Classic Cold Soba Food

In Japan, where it gets plenty hot in the summer, cold soba noodles, served with a dipping sauce, are a common snack or light meal. Soba are brown noodles, made from wheat and buckwheat, and the sauce is based on dashi, the omnipresent Japanese stock. You would recognize the smell of dashi in an instant, even if you have never knowingly eaten it. It's a brilliant concoction based on kelp, a seaweed and dried bonito flakes. It is also among the fastest and easiest stocks you can make, and its two main ingredients - which you can buy in any store specializing in Asian foods - keep indefinitely in your pantry. I would encourage you to try making it, though you can also use chicken stock (or instant dashi, which is sold in the same stores).

Provided by Mark Bittman

Categories     dinner, easy, lunch, quick, noodles, main course, side dish

Time 30m

Yield 2 to 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 233, UnsaturatedFat 1 gram, Carbohydrate 46 grams, Fat 1 gram, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 11 grams, SaturatedFat 0 grams, Sodium 1411 milligrams, Sugar 1 gram

Cold, nutty soba noodles pair perfectly with a soy sauce and mirin dipping sauce.

Provided by Chichi Wang

Categories     Entree     Pasta

Time 25m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 11

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : Calories 171 kcal, Carbohydrate 30 g, Cholesterol 1 mg, Fiber 1 g, Protein 8 g, SaturatedFat 0 g, Sodium 2408 mg, Sugar 14 g, Fat 1 g, ServingSize 4, UnsaturatedFat 0 g