15-min. Easy & Simple Udon Carbonara
Chewy udon noodles tossed in a delicious creamy sauce with bacon topped with cheese and nori strips. This quick and easy udon carbonara only takes 15 minutes with minimal ingredients! A great main dish or meal for all the noodle-lovers!
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2.20 lb frozen udon noodles (or fresh udon but see Notes below)
- 4 large eggs
- 1.5 cups bacon (or guanciale or pancetta, chopped into 1/2-inch wide pieces)
- 2 garlic cloves (minced)
- 1/2 cup parmigiano reggiano (or pecorino romano or grana padano, grated)
- salt (to taste)
- 2 tbsp nori (cut into thin strips, or seaweed flakes/crushed seaweed snack)
Instructions
- 1
In a small bowl, whisk together eggs, cheese, garlic until combined and set aside.
- 2
In a large bowl, soak frozen udon noodles with hot boiling water for 30 seconds or just until loosened. Reserve 1/4 cup or 60 ml of the noodle soaking water for later. Strain the udon noodles and set aside.
- 3
Heat a large pan on medium heat, fry bacon until crispy and the fat has rendered off. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside. Remove most of the fat in the pan, reserving 1 tsp in the pan.
- 4
Into the same pan, toss in udon noodles with 1/4 cup reserved noodle water to loosen them. Add the bacon back in. Cook until noodles begin to steam.
- 5
Remove the entire pan off the heat. Wait only 60 seconds for the noodles to cool just a bit. Then pour in egg mixture and quickly mix so the eggs don't become scrambled eggs.
- 6
Season with salt to taste. Garnish with grated cheese and roasted seaweed strips.