Serves 4
INGREDIENTS
200g green tea soba*
2 onions, sliced
400g sliced beef
1 tsp black pepper
1 litre water
500ml Kewpie roasted sesame Japanese dressing
150ml bottled teriyaki sauce
For the garnish:
1 Japanese cucumber, julienned
1 carrot, peeled and julienned
2 stalks spring onions, julienned
100g red cabbage, julienned
100g radish, julienned
100g beansprouts, blanched
1 tbsp sesame seeds
15g dried wakame (Japanese seaweed), soaked for 1min
100g daikon cress (optional)
All ingredients are available at Fairprice Finest, Isetan Scotts and Meidi-ya Supermarket.
DIRECTIONS
1 Cook the soba in boiling water for 5min. Strain and soak in ice water for 1min to stop the cooking. Drain and set aside.
2 In a pot, sweat the onions over medium heat for 20min. Add the beef and black pepper and stir-fry for 2min on high heat.
3 Add the water, sesame dressing and teriyaki sauce. Turn the heat down to low and braise the beef for about 25min.
4 Portion the soba into 4 bowls. Pour the braised beef and sauce over. Top with all the garnish ingredients and serve.
This article was originally published in Simply Her January 2015.