Monday, May 4, 2009

Noodle & Dumpling Bento

noodle bento
I find I'm always short on groceries (and time) Sunday night, so making bento for Monday usually involves rummaging around in the freezer. Today's lunch for YH is a simple combination of thin udon noodles mixed with sesame oil, soya sauce and oyster sauce, dumplings (from the freezer) and some baby spinach (wilted slightly with a little sesame oil and sesame seeds). A little red container of chilli sauce brightens up both the bento and the taste of the noodles. 

The best part about this lunch is that everything can be cooked in one small saucepan, which saves time and washing up. The water for boiling the frozen dumplings can also be used to cook the noodles, and the cooked noodles can be mixed with the sauces in the pot. Later, the spinach can be wilted slightly in the same saucepan as well. 

2 comments:

Unknown said...

sigh, you've made me crave noodles, I'm going to have to make them for dinnernow! :-)

Claudia said...

Noodles are great, aren't they? I crave noodles very often...hence I'm always making them :) Hope you enjoyed your noodle dinner, Suselore!