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Japanese cold noodle soba made with edamame noodles being picked up with a pair of chopsticks.
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Japanese Soba

A Japanese soba recipe, learn how to make authentic Japanese soba noodles with homemade mentsuyu dipping sauce. Perfect for a refreshing meal on a hot day!
Course Main Course
Cuisine Japanese
Keyword Japanese soba, mentsuyu recipe
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 2
Calories 627kcal

Ingredients

  • 4 oz Buckwheat Soba Noodles
  • 1/3 Cup Japanese Sake
  • 1/4 Cup Soy Sauce
  • 2 tbsp Sweetener your preferred sweetener
  • 1 1/2 Cup Bonito Flakes can sub with 1/4 tsp of hondashi
  • 2 1/2 tbsp Cold Water add more water for lighter sauce
  • 1 Stalk Green Onion
  • 1/2 Inch Ginger

Instructions

  • Gather all the ingredients.
    Ingredients for Japanese soba.
  • Finely slice green onions and transfer to serving plate.
    Chopped green onions.
  • Grind down ginger with grater and transfer to serving plate.
    Grated ginger.
  • Combine Japanese cooking sake, soy sauce, sweetener, and bonito flakes or hondashi in a saucepan. Bring to a light boil and simmer for 1 minute. Remove from heat and strain into a bowl, pressing out excess sauce from the bonito flakes. Stir in 2 1/2 tbsp of cool water, then divide the sauce among servings. Adjust thickness by adding more water if desired. Note - if using hondashi, no need to strain the sauce.
    Mentsuyu sauce being made.
  • Add soba noodles to a pot with boiling water and follow cooking instructions indicated on package. Once cooked, use a strainer and wash in cold water. Transfer to serving plate.
    Cooked soba nooldes in a strainer.
  • To serve, add chosen toppings to the mentsuyu dipping sauce and mix thoroughly. Then, dip a small amount of noodles into the sauce.
    Soba noodles dipped in mentsuyu sauce.

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Nutrition

Calories: 627kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 122g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 119mg | Sodium: 2095mg | Potassium: 1603mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 60IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 1mg