Cool Soba Noodle Salad

Name: Cool Soba Noodle Salad
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: soba noodles; cucumbers; carrots; celery; napa cabbage leaves; scallions, spring or green onions; cilantro; soy sauce, tamari; rice vinegar; mirin (sweet seasoning); chili sauce; sesame oil; sesame seeds; eggs; iceberg lettuce

Submitted by happyzhangbo

Assorted fresh crunchy vegetables, sour, sweet and spicy sauce, and soba noodles make this quick, easy and tasty cool summer salad!

YIELD

4 servings

PREP

10 min

COOK

5 min

READY

20 min

Ingredients

POUND SOBA NOODLES
cook according to the direction on the package *

CUCUMBERS
slice into matchsticks

CARROTS
slice into matchsticks

STALKS CELERY
thinly sliced *

NAPA CABBAGE LEAVES
thinly sliced *

SCALLIONS, SPRING OR GREEN ONIONS
thinly sliced

CUP CILANTRO
freshly chopped

For the sauce

TABLESPOONS SOY SAUCE, TAMARI
or to taste

TABLESPOON RICE VINEGAR
or to taste

TEASPOON MIRIN (SWEET SEASONING)
or honey *

TABLESPOON CHILI SAUCE
korean style, or use hot chili sauce and ketchup to make a very similar sweet, sour and spicy sauce, the rito according to your

TABLESPOON SESAME OIL

To serve

TABLESPOON SESAME SEEDS
toasted

LARGE EGGS
fried individually, optional

ICEBERG LETTUCE
leaves, torn into bite size, or any mixed greens *

Directions

In a large mixing bowl, mix together cucumber, carrot, celery, cabbage, scallions and cilantros until well combined.

In a small bowl, add the soy sauce, vinegar, mirin or honey, korean chili sauce (or hot chili sauce and ketchup) and sesame oil, mix until well blended. Pour the sauce over the vegetables, stir until well coated.

Add the noodles into the bowl, mix again until noodles are well coated and combined. Place the lettuce leaves on each of serving plate.

Arrange equal portion of soba noodle salad on top of lettuce on each plate. Sprinkle some toasted sesame seeds.

Serve with a fried egg if desired. (or/and with kimchee, that’s my way, haha) Enjoy!