Soba Beef Salad With Sesame Soy Dressing Recipes

SOBA NOODLE SALAD

Steps:

• Boil water and cook buckwheat noodles according to package directions. (Bring water to boil, do not add salt and cook for 5-7 minutes. Noodles should not be al dente but also not mushy.
• Have a bowl of cold water ready and rinse cooked buckwheat noodles well so all the sticky stuff is gone. Drain.
• Wash greens. Drain. Unless you are using baby greens, cut your greens into strips.
• You can use whatever combination - just try to have some leaves with firm texture like kale and radicchio. And greens like Perilla or Ssukkat which will add another great dimension of minty flavor.
• Make dressing: mix soy sauce, vinegar and sugar until sugar dissolves. Add sesame oil and wasabi and mix again. Add sesame seeds. If you find sesame oil fragrance too strong, you can use 1 tsp sesame oil and 2 tsp vegetable oil instead.
• When you are ready to eat, assemble the noodles and greens together in a bowl. DO NOT pour all the dressing. I use about 2 Tbs + 1 tsp dressing for 1 bundle of dry noodles. Generally, I use about 4 tsp dressing per 1 cup of cooked soba noodles. Add dressing, toss and Serve. Noodles will absorb the dressing so don't mix too much ahead of time.

SOBA & BEEF SALAD WITH SESAME-SOY DRESSING

Steps:

• Whisk mirin and ginger in a small bowl.
• Place steak in a shallow baking dish or pie pan. Pour mirin mixture over the steak; turn to coat. Cover and marinate in the refrigerator for at least 30 min or up to 2 hrs, turning occasionally.
• Put a large pot of salted water on to boil for noodles.
• Make Sesame-Soy Dressing by whisking soy sauce, tea, vinegar, canola oil, and sesame oil in a small bowl. Set aside.
• Cook noodles in the boiling water until just tender, about 6 minute. Drain; rinse under cold water. Transfer noodles to a large bowl.
• Add carrot and 1/3 cup of Sesame-Soy Dressing. Toss to coat.
• Prepare a grill. Lightly oil the grill rack by use tongs to rub it with an oil-soaked paper towel. Grill steak for 4 to 6 min per side for medium-rare, or until it reaches desired doneness. (Alternatively, brush a little canola oil over a skillet or ridged grill pan, preferably cast-iron, and heat over high heat. Add steak and cook for 4 to 6 min per side.).
• Transfer the steak to a cutting board. Let rest for 5 minutes. Slice thinly across the grain.
• Build the salad on 4 plates with about 1 cup of mixed greens, 1/4 of noodle mixture, then 1/4 of steak slices.
• Whisk the remaining dressing. Drizzle about 4 tsp over each salad. (Don't drown salad. It has a lot of flavor.).
• Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Serve immediately.

SOBA NOODLES WITH GINGER-SESAME DRESSING

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk the first 9 ingredients; set aside. Cook edamame and soba noodles according to package directions; drain. Rinse noodles in cold water; drain again., Just before serving, combine the coleslaw mix, carrots, green onions, noodles and edamame in a large bowl. Add dressing; toss to coat. Garnish with sesame seeds.