Hoto Noodles | A Kawaguchi-ko Specialty at Home

Hoto Noodles are thick noodles from the five lakes region of Yamanashi prefecture, the area where Mt. Fuji is. They are wide, flat noodles simmered in a miso broth with kabocha (Japanese pumpkin) and other vegetables. It’s an easy, hearty and satisfying bowl of soup and noodles. Learn this regional speciality in this video.

Links to order speciality ingredients are provided below.

Ingredients for 3-4 servings:

300-400g of hoto noodles (or tagliatelle)
200g of thinly sliced pork
¼ kabocha
⅛ of a napa cabbage
½ carrots
¼ daikon
4-5 shiitake mushrooms or ½ bunch of shimeji
1 long green onion
2 abura-age (fried tofu)

7 cups water
1 tbsp of dashi*
2 tbsp of miso*

For the topping:
Shichimi (seven-spice)*

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0:00 Intro
0:09 Brief Background
1:04 The Ingredients
2:58 Let’s Start the Hot Pot
4:19 Noodles In!
4:53 Add Miso & Serve
6:20 Tasting & Outro

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