Soba Noodle Salad

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Simple yet delicious, this chill and crunchy starter tin easy beryllium served arsenic lunch, particularly erstwhile you adhd tofu oregon cooked chicken. Chef Kaz Okochi has upgraded the dressing typically utilized present with a blend of creamy peanut butter, caller ginger, toasted sesame lipid and a spot of chili oil.

The cook advises looking for a Japanese marque of soba noodles; helium prefers utilizing greenish beverage soba noodles you find astatine Asian markets. He does not urge utilizing low-sodium soy condiment here, for amended flavor.

The dressing tin beryllium made and refrigerated a fewer days successful advance.

From Kaz Okochi, chef-owner of Kaz Sushi Bistro successful downtown Washington.

Ingredients

For the dressing

2 1/2 teaspoons sugar
1 tablespoonful plain atom vinegar
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 spoon toasted sesame oil
1 spoon chile oil
3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
One 2-inch portion caller ginger root, peeled and grated (1 tablespoon)
2 tablespoons water

For the salad

6 to 8 ounces buckwheat soba noodles (see headnote)
1 oregon 2 heads romaine lettuce hearts, torn into bite-size pieces
1 cupful shelled, frozen/defrosted edamame
6 to 8 scallions (trimmed), achromatic and light-green parts chopped bladed connected the diagonal
20 grape tomatoes, each chopped successful half
White sesame seeds, for garnish
Nori, chopped into precise bladed matchsticks, for garnish

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (with 8 ounces soba noodles)

Calories
390
Fat
11 g
Saturated Fat
2 g
Carbohydrates
60 g
Sodium
540 mg
Protein
16 g
Fiber
10 g
Sugar
11 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Kaz Okochi, chef-owner of Kaz Sushi Bistro successful downtown Washington.

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published March 23, 2016

Updated March 15, 2026