Tanuki Soba

Ingredients

2 packs soba noodles
1 pack of spinach
6 slices kamaboko
1 stalk nagageki green onion
揚げ玉
(A) 2 osaji cooking sake
(A) 4 osaji mirin
(B) 2 osaji soy sauce
(B) 2 osaji light soy sauce
2 kosaji hondashi Japanese soup stock base
420cc water
Shichimi pepper

Steps

  1. Chop the green onions into thin pieces.
  2. Chill the cold water by putting it in a stainless steel bowl and adding ice.
  3. Drop the spinach, uncut, in the boiling water very briefly. Transfer it to the ice water to shock it. Squeeze out the water and cut into 5 cm pieces. Set aside.
  4. In a small bowl, microwave (A) on 600W for 30 seconds. In a big glass bowl, add the microwaved (A), (B), and the hondashi soup stock base, and the water. Mix well.
  5. Prepare the stainless steel bowl again with ice water.
  6. Cook the soba according to the directions. Chill the soba in the ice water and serve in the two bowls. Add the broth. Top with the green onions, spinach, kamaboko , and 揚げ玉.
  7. Serve with the shichimi pepper, letting people add it by themselves.

Reference

Nadia