Shirataki Noodle - Anyone try it? Like? Dislike? Ideas?

i actually liked them. I bought them at Sprout's (my husband calls it the Hippie store), it is a health food grocery store like sun harvest and whole foods. Anyway, they were in the refrigerated area where you get the yogurt and tofu. You have to rinse them in water after taking them out of the package. After getting over the whole mind game thing that it wasn't pasta I found it to be good. It has a soft, silky texture? You have to try it to understand. I searched asian stores to find them and had no luck. They were hard to find for me, and I live in a big city. Best of luck!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/536767-let-s-talk-about-shirataki-noodles

Above is a great post about them. Finally found a store near me that carries them so I'm going to pick some up...

They're kind of chewy. I love em. Rinse them and cook them before you eat them. Otherwise, they stink. The cooking gets rid of the fish smell.

- drain, rinse, microwave in a bowl for 2 mins

or

- drain, rinse, pan fry 2 minutes.

Add a wedge of laughing cow and some sazon. : ) Pretty tastey.

or add some sauce.

I like them when I'm feeling lazy and because of this I haven't experimented with many recipes, beyond just adding some vegetables to sauce I usually have already made and stored . The texture takes some getting used to, but I've found that the thinner noodles like the spaghetti and angel hair varieties are easier to handle. And yeah, the package is going to smell awful and vaguely fishy, so just make sure to wash them. A lot.

I LOVE them. I'm a huge fan of pasta, but pasta is obviously not something you should eat a lot of. I use the Shirataki noodles as a noodle substitute, and it's perfect. I understand that they are strange when you first take them out of the package, but once you cook them, you can't really tell much of a difference. My personal favorite is to use them in fettuccine alfredo. I use the Classico light alfredo sauce, add one light Laughing Cow swiss cheese wedge, and a little bit of garlic. It's delicious, super filling, and low calorie!

PS- You can usually find it around the salad/tofu section of a grocery store. I always find them on sale 2 for $5.

FOR AUSTRALIANS!

It's stocked in Woolworths, as "Slim Pasta" in the health food section near all the gluten free stuff

Shirataki are amazing, especially if you are diabetic, as they have ZERO carbs. ZERO fat 3% fiber. The key is in HOW you cook them. 1) rinse them thoroughly, I mean thoroughly. 2) Shake out the excess water. Drop them into a med-high frying pan, don't bother with oil. 3) Turn them...keep turning them. What you are doing is driving out the excess water. Once there is NO moisture in the bottom of the pan (15-20 min ?), they are ready to season. You can add meat, soy sauce, Curry powder, sesame oil, fish sauce, even spaghetti sauce. I even make alfredo. IF you add too much moisture, say soy sauce, you need to once again cook out the excess liquid. Add ingredients with liquids ones first (so you can absorb them) then things like beef, vegetables etc later, to allow you to burn off then suck up flavor. They have no flavor whatsoever, without seasoning. Nor do the ones with seaweed added taste any different. If you don't rinse them, they smell.

This cooking out the moisture does 2 things: It alters the texture to a "Pasta" consistency, not slime, and allows the ABSORPTION of flavor. If in their initial wet state, they are slick like eels (weird mouth feel) and reject all flavor.

Jonathan

Nope. To me, they have a smell that will not go away, and it's not fish. I can't describe it. It's not awful, but not nice either. After rinsing, rinsing, rinsing and boiling 3 times, then dry frying after each rinse and boil, and then cooking with garlic and other spices, they still stank my house up and had the texture of rubber and nearly made me toss my cookies. Just no.

In Canada, you can get them in the Health food refrigerated section of Loblaws.

I tried them. I didnt find they were smelly, though I expected that. I did rinse them several times, but did not dry fry them. they were fine, but as so many others have said, they are pretty tasteless and serve to bulk up whatever you are eating. I ate mine with a meaty spaghetti sauce, and it was a good meal. I would probably buy them again if I was in a spaghetti or pad thai mood.

Pasta Zero is really good. I completely recommend, particularly the fettuccine for pad thai.