Cold Noodles with Miso, Lime, and Ginger
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Ingredients
4 servings
- 8 ounces buckwheat noodles
- A mixture of raw vegetables of your choice (such as carrots, cucumbers, radishes or daikon)
- 2 to 3 tablespoons miso (red is recommended; white would be just fine)
- 1 2-inch piece ginger, finely grated
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cayenne, or to taste
- 2 tablespoons mirin
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons lime juice (from about 1 lime), plus lime wedges for serving
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Preparation
Step 1
Cook the noodles in well-salted water until tender but firm for the time recommended on your package of noodles (most are cooked between 5 and 8 minutes).
Step 2
Meanwhile, grate, julienne or thinly slice vegetables of your choice.
Step 3
Drain noodles and run cold water over them to cool. Drain again, shaking out excess water.
Step 4
Make the dressing by whisking the smaller amount of miso plus the remaining sauce ingredients in a bowl.
Step 5
Taste and adjust to make sweeter (with more sugar) or more intense and salty (with the last tablespoon of miso) if desired.
Step 6
Divide noodles among four bowls; toss each with a tablespoon of the sauce, plus more to taste.
Step 7
Top with vegetables and extra droplets of sauce.
Step 8
Serve with lime wedges.
Step 9
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Chef's notes
The leftovers won’t keep well with the sauce on. It’s best to keep it in one container and the noodles and vegetables in another, combining when needed, if you have extras.
Mirin is a rice wine, similar to sake but lower in alcohol and much more sweet. You might try using sake, or a mixture of rice vinegar, sugar, and white wine or just water, to replace the mirin.
If you have access to an Asian grocery store, see if you can find 100 percent buckwheat soba noodles (which would also be gluten-free).
Use whichever medley of cold, crunchy vegetables you’d like here.
3 tablespoons of red miso will make a very salty sauce. You can use the full amount and go easy on the sauce, bump up the sugar, or start with less miso and only add more to taste.
