Cold Noodle Salad With Sesame Crab

• 3 cups water
• 1/2 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
• 1/2 cup mirin
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 4 ounces uncooked dried udon noodles (thick, round Japanese wheat noodles)
• 1/2 cup fresh or frozen English peas
• 1/2 cup fresh lump crabmeat, picked and drained
• 2 teaspoons thinly sliced green onions
• 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon rind
• 4 cilantro sprigs
• 1 jalapeno, seeded and thinly sliced
• Hot chili oil (optional)

1. Combine first 4 ingredients in a medium saucepan; bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Add noodles; cook until al dente, about 3 minutes. Place noodles and broth in a small bowl. Set bowl in a larger bowl of ice water; cool noodles completely, about 10 minutes. Drain noodles. Discard broth.
2. Bring a small saucepan of water to a boil. Add peas; cook 1 minute. Drain and plunge peas into ice water. Drain well.
3. Divide noodles between 2 bowls. Top each with half of crabmeat; stir gently. Divide peas between bowls. Top with onions, rind, cilantro, and jalapeno. Drizzle with chili oil, if desired.

water, soy sauce, mirin, sesame oil, udon noodles, peas, fresh lump crabmeat, green onions, lemon rind, cilantro, jalapeno, chili oil

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/cold-noodle-salad-sesame-crab (may not work)