{"id":16236,"date":"2013-02-20T10:57:08","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T17:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=16236"},"modified":"2013-02-20T10:57:09","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T17:57:09","slug":"beef-with-udon-noodles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2013\/02\/beef-with-udon-noodles\/","title":{"rendered":"Beef with Udon Noodles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2013\/02\/beef-with-udon-noodles\/asian_beef_noodles3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16239\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16239\" alt=\"Beef with Udon Noodles\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/asian_beef_noodles3-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/asian_beef_noodles3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/asian_beef_noodles3-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/asian_beef_noodles3.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> I love leftovers. I know they get a bad rap but I think that just stems from people not being creative with what they have in the fridge. Leftovers have the ability to turn into something totally new. It&#8217;s all about how you view the food before you.<\/p>\n<p>I was rummaging around in the freezer earlier this week when I spied a package of leftover prime rib roast chunks. \u00a0We had that for Christmas dinner.<\/p>\n<p>Knowing that I needed to use that right now or it was history, I pulled the package out and started brain storming what I could make.<\/p>\n<p>I asked Scott if he would rather have stir fry or an Asian inspired noodle dish. \u00a0He went with noodles and Beef with Udon Noodles was born.<\/p>\n<p>It was easy to put together, the longest prep was waiting for the water to boil for the noodles.<\/p>\n<p>I cooked one 8oz package of udon noodles first, drained and let those hang out while I sauteed up some chopped:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carrots<\/li>\n<li>Red Onion<\/li>\n<li>Broccoli<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The leftover prime rib was already in chunks that I then cut up into smaller pieces to make them more bite size.<\/p>\n<p>I created a sauce like the one for<a title=\"Pad Thai\" href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/12\/pad-thai\/\"> Pad Thai<\/a>. \u00a0Once the veggies were warmed through, I added in the beef and noodles. \u00a0Poured the sauce over top, tossed and served.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2013\/02\/beef-with-udon-noodles\/asian_beef_noodles2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16238\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16238\" alt=\"Beef with Udon Noodles.\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/asian_beef_noodles2-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/asian_beef_noodles2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/asian_beef_noodles2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Not bad for some leftovers, right? \u00a0Bonus, it was a weeknight meal that came together really quickly.<\/p>\n<p>See, leftovers don&#8217;t have to be boring. \u00a0Now what are you going to make with your leftovers this week?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love leftovers. I know they get a bad rap but I think that just stems from people not being creative with what they have in the fridge. Leftovers have the ability to turn into something totally new. It&#8217;s all about how you view the food before you. I was rummaging around in the freezer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58,33],"tags":[13,30],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-4dS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16236"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}