Summer is salad season, and while noodle salad may not seem like a light dish, the crunch and freshness of romaine lettuce and thin strips of cucumber are what makes this soba noodle salad refreshing and satisfying.
This recipe was inspired by a similar soba salad I ate at Namu Gaji, a restaurant in San Francisco. I replicated the crunch of the vegetables with the sweet-spicy vinaigrette, which I made with sesame oil and gochujang, the distinctive Korean chili paste.
Some of the ingredients, like the pine nuts, kimchi and microgreens, are optional. But you definitely can’t skip the romaine, cucumbers and, of course, soba noodles.
Korean-style soba noodle salad
Makes four servings
6 ounces dried soba noodles
1 small head of romaine lettuce (about 2 to 3 cups)
1 Belgian endive
1 English cucumber
2 medium carrots
1 1/2 ounces microgreens
Toasted pine nuts and kimchi for garnish
Dressing:
1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
1/4 cup good quality extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons sesame oil
1-2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon gochujang paste
Boil water in a large pot. Add soba noodles with some salt. Cook per package instructions (typically 4 minutes) and drain. Rinse in cold water and drain again, then set aside. (Tip: It’s important to rinse the noodles so they don’t get gummy. After rinsing, add a drizzle of sesame oil and mix to keep the noodles from clumping.)
Chop lettuce and endive lengthwise into thin shreds. Remove seeds from cucumber and cut into long thin, julienned strips like noodles. Do the same for the carrots. Toss lettuce, endive, cucumber, carrots and microgreens in a large salad bowl. Add soba noodles and garnish with kimchi and toasted pine nuts.
In a small bowl, whisk all the ingredients together for the dressing. It’s important to taste to see if you need more sugar or vinegar. When it’s to your taste, drizzle the dressing on the salad right before serving. Eat immediately.
Benjamin Seto is the voice behind Focus:Snap:Eat, where you can find additional recipes from his Oakland kitchen.
August 21, 2020 at 12:52AM
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