Soba Noodle Salad with Chicken and Sesame

Description

This tasty salad with Japanese buckwheat noodles is both quick and healthy; great for lunch or dinner. Most larger supermarkets have buckwheat soba noodles in the Asian food section.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger root
  • 4 ounces buckwheat soba noodles
  • 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
  • 1 boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into thin bite-size strips
  • 1 teaspoon chopped garlic
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 1 rib celery, sliced (Optional)
  • 1 carrot, sliced
  • ½ red bell pepper, chopped
  • ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
  • 2 tablespoons chopped green onion
  • 1 tablespoon sesame seeds

Instructions

  1. Whisk rice vinegar
  2. 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  3. sesame oil
  4. brown sugar
  5. soy sauce
  6. and ginger together in a large bowl until dressing is combined.
  7. Bring water to a boil in a large pot. Add soba noodles
  8. stir
  9. and return water to a boil. Boil noodles until tender
  10. 4 to 5 minutes. Drain noodles in a colander under cold running water until cool
  11. about 1 minute.
  12. Heat 2 teaspoons vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook chicken breast pieces until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear
  13. 2 to 4 minutes. Add garlic
  14. salt
  15. and pepper; stir until fragrant
  16. about 1 minute more.
  17. Toss soba noodles
  18. chicken
  19. celery
  20. carrot
  21. red pepper
  22. cilantro
  23. green onion
  24. and sesame seeds together with dressing in large bowl.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 7 mins

Total Time: 27 mins

Servings: 3

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