SOBA NOODLES WITH SOY BEANS AND SALMON

serves / 4

Ingredients

1 white onion, finely diced

8 cloves garlic, minced

4cm piece ginger, cut into fine batons 1 tbsp sesame oil

½ cup Shaoshing cooking wine

1 tbsp dashi powder

2 carrots, sliced

½ cup baby corn, chopped

2 cups soy beans, blanched

1 pkt soba noodles

4 green shallots, cut into 5cm lengths 4 x 130g salmon fillets

Sea salt flakes and black pepper

2 tsp extra-virgin olive oil

½ cup crab meat

Pickled ginger, coriander and sesame seeds, to serve

Method

1. Saute the onion, garlic and ginger in sesame oil in a large saucepan for 5 minutes, until aromatic. Add the Shaoshing, dashi powder and 1½ L water, then bring to a simmer. Mix in the carrots, corn and soy beans then cook for 4 minutes.

2. Cook the soba noodles in rapidly-boiling salted water for 3 minutes, until just tender, then drain well. Toss with the shallots. Season the salmon fillets with sea salt flakes and freshly-ground black pepper, then sear in extra-virgin olive oil for 3 minutes, until medium rare.

3. Place the noodles in bowl, ladle in the soup, then top with crab, flaked salmon, pickled ginger, coriander and sesame seeds.