Tokyo

Zaru soba

Name: Zaru soba
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups for the dipping sauce water; a 5 cm piece kombu; a loose handful bonito flakes; 3 tbsp plus 1 tsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp sugar; 2 bundles soba noodles; a small piece finely grated radish (daikon radish, mooli); 1 stalk finely sliced spring onion (green onion, scallion); 1 sheet in thin strips nori sheets

Cold buckwheat noodles, a dipping sauce, and summer suddenly feels manageable.

25 minTime

19 gProtein each

mildSpice

Noodles on a bamboo tray3 chapters · 2 min read

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Grandma's wayCold buckwheat noodles with a dashi and soy dipping sauce.

The original

371kcalsame

19 gproteinsame

5 gfibresame

25minutessame

Zaru soba, the Tokyo classic.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Water1¼ cups, for the dipping sauce

Kombua 5 cm piece

Bonito flakesa loose handful

Soy sauce3 tbsp plus 1 tsp

Sugar1 tbsp

Soba noodles2 bundles

Radish (daikon radish, mooli)a small piece, finely grated

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)1 stalk, finely sliced

Nori sheets1 sheet, in thin strips

Method

4 steps

1Make a small dashi with the water, kombu and bonito. Add soy and sugar, simmer 2 minutes, strain and chill.
2Cook the soba in plenty of boiling water, stirring at first, for the time on the pack.
3Drain and rinse under cold running water, rubbing gently, then plunge into ice water.
4Drain well and pile on a bamboo tray or plate. Top with nori. Serve the dip with radish and spring onion to stir in.

Serve it like this

Pile the cold noodles on a bamboo mat or plate with nori on top, the dip in a small cup, and radish and spring onion in tiny dishes alongside.

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Zaru soba

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Ingredients

Method

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