Soba are buckwheat noodles and can be cooked in many ways. Soba salad isn't a traditional Japanese dish but is a refreshing dish to make.
Ingredients:
- 5 oz. dried soba buckwheat noodles
- 1/2 cup shredded carrots
- 1 yellow bell pepper, cored and julienned
- 1 small cucumber, julienned
- 4 lettuce leaves, torn into bite-size pieces
- *For dressing
- 3 Tbsp dashi soup
- 2 Tbsp soy sauce
- 1 1/2 Tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 Tbsp mirin
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1/2 tsp wasabi paste *optional
Preparation:
Boil dried soba noodles, following the package instructions. It usually takes a couple minutes to boil soba. Drain and cool soba noodles in cold water and gently wash them with hands. Drain well and set aside. Mix all the ingredients for dressing in a small bowl.
Place soba noodles, carrot, yellow bell pepper, cucumber in a large bowl. Pour the dressing over them and mix well. Line a serving bowl with lettuce leaves. Serve soba salad on lettuce leaves.
*Makes 4 servings
*Makes 4 servings