Japanese
Zaru Soba (Cold Soba Noodles with Dipping Sauce)
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Zaru Soba (Cold Soba Noodles with Dipping Sauce) is Japanese home cooking, eaten at lunch. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Bring the dashi, soy sauce, and mirin to a simmer, then chill the dipping sauce completely.
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Boil the soba noodles until just tender, about 4 minutes, then drain and rinse under cold water, rubbing gently to remove starch.
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Pile the chilled noodles onto a plate or bamboo mat and top with nori strips.
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Serve with the cold dipping sauce and scallions alongside for dunking.
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Serve it with
A Japanese lunch is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Zaru Soba (Cold Soba Noodles with Dipping Sauce), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Zaru Soba (Cold Soba Noodles with Dipping Sauce) carries gluten, soy, and fish. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | Yes | Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad) |
| Fish | Yes | Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 400 kcal
- Protein
- 16 g
- Carbs
- 82 g
- Fat
- 1 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 900 mg
- Saturated fat
- 0 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Zaru Soba (Cold Soba Noodles with Dipping Sauce) takes about 15 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch. It is at its best in summer, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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