home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes,rec.food.cooking
- From: japlady@nwu.edu (Rebecca Radnor)
- Subject: SOBA SALAD
- Message-ID: <199412091845.AA230698751@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 18:45:56 GMT
-
- SOBA SALAD
-
- Preparation time: 20 minutes
- Cooking time: 4 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings
-
- adapted from "The Book of Soba," The broth can be an instant Japanese
- flavor base available in Japanese food shops.
-
- 1 1/4 cups chilled chicken or seafood broth, see recipe below
- 12 stalks asparagus
- 1/4 red onion
- 1 cucumber
- 2 tomatoes
- 4 leaves lettuce
- 1 1/4 pounds ham, optional
- 1 1/4 pounds homemade soba noodles or
- 1 pound dried soba noodles
- 1 tablespoon each: mayonnaise, French salad dressing
-
- 1. Make the broth and chill it in the refrigerator (see recipe below).
-
- 2. Trim asparagus and boil 3 to 4 minutes in lightly salted water in a
- large pot. Remove and cool in a bowl of cold water.
-
- 3. Slice onion thinly. Wash and peel cucumber, quarter lengthwise and cut
- into bite-size chunks. Wash lettuce and tear into small pieces. Slice each
- tomato into 8 wedges. Dice the ham. Cut asparagus into 2-inch lengths.
-
- 4. Boil, rinse and drain noodles.
-
- 5. Line individual bowls with the lettuce. Add the noodles and garnish with
- vegetables. Pour in broth and add a dollop of mayonnaise and French
- dressing to each. Mix well before eating.
-
- JAPANESE BROTH
-
- Preparation time: 5 minutes
- Cooking time: 12 minutes Cooling time: 2 hours
- or more
- Yield: 4 cups
-
- Here is a simple, Japanese-style broth. Mirin (a sweet rice wine) and
- bonito flakes (dried fish) can be obtained from Japanese food shops or
- other specialty food stores.
-
- 1 ounce bonito flakes
- 4 cups water
- 1 cup each: soy sauce, mirin
-
- 1. Place bonito flakes and water in a pot and heat over a high flame.
-
- 2. When broth starts to boil, skim off white foam and lower heat to medium
- low for 2 minutes. Flame should be hot enough to just keep flakes aloft and
- moving.
-
- 3. Pour through a cloth-covered strainer, then return to stove. Turn flame
- to high and when broth begins to boil at rim, add soy sauce and mirin.
- Return to boil, then turn off heat and remove pot from stove. Cool several
- hours in refrigerator.
-
-
-
-
-