Name: Cold Chinese-Style Noodle Salad (Hiyashi Chūka )
Yield: Serves 3–4.
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 5–6 slices boiled ham; 3–4 portions ramen (Chinese-style soup noodles) or chūka soba (thin yellow noodles), 8 ounces per portion if fresh and 3 ounces if fresh-dried; cooked according to instructions (fresh) (dried); 1–1½ tablespoons sesame oil; ¼–⅓ cup dashi (Basic Soup Stock) or water; 2–3 tablespoons very finely minced fresh ginger; ¼ cup finely minced scallion(s); 4 tablespoons soy sauce; 1½ tablespoons superfine sugar; 1½ tablespoons rice vinegar; 1 unwaxed cucumber, unpeeled; 2–3 braised shiitaké (black Oriental mushrooms) prepared according to recipe; optional; 2–3 tablespoons white sesame seeds

Preparation info

Serves
3–4
.

Difficulty
Complex

Appears in

At Home with Japanese Cooking

By Elizabeth Andoh

Published 1986

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For a colorful and flavorful summer lunch, serve this noodle salad with chilled barley tea and fresh fruit for dessert, I’ve kept the braised mushrooms as an optional ingredient here because they are a bit troublesome to make from scratch. But any leftovers from another day will be a welcome addition for color, texture and flavor.