Japanese Udon Noodle Soup

Heat a soup pot over medium/high heat. Add a few drizzles of olive oil, about 2 Tablespoons. If you’d prefer to use vegetable oil, that is fine as well.

Dice up your onion and throw that into the pot. Add a pinch of red pepper flakes and some black pepper.

Mince your garlic and add that too.

Dice your sausage and chop the kale. Get those into the pot. Give it a stir. Get everything well coated.

Add enough to stock or stock/water to cover the mixture. Add a few shakes (about 2 teaspoons each) of soy sauce, fish sauce, rice wine vinegar and about 1 teaspoon of chili oil.

Kick the heat to high and let it come up to a boil. Once it gets to a nice rolling boil, bring it down to low, cover the pot and let it simmer for about 20 – 25 minutes.

Taste and re-season if necessary.

Bring the heat back up to a rolling boil. Add your noodles and cook for about 10 minutes (follow the cooking directions on the package).

And serve!