Recipe: Delicious Soba Inari

Soba Inari. Find Deals on Japanese Soba Noodles in Pantry Staples on Amazon. Combine Dashi Stock, Soy Sauce and Mirin in a small saucepan, bring to the boil, and simmer for a few minutes. Cook a thin omelette and cut into thin noodles.

Lightly rinse in cold water, and thoroughly drain. Combine the sushi vinegar, minced green onion, and pickled ginger in a bowl. Use a fork and twirl the soba. You can have Soba Inari using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Soba Inari

1. You need 2 of x 90g Dry Soba Noodles.
2. It's 12 pieces of ‘Inari-zushi no Moto’ (Seasoned Abura-age).
3. You need 1 of Egg *cooked into a thin omelette.
4. It's 1/2-1 tablespoon of Toasted Sesame Seeds.
5. You need 1 of Spring Onion *finely chopped.
6. It's of Sauce.
7. It's 1/4 cup of Dashi Stock *OR 1/4 cup Water & 1/8 teaspoon Dashi Powder.
8. You need 1 of & 1/2 tablespoons Soy Sauce.
9. It's 1 tablespoon of Mirin.

Cook the soba: Set a strainer in your sink. Fill a large bowl with cold water and ice cubes, and set this near the sink. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Salt the water generously and drop in the soba.

Soba Inari step by step

1. Combine Dashi Stock, Soy Sauce and Mirin in a small saucepan, bring to the boil, and simmer for a few minutes. Then allow to cool..
2. Cook a thin omelette and cut into thin noodles..
3. Warm ‘Inari-zushi no Moto’ (Seasoned Abura-age) to soften, lightly squeeze, carefully open the bags..
4. Cook Soba Noodles as instructed. DO NOT add salt into the water. Drain, rinse well in COLD water, and drain well again..
5. Combine drained Soba Noodles, Egg, Toasted Sesame Seeds and the cooled sauce. Fill up Abura-age bags with noodle mixture. Discard the excess sauce..
6. Place some finely chopped Spring Onion on top of each piece..

Probably you are familiar with a Sushi called 'Inari-zushi', which is Sushi Rice wrapped in seasoned Abura-age (Thin Fried Tofu). This is the Soba Noodle version of it and it is quite popular in Japan. Soba Noodles are seasoned with 'Mentsuyu' (Noodle Dipping Sauce). It is very easy to prepare. Soba, or buckwheat, is one of the representative foods of Japan.