There are some recipes that the minute you lay your eyes on them, you know it’s going to taste great. And you can’t wait to make it and taste it yourself. This was one such yummy recipe that I came across in Prevention magazine a couple of months ago. It featured soba noodles, which I had in the pantry; peanut butter which I had just made a bottle of; fresh oranges for the dressing and there was nothing to stop me from trying this one out.
The result was so delicious that the hubby and me lapped up the noodles with our chopsticks in pin drop silence, except for the ‘hmmm this is good’ every two minutes. If you don’t have soba noodles, try this out with any sturdy noodles, because the dressing is to die for.
Recipe for Soba noodles in a sesame-orange-peanut butter dressing
Category : Asian cuisine, Vegetarian Asian, One dish meal
Serves : 2
Time taken : Under 20 minutes
Orange-Sesame Soba Noodles
Ingredients
- 2 portions Noodles soba noodles (about 250 gms)
For dressing, in a jug, whisk together :
- 3 tbsps peanut butter smooth
- 2 tbsps sesame oil toasted
- 3 tbsps soy sauce
- 1 tbsp ginger grated
- 2 tsps orange finely grated zest
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1/4 to 1 tsps red chilli powder
Instructions
- Cook the noodles as per directions,remove and rinse in cold water and drain. Keep aside.
- Have a taste of the dressing to adjust the salt depending on the salt in the soy sauce. It's quite addicting. I must have taken several licks of this 🙂
- Vegetables: Lightly steam 1 cup julienned beans and thin carrot sticks from 2 medium carrots OR Microwave for 3 minutes with pinch of salt and sprinkles of water.
- Bringing it together: In a large bowl, toss the noodles with the steamed vegetables. Pour the dressing over the tossed noodles and toss well to coat evenly.
- Top with diagonally sliced spring onion greens.
- Serve warm or cold.
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