Watch Jacques Pepin Fast Food My Way 3: Use Your Noodle

Jacques Pepin Fast Food My Way 3: Use Your Noodle is a culinary journey hosted by legendary French chef Jacques Pepin. With a focus on quick and easy noodle dishes, this episode showcases Pepin's signature style of cooking that combines simplicity with deliciousness. The episode begins with Pepin introducing his favorite type of noodles, including soba, udon, and ramen. He explains how each type of noodle has a different flavor and texture, and how they can be used to create a variety of dishes.

The first dish Pepin prepares is a simple and comforting soba noodle soup. With just a few ingredients, including chicken broth, ginger, and garlic, Pepin creates a flavorful broth that is poured over cooked soba noodles and topped with sliced scallions and cilantro. This dish is perfect for a quick and nourishing meal on a cold day.

Next up is a spicy stir-fry made with udon noodles and Chinese sausage. Pepin demonstrates how to cook the noodles to perfection and then stir-fries them with sliced sausage, onions, and bell peppers. A simple homemade sauce made with soy sauce, rice vinegar, and chili oil adds just the right amount of heat and flavor to the dish.

Pepin then moves on to a classic ramen noodle soup with a twist. Instead of the traditional pork broth, he makes a flavorful broth with chicken stock, miso paste, and dried shiitake mushrooms. He adds cooked ramen noodles, sliced mushrooms, and spinach to the broth, and then tops the dish with a soft-boiled egg and sliced scallions. The result is a hearty, satisfying soup that is perfect for a cold winter day.

For a lighter and more refreshing dish, Pepin prepares a cold soba noodle salad with a citrus dressing. He cooks the soba noodles and then tosses them with sliced cucumbers, carrots, and scallions. He then whips up a dressing made with orange juice, rice vinegar, and soy sauce, which he drizzles over the noodles and vegetables. This dish is perfect for a summer day or as a side dish to a barbecue.

Lastly, Pepin shows how to make a quick and easy peanut noodle dish that is perfect for a weeknight dinner. He cooks spaghetti noodles and tosses them with a peanut sauce made with peanut butter, soy sauce, honey, and sesame oil. He then adds sliced chicken and chopped cilantro, and garnishes the dish with chopped peanuts for a crunchy texture.

Throughout the episode, Pepin provides tips and tricks for cooking with noodles, such as how to properly cook different types of noodles, how to customize sauces to suit your taste, and how to use noodles as a base for a variety of different dishes. His infectious enthusiasm and love for cooking shines through in every dish he prepares, making Jacques Pepin Fast Food My Way 3: Use Your Noodle a must-watch for any food lover.