Razor Clam in Udon Soup

I have this post for awhile but didn't have the chance to post until now.During cold winter I tried to consume more hot food or hot soup to warm up my body.I have love and hate relationship with winter.Long story short,I bought a bunch of udon noodles to keepsake in the fridge for rainy day.The only thing I need to do is to make the soup base and toss some ingredients for the noodle.Taa..dah!! within 15 -20 minutes ,I have a big warm bowl of noodle soup ready to eat!!

Ingredients:

2 pack udon noodles,about 150 gm each

4-5 cups water

1 handful clean anchovies

1 tbsp dashi(Japanese stock base)

5 shitake mushroom,soaked and sliced

1 lb razor clam,boiled and remove shell

2 stalk cilantro,clean and cut

salt and ground pepper to taste

2 tbsp fried shallot and garlic oil

Method:

1:Prepare 4-5 cups water and anchovies in medium stock pot at high heat.Run udon under warm water for 5 minutes if udon was store in the fridge.

2:Simmer anchovies soup for 10-15 minutes before scoop up to trash.Add in dashi,mushroom,udon ,razor clam,salt and ground pepper.Cook at high heat for 5 minutes.

3:Dish out into 2 portions.Sprinkle some cut cilantro and fried shallot and garlic oil on the top.

4:Serve warm immediately.