Soba Noodle Salad

Submitted by ellie_

"I was looking for an interesting salad to go with some Asian marinated fish skewers and this was wonderful. When I made it I skipped the salad greens and bean sprouts (the grocery stores were totally out of bean sprouts!!!) and served the Asian tuna skewers on the salad -- delish! If following the WW flex plan this is 6 points per serving (without the grilled tuna). Recipe source: Great Cooking Every Day."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 20
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 3 tablespoons vegetable broth or 3 tablespoons water
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 3 1⁄2 teaspoons tamari soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon shallot, minced
• 1 teaspoon whole grain mustard
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 tablespoon peanut oil
• 1 teaspoon peanut oil
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons chives, chopped
• 1 1⁄2 cups shiitake mushrooms, sliced
• 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
• 8 ounces soba noodles (buckwheat noodles)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon sesame oil
• 4 scallions, sliced
• 1 1⁄4 cups bean sprouts
• 1 carrot, peeled and shredded
• 2⁄3 cup snow peas, sliced
• 2 cups mixed greens
• 2 tablespoons pickled ginger
• 2 teaspoons sesame seeds

directions

1. To make the dressing combine broth (or water), vinegar, 2 teaspoons of the soy sauce, shallots, mustard and garlic in a small bowl or jar. Whisk in 1 tablespoon of the oil and the chives. Set aside.
2. In a skillet heat the remaining oil (1 teaspoon) over medium heat. Add the mushrooms and sauté until tender (3-5 minutes) and season with remaining soy sauce (1 1/2 teaspoons). Remove from heat and let cool while preparing noodles.
3. Cook the noodles according to package directions. Drain and rinse under cold water. Rinse again.
4. In a large salad bowl toss the noodles with the sesame oil.
5. Add mushrooms, scallions, bean sprouts, carrot and snow peas. Add dressing and toss.
6. ***See note in description.***Arrange salad greens on plates and top with noodle salad and then garnish with the pickled ginger and sesame seeds.

Reviews

[Nyteglori]

I am sorry to say that our family did not really care for this. It seems rather bland. It was a very nice looking dish though. I think the addition of peanuts to the salad would help. Also Soba Noodles cook very quickly so be careful not to overcook them. I omitted the mushrooms and did not serve mine on the greens.