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Iced Zaru Soba

Iced Zaru Soba

A perfect-tasting Iced Zaru Soba (cold buckwheat noodles) recipe with tsuyu sauce that can be made in just 5 minutes.

JapaneseNoodles
⏱️ 3 min total📝 8 steps

What You'll Need

Frozen buckwheat noodlesappropriate amount
Radishappropriate amount
Kikkoman brewed soy sauce4 tbsp
Cooking wine4 tbsp
Cheongju (rice wine)4 tbsp
Water4 tbsp
Sugar1/2 tbsp
Miwon (MSG)1/2 tsp
Hondashi1 tsp
Katsuobushi10g
Green oniona little
Lemona little
Iceappropriate amount

Instructions

1

Put the frozen buckwheat noodles into boiling water, loosen them rather than boiling them, remove, and place in ice water to chill.

2

Grate the radish using a grater.

3

In a pot, add the Kikkoman soy sauce, cooking wine, rice wine, water, sugar, Miwon, and Hondashi, then turn on the heat.

4

Boil the ingredients in the pot for 3 minutes.

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5

After 3 minutes, turn off the heat, add the katsuobushi, and mix the flakes well into the bottom to steep.

6

Strain out the katsuobushi to finish the sauce.

7

Place ice in a bowl, add 2 tbsp of the prepared sauce, and top with the grated radish, green onion, and lemon to complete the sauce.

8

Top the chilled buckwheat noodles with a little green onion and serve alongside the finished sauce.