RECIPE: Seaweed & Soba Salad

This refreshing salad combines 5 different seaweeds from Hokkaido with the nutty, buttery flavors of soba noodles. The mentsuyu and wasabi dressing also adds umami with a hint of wasabi’s signature spice!

Servings: 2

Ingredients:

• 160-200g soba noodles
• 4g Hokkaido seaweed salad (before being rehydrated)
• 30g lettuce (chopped)
• 2 small cherry tomatoes (cut into quarters) or ½ small tomato (diced)
• 1 can of tuna or 6 shrimp (boiled) (~45g)

Wasabi Dressing

• 3 tsp soy sauce
• 2 tsp mirin
• 2 tsp vinegar
• 1-1½ tsp wasabi paste
• Pinch of salt
• 2 tsp olive oil (no need if using canned tuna with oil)
• 2-3 Tbsp mentsuyu

Instructions:

1. Boil the soba noodles in boiling water over high heat for ~5 mins, separating the noodles as they cook. After boiling, rinse in cold water and drain (note you can keep the boiled water from making the soba to drink as a soup by adding a bit of extra mentsuyu).
2. Separately, rehydrate the seaweed salad in a bowl and enough water to cover. Let sit for 10 mins then drain.
3. Arrange the soba, lettuce, tomatoes, seaweed salad and tuna (or shrimp) in a bowl.
4. Separately, mix together the ingredients to make the wasabi dressing and pour over the salad to serve.