I've heard talk of these on ASDLC, and there's an Asian grocery store near where I live, so I went out and bought a package. They are made from a kind of yam, and even though yams are usually starchy, the noodles are ultra low-carb.

The noodles come packed in water, in a 7-oz. packet, which looks like two smallish servings, or one substantial one.

According to the web site (forgot the URL, sorry! maybe I can find it again):

1 oz. serving: 0 calories, 0 gm. fat, 0 gm. protein, <1 gm. carb.

There must be less than .25 gm carbs per ounce, or the calorie count would be more than 0. Therefore, a 7-oz. packet would be 1.75 gm. carbs, max.

This sounds too good to be true!

I haven't tried them yet. The Japanese make sukiyaki out of them, which seems to be a sort of meat/veg/noodle stew, seasoned with soy sauce (what else?), ginger, etc. I'll let you know how the taste test goes, probably in a couple of days.

Rachel

Rachel have you tried these yet?? Curious as to your opinion.

And, have you tried the pappadum noodles yet?

Karen

a.k.a. "konyaka" or "konnyaku" or variations on this. There are sweets out there made with this stuff as well, "conjac jellies", but they have added sugar.

Interesting, the phonetic nature of naming "new" products on the Pacific Rim !

this was the key ingredient (Konyaku or Konnyaku) in an Iron Chef OverTime session, showing on Food Network, a couple of days ago??!! In sheets and blocks, not in noodle bundles. Considered mainly a Chinese cuisine ingredient (?), used most in Szechuan.

There was a toss-off remark in background from one of the Peanut (um, Tasters') Gallery that it had no calories... which tends to fall in line with the labelling that indicates it's almost all fiber.

Inntteerreesting

Hmm. I've never seen it used in Chinese food, only Japanese. It's usually rubbed with salt, rinsed and then simmered.

There is a great Japanese winter dish called Oden that has HB eggs, tofu, fish paste balls/patties, konyaku, daikon...all simmered in a slightly sweet chicken stock with a bit of soy.

I made a LC version last year that was fab. You eat it with really hot mustard.

All this kibbeh and konyaku talk is making me crazy!

Karen

Sorry about that, Karen. The Konnyaku should be a fine LC food (more fiber is better, right?) and I'm working on the Kibbeh seasoning thing!

Matter of fact, just took a toodle down to that ME store I've been meaning to check out and got locked in there for an hour!

I'll post the results of that in the parsley-and-pinenut recipe thread....

I just bought some Japanese wet noodles I recieved 10 packages with 3 servings a pack The carb count is 3 carbs per serving, 3g of fiber per serving they are advertised as the new lowcarb diet food. They are vacuumed packed very clean. The link is
http://www.konjacfoods.com Pat S

Pat, if there are any Japanese grocery stores in your area, you can find them there too. Some larger Chinese grocery stores also cary them.

They also go by the name of shirataki noodles and devil's tonge jelly.

Karen

What do these noodles taste like? I had low carb pasta before and yeck!
Thanks

Hi,
The tastes a lot like cellophane noodles I made stir fried veggies and chicken and mixed them in it was good I have missed chinese food. They really take on the flavor of what they are in, no soy so you don't have that strong flavor. Pat S.

Karen,
Is it true there is nothing in them to throw us off track. I would love to be able to go shopping for them. I live down the Coast in Oregon from you not very Populated down here so no large stores. Oh that's not true a Super Walmart. LOL Pat S

More about these high-fiber net zero carb noodles (long used as Japanese diet food, by the way) in the Canada support forum at this link here, http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=100179.

Good stuff.

We tried Konnyaku noodles tonight with stir fried veggies (as a side dish). They were soooo good They look and taste like the bean thread style noodles that come with sukiyaki. They're made from some kind of potato/yam. I think I could eat them as part of a stir fry dish many times a week without getting tired of them. Yummmmmm.

There was a wide assortment of Konnyaku noodles at the Japanese market near our home (they are refridgerated - - in the same area as tofu) and cost about $1.50 a pkg.

The nutritional info is amazing. 5 cals/ 2 carbs per serving.


Susan

At our nearby Asian foodmarket I found something in the refrigerated section called "Konnyaku", but it wasn't noodles...it was a solid yam cake. The carbs were quite low, however...I was surprised. Question: Do you make noodles with the yam cake? Or...are there separate Konnyaku noodles...and should I keep looking?