Japanese Soba Noodles

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 10 ounces soba noodles (buckwheat noodles)
• 3 cups dashi
• 3/4 cup dark soy sauce
• 1/3 cup mirin
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 2 ounces dried bonito flakes, tied in cheesecloth
• 3 sheets toasted nori
• 1 -2 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
• 1 -2 tablespoon grated horseradish
• 1/2 cup finely chopped green onion
• 1/2 cup finely grated daikon radish

Recipe

• 1 bring pan of salted water to a boil; add soba noodles; cook 5 minutes.
• 2 add some cold water, then bring to a boil again, then cook until tender.
• 3 drain noodles and rinse in cold water.
• 4 arrange noodles on serving plates.
• 5 bring dashi, soy sauce, mirin, and sugar to a boil and cook for 2 minutes.
• 6 add bonito flake bundle and remove from heat; allow to steep for 20 minutes, then remove.
• 7 cool sauce by placing pan in ice.
• 8 cut toasted nori sheets into thin narrow strips and sprinkle over noodles.
• 9 serve noodles with mounds of ginger or horseradish, green onion, daikon, and individual bowls of sauce.
• 10 to serve, mix in either ginger or horseradish, in addition to green onions, daikon into the noodles at the table, then dip noodles into the sauce.