Korean Soba Salad Recipe (Jaengban Gooksu)

Jaengban Gooksu, a Korean soba noodle salad, is good with a variety of vegetables and meat. You can add chicken, beef, or pork for a hearty dish and seasonal vegetables for a fresh and light meal. This soba salad recipe also has a dressing based on chicken broth, so it's very light and healthy. I usually use peppers, cucumbers, Asian pear, radishes, and red onion, but almost any vegetables will work in this dish.

Ingredients:


•6 ounces soba noodles
•1 cup mesclun greens OR thinly sliced red and green leaf lettuce
•1 English or 2 Kirby cucumbers, thinly sliced
•1/2 sweet red pepper, thinly sliced
•1/2 apple or Asian pear, thinly sliced
•1/4 red onion, thinly sliced
•For the Dressing:
•1/3 cup chicken broth

•3 Tbsp soy sauce

•2 Tbsp rice wine vinegar
•2 Tbsp sugar
•2 Tbsp sesame oil

Preparation:

1.Cook soba noodles according to package directions.
2.While noodles are boiling, mix dressing ingredients together.
3.Drain and rinse soba noodles in cold water.
4.Arrange vegetables and noodles on a platter.
5.Add dressing and mix soba salad together before serving individual portions.