Thai-Style Soba Noodle Salad
"A Thai recipe that blends the texture of soba noodles with the bold flavors of fish sauce, chilies, ginger and jalapenos. Here's a note from fabulousfoods.com: The key to making this salad work is not overcooking the soba. Soba noodles, made from whole grain buckwheat, have a great bite, but if you overcook them they can get unpleasant quickly. To avoid this, cook the soba for 4 minutes and start checking them for doneness every 30 seconds afterwards."
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1⁄4 cup fish sauce
- 1⁄2 tablespoon tamarind paste
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon chili flakes
- salt
- 8 ounces buckwheat soba noodles
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 jalapeno, sliced and seeded
- 2 inches ginger, peeled and cut into thin strips
- 4 tablespoons chicken broth or 4 tablespoons water
- 1⁄2 lb shrimp
directions
- Mix the fish sauce, tamarind, soy sauce and chili flakes. This will form the sauce that will give the salad its flavor; allow time to mellow in the open air.
- Bring a pot of salted water to a boil and add the soba noodles; cook for 4 minutes (if not done, continue checking every 30 seconds); when the soba is just al dente, drain and spray with cold water; set in a colander to drain completely.
- In a skillet with high sides, add the vegetable oil and let it get very hot over medium-high heat; add the jalapeno and sauté for 3 minutes; add the ginger and sauté for 30 seconds; add the broth and continue cooking the ginger and jalapenos until the broth is gone (evaporates).
- Next, put the shrimp in the skillet and cook for 2 minutes, or until they start to turn pink; pour in the sauce and continue to cook until the shrimp are completely cooked.
- Toss the noodles in the skillet; stir to coat and serve immediately.
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gailanng
United States
I'm just me, mother, grandmother...friend to many and a Louisianian. My Cajun and French Quarter Italian descent afforded me exposure to some of the best of foods. My passions are my family, decorating, cooking and gardening. Those very passions push me into constant awareness with always looking for something new to delight the senses, thus my favorite idiom...Inspire me, puuuullllllleeeeeeease! ...and I mean it, too. God Bless America!
