Cold Soba Noodle Salad With Yuzu & Organic Mussels
Cold Soba Noodle Salad with Yuzu & Organic Mussels
Sweet, briny, fresh, and bright, this Cold Soba Noodle Salad with Yuzu and Organic Mussels is a merfect dish to make as we head into hotter days. Springy soba noodles are tossed in a quick and easy dressing made from savory tamari, nutty sesame oil, sweet clover honey, mirin, and the unmistakable brightness of @theyuzuco’s Yuzu Super Juice. The whole ordeal is then topped with crisp green onion, herby cilantro, and @siesta_co’s tangy Organic Mussels in Pickled Oil that together make a bowl of food so yummy you might just keep it all to yourshellf.
Tingredients:
• 1x tin @siesta_co’s Mussels in Pickled Oil
• 1 bundle (about 130g) dry soba noodles
• 1 tbs avocado oil
• 2 tsp sesame oil
• 2 tbs low sodium tamari
• 1 ½ tbs @theyuzuco's Yuzu Super Juice
• ½ tbs honey
• ½ tbs sriracha
• ½ tbs mirin
• 3 green onions (cut on bias to 2 mm)
• 3 tbs cilantro (medium chop, plus more leaves for plating)
• Sesame seeds and shichimi togarashi to taste
1. Cook the soba noodles to package directions. As noodles cook, add the avocado oil, sesame oil, tamari, yuzu juice, honey, sriracha, and mirin to a small lidded jar. Screw on the lid and shake vigorously until emulsified, about 30 seconds.
2. When noodles are cooked, strain and rinse in cold water until they are cool. Shake until most of the water has drained.
3. Add noodles to a mixing bowl and toss with the dressing as well as a nice shake of sesame seeds, all the chopped cilantro and most of the green onions, saving a handful of choice pieces for plating.
4. Open @siestaco’s mussels and ogle their beauty. Drain out the oil from the tin and save in the fridge in a jar (for later salad dressing making or pasta tossing). Mix in all but a few of the mussels into the noodles and gently toss to combine, being careful not to break the mussels up too much.
5. Plate either in one large bowl or individual bowls, and top with the remaining mussels followed by the green onions, cilantro leaves and finally a dusting of sesame seeds and togarashi.
Canjoy!
Serves 2-3
