Black Pepper Stir Fried Udon

• servings: 2 servings
• active time: 5 minutes
• total time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

3 tablespoons dark soy sauce (see FAQs if using regular soy sauce)

2 tablespoons oyster sauce

1 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar

1 tablespoon rice vinegar

a little bit of neutral oil

2 cups of stir fry veggies (I use about half of a bag of a frozen stir fry veggie blend)

two 7-ounce packages of udon noodles (the cooked, fat, squishy ones, like this – see post for more noodle options)

1-2 cloves fresh garlic, minced

a ton of freshly ground black pepper

Directions

Sauce

Shake up all the sauce ingredients in a jar.

Noodles

Heat a nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add a swish of oil. Add the noodles and enough sauce to coat. Stir-fry until nice and yummy. (They’ll get kind of caramelized if you leave them undisturbed for a minute or two – so good.)

Veggies

Add the veggies and pour a little more sauce over everything (it’s okay if you don’t use all of it -it’ll keep in the fridge for a second batch later). Toss it around for 2-3 minutes until the veggies are fork-tender and everything is looking browned and sticky and pan-fried to perfection.

Finish

Remove from heat and stir in some freshly grated garlic and A TON of freshly ground black pepper. (I mean, yes, pull some out for the kids first so it’s not too spicy, but then PEPPER THAT UP.) The smell of the fresh garlic hitting the pan. The steamy noodle pulls. This is the moment you’ve been waiting for.

Nutrition

• Calories: 359
• Total Fat: 5.8 g
• Saturated Fat: 0.4 g
• Trans Fat: 0 g
• Cholesterol: 0 mg
• Sodium: 1796.8 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 68.4 g
• Dietary Fiber: 9.1 g
• Total Sugars: 10.3 g
• Protein: 11 g