make soba or udon hot broth.
Preparation
cut the aburaage in half, then cut them into triangle shape.
combine the 150ml Japanese dashi stock, mirin, soy sauce and sugar in a saucepan and bring to the boil.
add the aburaage and simmer for 8 minutes. set aside.
in another saucepan, add the 1.2L japanese dashi stock, soy sauce and mirin and bring to the boil and simmer for 4-5 minutes.
boil the noodles in water for 5 mins. if the noodles look about to boil over, just add a little cold water
when it's ready, drain the soba noodles twice in cold water and divide between your 4 serving bowls
add the cooked aburaage and spring onions and then pour the hot broth
serve immediately