Shirataki Noodles

[Chucklehead]

Has anyone cooked with these yet?

I've bought a few packets and will give them a go, but are there preferred styles or methods of cooking? I've heard that they can smell a bit fishy?!

Will be opening them tomorrow

[NK51XXX]

Interested in this also, I purchased some zero noodles from amazon yesterday as well.

Currently on a Low Calorie diet and these seem perfect to bulk food up with, a friend of mine into his muscle building swears by them, he chucks them in a wok and makes a stir fry with chicken out of them.(he washes them thoroughly first - to remove any funny smells)

[Melman Giraffe]

Some brands may require rinsing or par-boiling as the water they are packaged in has an odor that may be unpleasant to those not accustomed to it.

[Chucklehead]

I'll give it a bash tomorrow and report back!

[sidekickdmr]

What are these noodles then? what are they made from?

[Melman Giraffe]

konnyaku soi

[Chucklehead]

Thoughts are that they aren't too pad. Raw, there is a definite fishy scent. Very much like prawn crackers.

I gave them a good wash in water and then fried them in a wok at very high temperature for two or three minutes and added to the rest of the stir fry.

They lack the stringy bite that I like from fine noodles but really not bad at all. I'll finish what I've bought but I don't know if they'll make a regular feature

[dapprman]

Funny enough this thread resulted in me cooking Nikujaga (Japanese meat and potato stew) as my version has konyaku in it.

BTW shirataki/konyaku is made from yam.