Duck Soba Noodles with Hot Broth

Name: Duck Soba Noodles with Hot Broth (鴨そば)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: shichimi togarashi (store-bought or homemade), to serve; 2 duck breasts, about 320 g (11¼ oz), thinly sliced on the diagonal; 12 spring onions (scallions), white part only; ¼ cup (60 ml) soy sauce; 4 strips of organic, unwaxed lemon zest, each cut into 5 pieces; 360 g (12¾ oz) soba noodles; 1.3 litres (45 fl oz) Basic Dashi Stock (or use powdered dashi); 2 teaspoons light brown sugar; 2 tablespoons mirin

鴨そば

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Japanese Food Made Easy

By Aya Nishimura

Published 2020

About

This is a perfect quick meal for a cold day. The rich broth and grilled spring onions will warm you up and the lemon zest adds a little freshness to this noodle soup.

Ingredients

Fresh

12 spring onions (scallions), white part only
1.3 litres (45 fl oz<

Method

Heat a chargrill pan over high heat and grill the spring onions for about 3–5 minutes, until they have grill marks. Turn them over and cook on the other side. Remove from the pan and set aside.

Heat the dashi in a saucepan over medium–high heat. Add the soy sauce, mirin and sugar and bring to the boil (or use Mentsuyu and water, see Tip).