Cold Soba Noodle Salad with Almond Sauce
This Cold Soba Noodle Salad is loaded with fresh vegetables like bell pepper, carrot and red cabbage and finished with a creamy almond butter sauce. It's light, refreshing and requires minimal cooking!
Servings 4 servings
Ingredients
Almond Butter Sauce
- 1/2 cup natural almond butter
- 3 tbsp tamari
- 4 tbsp fresh lime juice
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 cloves garlic chopped
- 5 thin slices ginger ~2 tsp
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- Water as needed
- Optional: sriracha or red pepper flakes to taste
Soba Noodle Salad
- 8 oz soba noodles
- 2 cups shredded purple cabbage
- 2 large carrots cut into thin strips
- 1 red bell pepper thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup cooked edamame
- 3 green onions thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup chicken bone broth
- For garnish: fresh cilantro leaves, sesame seeds, lime wedges
- Optional: protein of choice (chicken, tofu, tempeh, salmon)
Instructions
- Make sauce: Add sauce ingredients to a small food processor or blender and process until smooth and creamy. Add water as needed to thin into a sauce consistency (you don’t want it to be too thick). Alternatively, mince the garlic, grate the ginger and then whisk together in a bowl.
- Cook noodles: cook soba noodles according to package instructions, being careful not to overcook. Drain and rinse with cold water while moving them around with your hand to remove the access starch. Transfer to a large bowl and toss with a little oil to prevent them from sticking.
- Assemble salad: Add the veggies, edamame and green onion to the soba noodles and gently toss to combine.
- Serve: when ready to eat, add the almond butter sauce and bone broth and gently toss. Top with cilantro, sesame seeds and fresh lime.
Notes
If you're gluten-free, make sure that you're using noodles that are 100% buckwheat. A lot of them are made with a combination of buckwheat and wheat flour. I love King Soba Buckwheat Noodles.
Soba noodles don't take very long to cook, so make sure to follow the package instructions. If overcooked, soba noodles become soft and mushy.
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