Soba Noodle Salad

Name: Soba Noodle Salad
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp minced peeled ginger; 1 Tbsp low-sodium soy sauce; 3 Tbsps rice vinegar; 710 milliliters vegetables (choose 2 to 5 items from; 2 Tbsps Asian sesame oil; 227 grams buckwheat soba noodles; 355 milliliters protein (choose 1 item from; 1 teaspoons wasabi powder (optional; see notes)

Soba Noodle Salad requires roughly 45 minutes from start to finish. For $3.17 per serving, you get a main course that serves 3. Watching your figure? This vegan recipe has 636 calories, 57g of protein, and 12g of fat per serving. Head to the store and pick up wasabi powder, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the ginger you could follow this main course with the Ginger Cake with Crystallized Ginger Frosting as a dessert.

Instructions

In a 5- to 6-quart pan over high heat, bring about 3 quarts water to a boil.

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Water

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Frying Pan

Add noodles and cook until tender to bite, 3 to 6 minutes.

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Pasta

Drain noodles and rinse gently under cold running water until cool.

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Pasta

Water

Meanwhile, in a large bowl, mix rice vinegar, sesame oil. soy sauce, ginger, and wasabi, if using.

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Rice Vinegar

Sesame Oil

Soy Sauce

Ginger

Wasabi

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Bowl

Pour about half the dressing into a small container; cover and reserve.

Add noodles to large bowl and mix to coat; cover and chill until cold, about 1 hour, or up to 1 day.

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Pasta

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Just before serving, add protein, vegetables, and reserved dressing to noodles; mix to coat.

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Vegetable

Pasta

Protien Options: Sliced tofu, shredded chicken, cooked shrimp

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Shredded Chicken

Shrimp

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Vegetable Options: Baby spinach leaves, sliced green onions, orange segments, slivered Napa cabbage, shredded carrots, snow peas, thinly sliced red or yellow bell peppers, sliced cucumbers, broccoli florets

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Baby Spinach