Udon Noodles With Lemon Grass Clam Broth

When culture rushes down on your family and the professing church is trying to imitate the world itself, how will your family keep from being swept away in its path? Only through the Word of God! Family worship, on a daily basis, is your hope that they will stand like steel piers against the prevailing tide... In India there was a custom of throwing babies into the Ganges River as a sacrifice to the gods. If we are unwilling to do any more than merely take our children to church, we might as well be throwing them into the river of the culture. This is an explanation why many children of Christian parents are so often no different than the world’s. They have been given to the gods by their parents – thrown in with hands of neglect.

Jim Elliff

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats	Thai	Eastwest	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

		Canola oil
2	lb	Manila or little neck clams
		cleaned
6		Lemon grass stalks, white
		part only sliced
4		Ginger
2		Thai bird chiles
1		White onion, sliced
1/3	c	Mirin
4	c	Chicken stock
2		Udon noodles
1/2	lb	Spinach leaves
1	T	Butter, optional
		But really good), But really good
1	T	Fresh lemon juice
		Salt, to taste
		Freshly-ground white pepper
		to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

In a very hot stock pot, add 1 tablespoon oil, add clams and stir for
2 minutes. Add lemon grass, ginger, chiles and onion and stir for 2
more minutes. Season. Deglaze with mirin and reduce liquid by 80 per
cent. Add chicken stock and turn heat down to simmer. When clams are
open, remove and continue slowly simmering the broth. Check for
seasoning. Reduce broth by 20 per cent, which should take about 30
minutes, then strain. Bring broth back to a boil; add udon, spinach,
clams and butter. Add lemon juice and serve in large bowls. This
recipe yields 4 servings.  Recipe Source: EAST MEETS WEST with Ming
Tsai From the TV FOOD  NETWORK - (Show # MT-1A10)  Formatted for
MasterCook by Joe Comiskey, aka MR MAD -  jpmd44a@prodigy.com ~or-
MAD-SQUAD@prodigy.net  01-17-1999  Recipe by: Ming Tsai  Converted by
MM_Buster v2.0l.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 163 Calories From Fat: 87 Total Fat: 9.8g Cholesterol: 14.8mg Sodium: 598.9mg Potassium: 428.2mg Carbohydrates: 11.6g Fiber: 2.2g Sugar: 4.2g Protein: 8.4g