🇯🇵 Japanese Vegetarian

Cucumber Soba

Name: Cucumber 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; 3 Cucumber; 250 g Noodles; 2 tbsp Neutral Oil; 2 sheets Nori Seaweed; 250 g Soba Noodles; 4 tbsp Mentsuyu Sauce

🇯🇵 Japanese

Springy noodles, tender cucumber and a savoury-sweet glaze, tossed together in minutes. 17 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 12 min Cook 5 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Ginger3 cloves, minced
Spring Onions3, sliced
Soy Sauce2 tbsp
Cucumber3
Noodles250 g
Neutral Oil2 tbsp
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 cucumber 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.

Cook it with your pantry → Share this page: /dish/3275

Watch how it's made

Video: Soba Noodle Salad with Mango and Cucumber · on YouTube