Chilled salads on a warm summer evening or afternoon is just what summer calls for and this Soba Noodle Salad with Miso Ginger Dressing is packed with delightful Asian flavors and can be made within minutes.
I enjoy a good noodle salad with vegetables scattered throughout and this one is so delicious and it’s loaded with asparagus, carrots, cabbage and fresh herbs. Soba noodles cook up quickly in a boiling bath, along with asparagus and carrots, which only need a simple blanch (couple minutes in the water). What’s great about this salad is that you can prepare the noodles and vegetables in one pot and the dressing in a bowl — creating a magnificent meal in no time at all.
The dressing is a mix of miso, fresh ginger, soy sauce, a minced jalapeno, and rice wine vinegar — mostly pantry items. The flavors meld together — Soba, vegetables and the dressing — better than a box of take-out with so much more freshness. You can eat this salad at room temperature or chilled from the refrigerator — it’s simply delicious.
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Ingredients
9 ounces dried Soba noodles
3 large carrots, peeled and sliced
8 stalks asparagus, trimmed into quarters
Dressing
1/4 cup yellow miso
1/4 cup good soy sauce
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
2 tablespoons sesame oil
1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
1 small jalapeno, diced (seeds removed from half)
1 heaping tablespoon honey
1/2 bunch fresh cilantro, roughly chopped
4 scallions, sliced
juice of 1 lime
(Serves 8)
To Prepare:
- Boil a large pot of water over high heat. Add Soba noodles, carrots and asparagus. Blanch for 4 mintues and strain into a colander in the sink. Rinse with cold water to stop cooking.
- In a large bowl, whisk together all dressing ingredients.
- Toss soba and vegetables in bowl with dressing, until combined.
- Eat at room temperature or refrigerate before serving. Enjoy!
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