Light and Refreshing Soba with Natto, Pickled Plum and Bonito Flakes

Name: Light and Refreshing Soba with Natto, Pickled Plum and Bonito Flakes
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 for 2 servings Soba noodles; 2 Egg yolks; 500 ml Mentsuyu (diluted); 2 packs Natto; 1 for 2 servings Natto sauce and Japanese mustard that accompanies the natto; 1 Cucumber; 4 ☆Okra; 1/2 ☆Japanese leek; 2 ☆Umeboshi (or tubed); 1 packet ☆Bonito flakes; 1 tsp ☆Sesame oil; 1 tiny bit (to taste) ☆Soy sauce

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

This is our staple dish when we don't have much of an appetite.

Just mix the ingredients and natto really well, and top on the soba.

This dish is perfect when you don't have much appetite, as a snack in the evening, or during the summer season. Recipe by menako

This is our staple dish when we don't have much of an appetite.

Just mix the ingredients and natto really well, and top on the soba.

This dish is perfect when you don't have much appetite, as a snack in the evening, or during the summer season. Recipe by menako

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

This is our staple dish when we don't have much of an appetite.

Just mix the ingredients and natto really well, and top on the soba.

This dish is perfect when you don't have much appetite, as a snack in the evening, or during the summer season. Recipe by menako

This is our staple dish when we don't have much of an appetite.

Just mix the ingredients and natto really well, and top on the soba.

This dish is perfect when you don't have much appetite, as a snack in the evening, or during the summer season. Recipe by menako

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Ingredients

2 servings

1for 2 servings Soba noodles
2Egg yolks
500 mlMentsuyu (diluted)
2packs Natto
1for 2 servings Natto sauce and Japanese mustard that accompanies the natto
1Cucumber
☆Additional Ingredients for the natto☆
4☆Okra
1/2☆Japanese leek
2☆Umeboshi (or tubed)
1packet ☆Bonito flakes
1 tsp☆Sesame oil
1tiny bit (to taste) ☆Soy sauce

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Steps

1

Blanch the okra for about 1 minute, and soak in cold water. Slice into thin rounds.
2

Julienne the cucumber, and finely chop the Japanese leek.
3

Put the natto, sauce and Japanese mustard in a bowl, and mix. Add all the ☆ ingredients, and mix well.
4

Boil the soba noodles, refresh in cold water, and drain really well.
5

Serve the noodles in a bowl, add the cucumber on top. Then add the natto from Step 3 on top.
6

Swirl in the mentsuyu around the edge of the bowl, add the egg yolk on top, and it's done.