ざる蕎麦 (zaru-soba)

Name: ざる蕎麦 (zaru-soba)
Total time: 600 s
Yield: 2 people
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 260 g fresh/dried soba noodles; As needed nori (Japanese seaweed); As needed sesame seeds; As needed spring onion, thinly sliced; 240 ml water; 2 tbsp soy sauce; 2 tbsp mirin; 2 tbsp sake; 3 g dashi powder

Francesco @francesco_foods

Groningen, Netherlands

This quick, refreshing, cold noodle dish is a summertime favourite in Japan. It is called zaru-soba because soba was traditionally steamed on bamboo trays called 笊 (zaru).

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This quick, refreshing, cold noodle dish is a summertime favourite in Japan. It is called zaru-soba because soba was traditionally steamed on bamboo trays called 笊 (zaru).

#CookpadApron2026

Francesco @francesco_foods

Groningen, Netherlands

This quick, refreshing, cold noodle dish is a summertime favourite in Japan. It is called zaru-soba because soba was traditionally steamed on bamboo trays called 笊 (zaru).

#CookpadApron2026

This quick, refreshing, cold noodle dish is a summertime favourite in Japan. It is called zaru-soba because soba was traditionally steamed on bamboo trays called 笊 (zaru).

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Ingredients

10 mins

2 people

260 gfresh/dried soba noodles
As needednori (Japanese seaweed)
As neededsesame seeds
As neededspring onion, thinly sliced
Noodle dipping sauce (めんつゆ)
240 mlwater
2 tbspsoy sauce
2 tbspmirin
2 tbspsake
3 gdashi powder

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Steps

10 mins

1

Combine the dipping sauce ingredients in a pot and bring it to a boil. Turn off the heat, let it cool down and refrigerate.
2

In a separate pot, boil the soba noodles and rinse under ice cold water.
3

Garnish the dipping sauce with sesame seeds and spring onion.
4

Garnish the soba noodles with seaweed and serve ice cold. Enjoy!

Tips

I could only find dried soba noodles, but of course fresh ones are best!

If you are in a rush, you can cool the noodles and dipping sauce with an ice bath.

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Francesco @francesco_foods

on April 01, 2026 12:13

Groningen, Netherlands

I am a half-Italian, half-Japanese student and I like to focus on simple, healthy and affordable meals. I love to recreate dishes with my own unique twists and get creative in the kitchen.Please consider supporting me @francesco_foods on Instragram!