Ultra Easy Soba (Buckwheat) Noodles with Mentsuyu

I want to make an authentic soba noodle using a proper dashi stock with bonito (katsuobushi) and kombu seaweed, but here in the UK, there is no katsuobushi as it is not allowed to be imported from Japan. And bonito flakes are very expensive, so I thought I'd try using mentsuyu (noodle broth).

Recipe By: cookbuzz (https://cookbuzz.com/kitchen/454)
Serves 1 Prep: 5 min Cook: 10 min

Ingredients

Your favourite vegetables as much as you want
Vegetable oil 1 tbsp
Soba noodles for 1
Hot water as required
Mentsuyu (concentrated) as required

Method

1
Chop up your vegetables and stir fry in a pan with the vegetable oil.
2
Pour in plenty of hot water (about 600ml) and simmer for 7-8 minutes, reducing to about 400ml. Add 80ml of mentsuyu.
3
Boil the soba separately, drain and put in a bowl. Pour on the soup from Step 2, it's ready.
4
By the way I used a 3x concentrated mentsuyu soup stock from Wadakan which I bought at a Japanese food shop in London.

Tips & Note

If you like sticking to authentic recipes, you might be a bit resistant to trying out mentsuyu, but it's very easy to use, and tastewise, it's perfect! It's quite versatile for various Japanese dishes. As both bonito and kombu seaweed are expensive outside of Japan, I don't mind recommending it to my British friends who love Japanese food.

Ultra Easy Soba (Buckwheat) Noodles with Mentsuyu

I want to make an authentic soba noodle using a proper dashi stock with bonito (katsuobushi) and kombu seaweed, but here in the UK, there is no katsuobushi as it is not allowed to be imported from Japan. And bonito flakes are very expensive, so I thought I'd try using mentsuyu (noodle broth).

Recipe By: cookbuzz (https://cookbuzz.com/kitchen/454)

Serves 1

Prep: 5 min

Cook: 10 min

Ingredients

Your favourite vegetables as much as you want
Vegetable oil 1 tbsp
Soba noodles for 1
Hot water as required
Mentsuyu (concentrated) as required

Ultra Easy Soba (Buckwheat) Noodles with Mentsuyu

Recipe ID :2570 Posted on 04 APR 2017

Serves 1

Prep 5min
Cook 10min
views 9,146
printed 0

saved 0

I want to make an authentic soba noodle using a proper dashi stock with bonito (katsuobushi) and kombu seaweed, but here in the UK, there is no katsuobushi as it is not allowed to be imported from Japan. And bonito flakes are very expensive, so I thought I'd try using mentsuyu (noodle broth).

Share

Ingredients

Print Ingredients Email Ingredients
as much as you want
1 tbsp
for 1
as required
as required

Method

Prep
5min
Cook
10min
1
Chop up your vegetables and stir fry in a pan with the vegetable oil.
2
Pour in plenty of hot water (about 600ml) and simmer for 7-8 minutes, reducing to about 400ml. Add 80ml of mentsuyu.
3
Boil the soba separately, drain and put in a bowl. Pour on the soup from Step 2, it's ready.
4
By the way I used a 3x concentrated mentsuyu soup stock from Wadakan which I bought at a Japanese food shop in London.

Tips & Note

If you like sticking to authentic recipes, you might be a bit resistant to trying out mentsuyu, but it's very easy to use, and tastewise, it's perfect! It's quite versatile for various Japanese dishes. As both bonito and kombu seaweed are expensive outside of Japan, I don't mind recommending it to my British friends who love Japanese food.

PRO
cookbuzz
I’ve got 225 recipes!

COOKBUZZ
Step into my kitchen!
Daikon and wakame make a delicious miso soup. So does daikon and fried tofu. It's doubly delicious if you combine both these popular recipes.
Daikon (mooli) , Dried wakame seaweed, Deep fried tofu (aburaage), Dashi stock granules, Hot water, Miso, Spring onion
PRO
Try this delicious eddoes recipe!
Eddoes, Water, Kombu, Soy sauce, Sake, Sugar
PRO
We tried making a delicious ramen with seasonings and ingredients available in the UK. This is pretty good work!
Minced pork, Vegetable oil, Ramen noodles (or egg noodle), Vegetables and beansprouts mix, Spring onions, Hard boiled egg, Chinese chilli bean sauce, Miso (red) paste, Soy sauce, Sugar, Chicken stock
PRO
Branston pickle makes a marvellous ingredient...don't just put it in your sandwich!
Pasta, Chicken stock cube, Olive oil, Garlic, Shallot, Sausages, Branston pickle, Sliced cheese , Parsley (optional)
PRO
Konjac is now becoming very popular in the UK as having zero calories, low in sugar, low carbohydrate and good for diets.
Konjac rice, Eggs, Butter, Onion, Green pepper, Streaky bacon rashers, Salt & pepper, Tomato ketchup, Wholegrain mustard, Soy sauce, Vegetable oil
PRO
You would normally use vinegar and sugar, but if you use Branston Pickle, it will be even more delicious.
Potatoes (medium), Onion, Streaky bacon rashers, Vegetable oil, Branston Pickle (small chunks), Flour, Salt, Water, Pepper, Parsley
PRO

