No images? Click here Double-Bean MazemenBy now, we're sure all the people who stocked up on dried beans will agree that a) dried beans, when cooked well, are incredibly good to eat but b) the best things to eat can become tiresome if you eat them all the time. And even when confronted with a pot of perfectly cooked, plump and creamy beans, with a broth that's almost as good as the beans themselves, fortified as it is with vegetables like onion, carrot, and celery, you might now find yourself craving something else—literally anything else!—since no matter what you do with a bean, no matter how good it is to eat, it's still pretty bean-y. If you're wondering what you can do to mix up your bean-based diet, why don't you try turning those creamy beans and their delicious broth into a bean-based noodle dish, like this double-bean mazemen? Mazemen, which translates from Japanese to "mixed noodles," is basically ramen without the broth: slippery alkaline noodles are combined with a (very) savory sauce, aromatic oil, and topped with whatever you might have on hand. They're a delicious yet low-effort way to use up leftovers—roasted meats, poached chicken breast, stir-fried vegetables, you name it—and often they rely on pantry staples, like soy sauce and rice vinegar, so the hardest thing to find is usually the noodles themselves. The kitchen essential Kitchen Tongs Tongs are the best tool to toss and stir noodles so that they can properly mingle with the sauce. More vegetarian recipes |