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Zaru Soba (Cold Soba with Dipping Sauce)

Serves 4

Prep 5 min · Cook 10 min

Refreshing chilled buckwheat soba noodles served with a quick homemade mentsuyu-based dipping sauce.

To Boil the Soba Noodles
  • 14 oz (400 g) dried soba noodles, buckwheat noodles

Bring a large pot of water to a boil (do not add salt). Add soba noodles, fanning them out; stir occasionally and cook according to package directions without overcooking.

Drain noodles in a sieve and rinse under cold running water, rubbing gently with your hands to remove excess starch.

Drain well, transfer noodles to a bowl of iced water, chill 30 seconds, then drain well.

To Serve
  • nori seaweed, shredded

Portion the noodles onto bamboo sieves or mats set over plates and garnish with shredded nori.

  • 1⁄3 cup, 2 tsp mentsuyu
  • 1 cup, 2 Tbsp (267 g) ice water, for the dipping sauce

Combine mentsuyu and iced water; adjust to taste, then divide into individual dipping cups.

  • 2 green onions
  • wasabi (optional)

Chop the green onions and divide among small plates; add a dab of wasabi if desired and serve alongside the noodles and dipping sauce.

Notes
  • Make the homemade dipping sauce ahead and keep it in the fridge until ready to use; it’s a big time-saver.
  • Short on time? Use store-bought mentsuyu from a Japanese or Asian grocery store.
  • This dipping sauce is concentrated and needs to be diluted.
  • Make ahead and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a month.
  • Don’t discard the spent kombu and katsuobushi—repurpose them to make Furikake (Japanese rice seasoning).
  • Before draining, reserve 1–1½ cups of the cooking water (sobayu) to enjoy at the end of the meal.
  • Don’t skip rinsing—without it, the noodles will clump together and turn slimy.
  • If you’re done eating, pour the hot soba cooking water (sobayu) into the leftover dipping sauce and enjoy as a light broth.
  • Cook the soba noodles just before serving—they clump and lose their texture as they sit.

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