Zaru Soba

Name: Zaru Soba
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 300 g soba; 400 ml dashi; 80 ml soy sauce; 60 ml mirin; 2 tsp wasabi; 3 spring onion; 1 sheet nori

Chilled buckwheat soba noodles served on a bamboo mat with cold dipping sauce, wasabi, and scallion.

prep 10 min
cook 10 min
total 20 min
serves 3
intermediate
vegetarian
Japan

Ingredients

300 g soba
400 ml dashi
80 ml soy sauce
60 ml mirin
2 tsp wasabi
3 spring onion
1 sheet nori

Steps

Simmer dashi, soy, and mirin 3 minutes, then cool completely.
Boil soba 4-5 minutes, then rinse under cold water until fully chilled.
Drain well and arrange on a bamboo mat or plate.
Pour dipping sauce into small cups and serve with wasabi and thinly sliced scallion.
Top soba with shredded nori, then dip each bite before eating.

≈ 380 kcal · 14 g protein · 76 g carbs · 3 g fat — per serving, estimate