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.