Ingredients
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100 g broccoli, cut into florets
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150 g udon noodles
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2 tablespoons water
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salt
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2 tablespoons oil, divided (olive or canola or peanut etc)
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1 small yellow onion, chopped
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2 garlic cloves, minced
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3 slices ham, chopped
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2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
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1 tablespoon oyster sauce
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1 tablespoon soy sauce
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1/2 tablespoon dark soy sauce (the thick and sweet kind)
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1/2 teaspoon white pepper
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2 tablespoons mirin or 2 tablespoons rice wine
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1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
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1 lime, juice of
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1 egg
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1 stalk spring onion, chopped (reserve the green part)
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crushed chili pepper flakes, to taste
Instructions
- Partially cook broccoli and udon in salted boiling water for a few minutes; drain and reserve 1/4 cup of the water.
- Beat the egg with 2 TB water and a pinch of salt.
- Heat 1 TB of oil in a wok; when hot, pour the egg in and cook until set; remove and set aside.
- Heat remaining 1 TB oil in the same wok over high heat; when hot, saute the onions until soft.
- Add garlic and saute for 30 sec.
- Add ham slivers and saute for another 30 sec.
- Stir in udon noodles.
- Add hoisin, oyster, soy sauces, white pepper, wine, chilli flakes; saute for 1 minute.
- Adjust heat to medium-low, add broccoli and reserved cooking water, cook for another minute.
- Taste and adjust seasonings if necessary.
- Add the cooked egg to the noodles, breaking it into pieces as you stir.
- Stir in sesame oil.
- Sprinkle with the reserved chopped spring onion (the green part) and squeeze some fresh lime juice over noodles, then serve immediately.