udon for dinner

So was kinda bored... and figured I'd do udon for dinner. The other motive was to finish up some stuffs that had been sitting around in the kitchen for a while now (that would be onions, garlic). So here's what I did:

Ingredients

1. udon ($2 for two packets)
2. seafood (mixed sotong, small prawns and clams. Seasoned with pepper, sesame oil and some salt) ($1.90)
3. ikan bilis soup stock (instant ones)
4. 1 big onion (chopped, and seasoned with olive oil and some salt)
5. lots of minced garlic
6. taiwan sausages ($3.30 per packet, used two so cost is $1.65)
7. butterhead lettuce ($2+ per packet, used one, so cost is $1)
8. red chili ($1, used one, so cost is $0.25)
9. mint leaves ($0.80)
10. fish sauce (optional)

Process

1. Boil udon for about 1.5 minutes to soften and pre-cook. Rinse with cold water and set aside in serving dish.

2. Boil the soup base and set aside.

3. Fry minced garlic, seafood and chopped onions. Add red chili as desired

4. Add soup stock and let it come to a boil. Add pre-toasted taiwan sausages (cut into smaller pieces).

5. Add udon and coat well with soup. Stir gently and add in lettuce when the soup has thickened a little. Let it cook for about half a minute. Dash with some fish sauce to add to taste.

6. Serve and garnish with mint leaves.


Total cost for dinner (serves 2)=$7.60

Quite tasty, but it didn't look pretty. The bowl was kinda small so everything looked cluttered. The first bowl came out dryer as the sauce thickened well. But the second one, came out looking like udon soup.. which I don't mind la.