Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Teriyaki Beef & Soba Noodle Soup


Cooking for two can be easy.  Whats better than soup on a stormy cool day?  Soup & teriyaki beef skewers.  I'm doing my own thing like I always do and trying my own twist on this meal.  I always try to use the freshest and healthiest ingredients I can get.  Sadly, we just started growing our garden this last week.  All my ingredients that I'm using are store bought for this.

What you will need:

1 pound of beef (thinly sliced beef sirloin)
2 servings of soba noodles
1 32 oz box of garlic onion infused beef broth (basic beef broth would work too)
1 teaspoon of fresh or powdered ginger
2 garlic cloves
1 medium onion
2 large carrots
1 bag of fresh bean sprouts
1 hand full of fresh chives
2 teaspoons of olive oil
2 teaspoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon of sesame oil
1/2 cup of soy teriyaki sauce (for marinade)
2 teaspoons of teriayki sauce (for after beef is cooked)
2 teaspoons of sweet chili sauce (for topping on soup, if desired) 
wood skewer sticks
chop sticks

Soaking wood skewers in water so they won't burn while cooking the teriyaki beef.  I always set out what I'll need ahead of time to save time when cooking later.  Garlic & roasted onion infused beef broth for the soup, soba noodles, ginger ( I wish I had fresh, sadly just powdered) and a couple garlic cloves.


I cut my beef into strips and put into a shallow dish with the soy teriyaki sesame seed marinade.  Then I covered the dish and set into the refrigerator until I'm ready to use.


Once your ready to start cooking, you take the wood skewers that have socked in water and put the teriyaki beef onto the skewers placing them onto a sheet pan.  Preheat over to 400* while you put together the soup.


After getting the beef skewers ready and set aside now start boiling a pot of water to cook the soba noodles.  The soba noodles I used take only 2 min. to cool.  Then chop up one onion two cloves of garlic and thinly slice two large carrots.  I also set out my bean sprouts and chives.


The noodles cook fast so I have a bowl set aside to put the finished soba noodles into while I make the base of the soup.  I put the beef into the oven for 16 to 17 min. leaving it set to 400* and flipping them once.

Putting a bit of olive oil on the bottom of the same pot you boiled your noodles in after dumping the water out.  Put on medium heat, add in the onion garlic and carrots and cook until soften.  Just a few min. will do.  Add the beef stock into the pot along with some soy sauce and sesame oil ginger pepper if you want.



Once the beef is finished pull out and let rest while you add the bean sprouts and chives into the soup.  Quick and easy your simple dinner is ready to enjoy.

  

The beef I leave on the skewers when serving.  Before I plate the beef I like to drizzle a bit of extra teriyaki sauce onto of them.



We like to top our soup off with some sweet chili sauce.  Leaving the beef on the skewers makes for easy eats and looks fun too.  The next time I make this soup I plan on using mushrooms and celery.  I hardly ever make things the same way twice.

Just another perfectly simple easy meal for two or more.


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