There are a couple of things to be aware of. But it turns out an electric kettle can be useful even for making noodles of the non-instant variety, as shown by Japanese Twitter user hails from Kagawa, which is so famous for udon noodles that it’s jokingly called “Udon Prefecture.” As a staple food of the region, Kagawa’s residents of course spend a lot of time every year cooking udon, which would ordinarily entail boiling a pot of water, tossing in the noodles, then stirring them as they cook.Īt some point, though, came up with a quicker way of getting things done: just toss the uncooked noodles into the kettle along with the necessary amount of water and flash cook them with the press of a button.ĭespite the unorthodox cooking method, says the resulting noodles aren’t soggy or mushy, an also promises that they taste just as good as udon made in the traditional manner. It also comes in handy if I’m craving noodles, since the spout makes it easy to pour into cup ramen.
All I have to do is fill it from the tap, flip the switch, and in seconds I’ve got a pot of boiling water with which to make tea, coffee, or hot chocolate. Cooking udon, or any other kind of fresh pasta, just got a whole lot easier.Įxcluding the pot of leftover curry and can of Ebisu sitting in my fridge, I think my T-fal electric kettle might be the most wonderful thing in my kitchen.