Weeknight Dinner: Japanese Spaghetti

Jason got home and we were talking about my work projects while I was making dinner. Kind of distracted, and wanting something simple I ended up making a dish that I have eaten for years. It ended up being the perfect comfort food meal, and as I am sitting here writing this I wish there was a little bit more to snack on!

When we were young, we used to go to a place called Spoon House in Gardena. Spaghetti noodles served Japanese-style -- my favorite as a kid had mushrooms, soy sauce and spaghetti. Over the years, my mom adapted this and would serve it to us often. The noodles are fairly dry when served - don't have much soy sauce to make it too soupy. She would often make it with parmesan cheese as well.

Tonight, I tossed fettucine noodles cooked in salty water with a sauteed mixture of mushrooms and asparagus tips. I added a couple dashes of soy sauce to the sautee mixture, and also used about a half a ladle-full of the boiling water from the noodles for moisture. Add some cracked pepper and serve!

Illustration Credit: A Perfect World

Comments

[rache]

haven't you made that for me before with tamari or something? it was so good.

[jen]

yes! i usually use tamari, but last night only had a light soy sauce on hand. it worked very well.