{"id":21131,"date":"2021-06-09T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/?p=21131"},"modified":"2021-06-09T07:07:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T14:07:50","slug":"what-to-do-with-trader-joes-matcha-noodles-aka-soba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/what-to-do-with-trader-joes-matcha-noodles-aka-soba\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do with Trader Joe’s Matcha Noodles (aka Soba)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I don’t typically buy green tea soba, even at the Japanese market, but when I saw it at Trader Joe’s, I figured why not. I tend to make cold noodle dishes and salads with soba, though of course you can use them in soups and stir fries. Yakisoba is basically a Japanese version of chow mein. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a few ideas: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. SOBA WITH TOFU AND SCALLIONS<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It’s a riff on what we’ve always called Japanese Dinner crossed with Momofuku’s Ginger Scallion Noodles. Great on a hot summer day for a light lunch or dinner. It’s all about the dressing\/sauce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. SOBA SALAD<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It’s a traditional somen salad, just a different noodle. It shows up in Japanese American church cookbooks and Hawaii local food cookbooks, and everybody’s version varies just a little bit, because you wing it based on what you have. Some people also add kamaboko sliced into strips, but I’m not a huge fan, so I skipped it. The styling for this one comes from Alana Kysar’s Aloha Kitchen,<\/a> a great cookbook focused on (Hawaii) local food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thinly sliced nappa cabbage (or lettuce) is layered in the dish first, topped with a mix of boiled and cooled soba (50\/50 matcha and regular for me), then add some blanched thinly sliced snow peas, julienned carrot and cucumber, char siu (or ham in a pinch), eggs fried in a thin layer and rolled, and green onions. Dress it with a mix of seasoned rice vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, and sesame oil. Serve chilled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trader Joe’s matcha noodles (bowl shown is half matcha, half regular soba). This is what’s in in the soba salad above.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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3. SUMMER CHOPPED SALAD WITH SOBA NOODLES<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Edamame gives the dish a little protein and the combo of red bell pepper, cucumber, green beans and carrots have summer written all over it. Inspired by BLD, a now defunct LA restaurant, you can also make their version which had jicama and avocado in the mix, too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The thing about Trader Joe’s Matcha Noodles is that they’re super high in sodium compared to the ones I usually buy at my Japanese market. We’re talking 720 mg sodium in a 2 oz. serving for TJ’s, versus 0 mg in a 3 oz. serving for the Hakubaku soba in the photo below, versus 10 mg in a 3.5 oz. serving of the noodles on the far right. For me, the matcha flavor isn’t pronounced enough to warrant all the extra sodium. I’ll just stick with the plain buckwheat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you don’t have an Asian market near you, I’ve also found the Hakubaku brand soba (they also have dried ramen and udon) at World Market and my local PCC Markets. <\/p>

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I don’t typically buy green tea soba, even at the Japanese market, but when I saw it at Trader Joe’s, I figured why not. I tend to make cold noodle dishes and salads with soba, though of course you can use them in soups and stir fries. 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