Let's Talk About Shirataki Noodles

Vodkha

I bought some of the tofu noodles today. My store didnt have the Zero calories ones. I dont have much in the house at the moment to make with them. Is there a really simple recipe you can suggest for me?

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PJFonz

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fionat29

Fantastic post! When I joined MFP last year there was some talk of these noodles but I was put off by the price. However, I won some Amazon credit a while back so I've bitten the bullet and ordered a pack just to try. Living in England it's a bit tricky to find these things in physical shops. I'm going to try mine dry fried like you suggest with chillis and bean sprouts and maybe some quorn fillets and a spicy chinese sauce..............well and probably loads of other vegetables too, I do love my veges!! Lol!

sg1982

Nice post!

I love Shirataki Noodles. I always have them at home.

I ate them at least twice week. I boil them first for 20 min then I fry it. It's so delicious, I cook it with pork chop, carrots and mushrooms... It's just so yummy!!!

I've also tried with bolognese sauce...

I'm big fan of Shirataki Noodles.

JimWink

I am a MAJOR fan of these noodles. When I bought them, I couldn't believe how low in calories they were. I eat the tofu noodles; I can live with the 'added' calories from the tofu: about 30 per serving. I over indulge with 4 servings. Add 2 chicken sausages (90 cals each) and some Sribachi hot sauce and I'm good to go. I'm stuffed from a dinner that has about 300 calories.

Thanks for the added suggestions on how to prepare them. Great post!

LittleMissNerdy

This makes me want to try them for sure!

HEATHERB500

Thankyou for posting this. I have never heard of these but I have been limiting my grain carbs. I love spaghetti but the spaghetti squash that I use instead of noodles is expensive when its not in season. I have a lot of asian markeets around here I will have to try them.

christina0089

Thanks so much for posting this! I have been wondering on these noodles for sometime bbut have yet to try them, The smell being one of the reasons. I hope its not to bad as I now intend to go ahead and try them as I am a pasta/rice aholic. And the lack is killing my efforts especially the last few days...

thanks again!

JenAiMarres

BUMP! thanks for the fry tip!!! I HATE the rice...but eat it b/c its "free" the noodles are better but was in need of more inventive ways to prep them!

vangogo3

I just learned of these noodles a few weeks ago from Hungry Girl! They are definitely filling, and I think they are going to save me a lot of calories in the long run when I have the urge to binge on pasta. Thank God for shiritaki noodles!!!

blytheandbonnie

The odds of finding them here are below zero, but I think I will see about mail order. Thanks.

amandalfraser

Thank you this is very interesting!!

AngelsheriHackley

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PopePopsicleIV

Thanks so much for posting about these! I've been wondering about them, but i thought the only kinds were the ones with tofu and I was a little leery about that because everyone I know says Tofu is nasty! haha. But I'll definitely have to try them! Also thanks for describing "dry fry" because I had no idea what that meant! :]

TAMMYCLARK62

thanks for the info.....I have never heard of these but I am definitely going to look for some...love trying new foods especially when they are low calorie or calorie free

dianesmart

Awesome post! Thank you!

TheLongRunner

Fine...I will try them again. This time I will dry fry and see if I still hate them.

lleabrooks

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IvoryParchment

I tried them a while ago. I had no trouble with the fishy odor. I've used Nam Pla (Thai fish sauce), so I knew how much cooking at high temperature changed the taste of stuff like that. I dry-fried them just on my gut instinct.

But I wouldn't think of them as a replacement for wheat pasta. I think of them as a replacement for bean thread noodles or soba in asian foods.

Hardemanwifey

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3laine75

Yeeeees, I remember my experimantation with the cauliflower mashed potatoes...

Now, these noodles... The UK is rubbish for this. I can only find them at $4.52 each PLUS $3.85 shipping (PER BAG!) on Amazon. The best rate I've found is on zeronoodles.com which gives me $10 for 4 bags plus $9.49 total shipping - that's still pretty high compared to the US prices. I have a local Asian market but they don't stock them. I guess I have to ask myself how much money I'll save on snacks.

Hi

I'm in the UK too. I get mine from japancentre website. think they are still around the £" mark tho.

3laine75

£2 btw. damn capslock!!

3laine75

preaching to the converted on the shiritake noodles. just boiled with everything else for chicken noodle soup (no residue off them like other noodles)....AMAZING

6mimi

I have been wanting to give these a try. Thanks for the post/info. I love trying new healthy foods!

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andreanicole686

LOVE the post Chelle! I grew up eating these noodles (my mother from Japan) so it cracks me up to see all they hype. However, I have never prepared them in the dry-fry method you mentioned. I have only used them in traditional stir-fry type dishes and once I used them in a Chinese Chicken Salad in place of crunchy ramen noodles.

I cant wait to go home and try the dry-fry! (my inner foodie geekness is coming out....) Also looking forward to checking out your blog for more shiratiki ideas!

ps: Asian Markets in rural Georgia? Hah, who'dda thunk it! I gotta get out more! lolll!

I love it!

I suspect that stir frying the noodles, as you do, accomplishes pretty much the same thing as my dry fry method-- so you may not notice a huge difference.

As for the Asian markets-- we have an Air Force Base about 40 minutes away, so I have a feeling that's why we're blessed with so many of them. (Yay for me!)

Good luck!

-Chelle

How do you dry fry? I mean put them on the stove top in a pan and bake? I tried them before but never this way.

outtanms

thanks for posting. I will try these.