Buckwheat
Why is buckwheat such a fun word to say. I can't imagine it is just because of Our Gang. Maybe it's Eddie Murphy's fault.
We bought an enormous cookbook at Costco about 3 years ago and this recipe was buried somewhere inside of it. The cookbook itself has a few recipes that we like, but for the most part it is geared more towards British taste as far as we can tell. Most of the recipes are kind of bland and there is way to much boiling of meat going on in the book. It also doesn't help that the whole thing is metric and pretty much a pain in the ass when the ingredient list hits about 15 different items and I spend 10 minutes just converting metric to whatever the hell we use. (By the way if you ever need to convert something, use Google. For instance just type in 5 liters to cups in the search bar and it will do all the messy math for you.)
This recipe is a great soup recipe. There is a lot of flavor in the broth and the noodles are not the typical egg noodles we get in most of our soups here in the States. It may be tricky finding some of the items (soba noodles and mirin) in a regular supermarket so you may want to try going to any asian market. I would also suggest that you get your vegetables their as well because I find that the veggies at the asian markets we go to are far superior to the neighborhood supermarket.
Soba Noodle Soup
8 ounce packet Soba noodles
2 Shitake mushrooms, sliced
64 fluid ounces (8 cups) of Vegetable stock
1/4 pound Snow Peas, sliced into thin strips
2 small Carrots, cut into julienne strips
2 cloves of Garlic, minced
6 Green Onions, sliced lengthwise
1 small piece of Ginger, cut into julienne strips
1/3 cup Soy Sauce
1/4 cup Mirin (rice wine)
1 cup Bean Sprouts
- Cook noodles according to the packet instructions. Drain and set aside.
- Combine the vegetable stock, mushrooms, snow peas, carrot, garlic, green onion & ginger in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes, or until the veggies are tender.
- Add soy sauce, mirin and bean sprouts. Cook for another 3 minutes.
- Divide the noodles among four large serving bowls. Ladle the hot liquid & veggies of the top.
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