Similar Recipe

You can do this easily by combining ichiban dashi and niban dashi...
Water (soft), Dashi kombu seaweed, Bonito flakes (katsuo bushi), Soy sauce, Mirin, Salt
cookbuzz
PRO
Delicious ramen - authentically Japanese, made in the UK!
Pork belly, Cabbage, Carrot, Beansprouts, Spring onions, Vegetable oil, Chinese chilli bean sauce (Tobanjan), Miso paste, Soy sauce, Sugar, ChIcken stock, Ramen noodles (or egg noodles)
KitchenCIB
HOME
The Japanese citizens of Morioka who like cold noodles have their own interpretation of ja-ja noodles. You can make a soup called Chi-tan-tan using the leftover miso meat sauce.
Udon noodles, Cucumber, Ginger (grated), 【Niku-miso (miso meat sauce)】, Sesame oil, Garlic (grated), Onion, Minced pork, Oyster sauce, Sugar, Miso paste (red), Water, Toasted sesame seeds, 【for Chi-tan-tan soup】, Spring onion (finely chopped), Egg, Chilli oil, Vinegar
Tobuchan
HOME
The noodles are actually spaghetti with bicarbonate of soda! The soup is made using a pork stock cube, but you can use whatever you have at home.
Spaghetti, Hot water, Salt, Bicarbonate of soda, Pork stock cube, Hot water for soup, Toppings
Tobuchan
HOME
Perfect shio ramen made with ingredients available in the UK.
Polish bacon, Leek, Salt & pepper, Beansprouts, Mangetout, Sweetcorn, Soft boiled egg, Ramen noodles, Spring onion, Sesame oil, Stock:, Hot water, Chicken stock cube, Fish stock cube, Vegetable stock cube, Oyster sauce, Garlic (grated), Ginger (grated)
cookbuzz
PRO
I enjoyed this in an exclusive Japanese restaurant. It takes a bit of time to cook at home but it's worth it.
Whole sea bream , Kombu seaweed, Water, Bonito flakes, Salt, Light soy sauce, Somen noodles, Spring onion or leek, Carrot, Lime

All New Recipes

Asparagus. The earth is wonderful because such a delicious food grows here. But even if you want to make something with asparagus, recipes are limited. Asparagus goes great with pasta. It is surprisingly delicious.
Spaghetti, Salf, Asparagus, baby tomatoes, Pancetta(or Bacon), Garlic, Olive oil, Butter, Black Pepper
cookbuzz
PRO
Aubergine (eggplant) and miso are a match made in heaven. Cooking thick sliced of aubergine is a bit of hassle, but with a microwave, it's done in 3 minutes. All that's left is to stir fly it with the miso sauce. Translated by Chat GPT
Aubergine, Springonion, Katsuobushi flake, Veg oil, Sesame oil, Chilli oil (optional), 【Miso sauce】, Miso, Mirin, Sake(white wine), Water, Sugar, Soy sauce, Dashi (powder)
A very kid-friendly recipe that is going to bring joy to those little hearts. Made with a few simple ingredients and can be done in less than an hour. View more details here: https://www.myweekendplan.asia/easy-chocolate-cake/
Self-raising flour (sifted), Cocoa (sifted), Caster sugar, Butter (softened), Milk, Eggs (lightly beaten)
All you have to do is pour the sweet and sour leek sauce onto deep fried chicken, both easy and delicious.
Chicken pieces (breast or thigh), Leek, Soy sauce, Sake (or white wine), Ginger (grated), Egg yolk, Corn starch, Vegetable oil, 【Leek Sauce】, Vinegar, Mirin, Sugar, Garlic (finely chopped), Sesame oil
Tobuchan
HOME
The only effort required is shredding the cabbage. Once you've cleared that, all you have to do is add the sauce and mix well into the cabbage. The result is amazingly delicious.
Cabbage (sweetheart), Tuna (in oil tin 140g), Salt, Soy sauce, Sugar, Vinegar, crushed sesame seeds, Sesame seeds, Chilli powder
KitchenCIB
HOME
I put a lot of my favourite broccoli in my favourite bulgogi, it's a delicious sweet and spicy sauce.
Broccoli, Onion, Beef (for steak), Carrot, Garlic, Ginger, Spring onions, Salt (for boiling broccoli), Soy sauce, Sugar, Sesame oil, Soy sauce for finishing, Crushed sesame seeds
KitchenCIB
HOME