Tanuki Soba

Name: Tanuki Soba
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 200g dried soba noodles; 800ml dashi; 4 tbsp soy sauce and 3 tbsp mirin; 6 tbsp tenkasu (tempura crumbs); Spring onions, finely sliced; Shichimi togarashi, to serve

たぬきそば/ta-NOO-kee SOH-bah/

Also known as: Tanuki Soba Noodles, Soba with Tempura Bits

About this dish

Buckwheat noodles in hot dashi and soy broth, topped with crunchy tenkasu (tempura batter crumbs) and spring onion.

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Ingredients

🍜200g dried soba noodles

🍲800ml dashi

🫙4 tbsp soy sauce and 3 tbsp mirin

🍤6 tbsp tenkasu (tempura crumbs)

🌿Spring onions, finely sliced

🌶️Shichimi togarashi, to serve

Method

Serves 2

Heat the dashi with the soy sauce and mirin.

Cook the soba, then rinse briefly and drain.

Put the noodles in hot bowls and pour over the broth.

Scatter generously with tenkasu and spring onion.

Sprinkle with shichimi and eat before the crumbs go soft.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Tanuki soba is an everyday Tokyo noodle-stand dish; in Kyoto and Osaka 'tanuki' can mean something different, usually with fried tofu.

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