🇯🇵 Japanese Vegetarian

Kabocha Pumpkin Soba

Name: Kabocha Pumpkin Soba
Prep time: 12 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 17 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 3 cloves, minced Ginger; 3, sliced Spring Onions; 2 tbsp Soy Sauce; 250 g Noodles; 2 tbsp Neutral Oil; 500 g Kabocha Pumpkin; 2 sheets Nori Seaweed; 250 g Soba Noodles; 4 tbsp Mentsuyu Sauce

🇯🇵 Japanese

Slurpable noodles tossed with kabocha pumpkin and a bold sauce — fast, glossy and wildly satisfying. About 17 minutes from fridge to table.

Prep 12 min Cook 5 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Ginger3 cloves, minced
Spring Onions3, sliced
Soy Sauce2 tbsp
Noodles250 g
Neutral Oil2 tbsp
Kabocha Pumpkin500 g
Nori Seaweed2 sheets
Soba Noodles250 g
Mentsuyu Sauce4 tbsp

Optional extras

Shiso Leaveshandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Boil the noodles a minute shy of the packet time, drain, and toss with a splash of the Neutral Oil so they don't clump.
2
Heat the rest of the Neutral Oil in a wok until it shimmers, then flash the garlic for a few seconds.
3
Add the kabocha pumpkin and cook until just done, then splash in the soy sauce.
4
Slide the noodles in and toss vigorously for 60 seconds so every strand picks up the sauce.
5
Finish off the heat with spring onions and nori seaweed.

Chef's tip

For deeper flavour, toast the white pepper in the oil before adding anything wet.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Zaru Soba: The Japanese Noodles You’ve Never Tried / But Should! · on YouTube