Cold Soba Noodle Salad With Spicy Peanut Sauce
Too hot to grill or use the stove? These chilled soba noodles are tossed in a spicy peanut sauce along with crisp goodies like cucumber, carrots, radishes, edamame, and crunchy peanuts for a refreshing meal or side that will cool you and nourish you.
Ingredients
- 16 oz soba noodles
- 1 sweet bell pepper (orange, yellow, or red) gutted and julienned
- 1/2 cup julienned radishes
- 1/2 cup julienned carrots
- 1 cup julienned cucumber
- 1/2 cup edamame boiled and lightly salted
- 3-4 TBSP scallions thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley or cilantro roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup roasted unsalted peanuts roughly chopped
- 1-2 TBSP black sesame seeds
Spicy Peanut Sauce
- 2 TBSP sesame oil
- 2 TBSP minced ginger
- 2 TBSP minced garlic
- 1/2 tsp dried chili flakes
- 1/4 cup smooth natural peanut butter
- 3 TBSP low sodium Kikkoman soy sauce
- 2 TBSP natural honey
- 2 TBSP rice vinegar
- 2 TBSP sambal oelek more or less, depending on your heat preference
- 1/4 cup cool water
Garnishes (using extra of the already used ingredients)
- roughly chopped peanuts
- thinly sliced scallions
- edamame
- black sesame seeds
Instructions
- Cook soba noodles as per the instructions on the packaging. When ready, drain and rinse under cool water, tossing with your hands, until the noodles have completely cooled. Drizzle a small splash of sesame oil over them and toss to coat, again with your hands; this keeps them from sticking together. Set in the fridge to cool further.
Spicy Peanut Sauce
- Place all of the ingredients for the peanut sauce into a blender and blend until smooth. If you find it to be too thick, you can add a bit more water and blend until you reach your preferred consistency. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, add the cooled soba noodles, bell pepper, radishes, carrots, cucumber, edamame, scallions, parsley, peanuts, and sesame seeds. Give it a quick toss with your hands.
- Drizzle the spicy peanut sauce over the noodles and, with tongs or salad forks, gently toss and tumble the salad until evenly coated with the sauce.
- Garnish with extra ingredients on top for a colorful presentation.This dish keeps well in the fridge as leftovers for up to a week!
