SOMEN SALAD
Somen salad is extra refreshing on warm days. It's a chilled noodle dish with toppings (like fish cake, cucumbers, carrots, egg), and a flavorful sauce poured all over the noodles. Great to make ahead and serve chilled.
Provided by Kathy YL Chan
Categories Hawaii Recipes
Time 15m
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- First step is to prepare all the toppings. Thinly slice the kamaboko (or can use char siu, ham, or Spam). Julienne the cucumber and carrot. Chop the green onions. Scramble the eggs, let cool, and then thinly slice.
- Second step is to prepare the sauce. Put the chicken broth, sugar, rice vinegar, soy sauce, and sesame oil together in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, stir to dissolve the sugar. Pour in a small bowl and set aside.
- Now cook the somen noodles. Bring water to a boil. Slice in the two bundles of dried somen noodles and cook for 3 minutes. Drain immediately and rinse with cold water (this stops the somen from cooking and cools the noodles).
- Then it is time to assemble! Divide the somen noodles between two bowls and top with the kamaboko, cucumber, carrots, green onions, and egg. Use as much or as little of the toppings as you prefer. Sprinkle sesame seeds on top.
- Pour the sauce all over the noodles/toppings. Mix with chopsticks and eat. Enjoy ^_^
JAPANESE SOMEN SALAD WITH SWEET AND SOUR DRESSING
Steps:
- Cook somen noodles. In a medium pot, boil water over medium-high heat and add dried somen noodles. When the water begins to bubble and foam, quickly add 3/4 cup of cool water. Continue to cook somen noodles and bring to a boil once more. Add another 3/4 cup of cool water. Turn off heat. Drain somen noodles and rinse with cold water. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside in the refrigerator to chill.
- Prepare the dressing for the somen salad. In a small bowl, combine sugar and rice vinegar. Mix well. Heat the rice vinegar and sugar mixture in the microwave oven for 10 to 15 seconds until the sugar dissolves. Next, add Memmi Noodle Soup Base and canola oil. Allow the dressing to cool.
- Make kinshi tamago or thinly sliced Japanese egg omelet.
- Slice iceberg lettuce into long thin pieces and cucumbers into julienned pieces. If using green onions as a garnish, thinly slice these on the diagonal for a beautiful presentation.
- Slice the fish cake by first making horizontal slices to create fan-shaped pieces. Next, make julienne pieces by cutting each kamaboko vertically, so that each piece has a touch of colorful pink.
- Chop store-bought pre-cooked BBQ charsiu pork into bite-sized pieces. Or substitute with shredded chicken, ham slices, or cooked shrimp.
- Assemble somen salad in a shallow platter. On the bottom of the platter, spread somen noodles. Next, layer with lettuce and cucumber. Top with BBQ charsiu pork, and then garnish with kinshi tamago (thin Japanese egg omelet), green onions, and roasted sesame seeds. Before serving, pour dressing over and serve immediately.
SOMEN SALAD
Somen salad is a refreshing Hawaiian dish made with thin Japanese noodles called somen. Switch up the toppings to whatever you like, but don't forget my amazing Asian salad dressing.
Provided by Mochi Mommy
Categories Salad
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of water to boil and cook somen noodles according to package instructions (usually around 2 minutes).
- Drain cooked somen and immediately dunk in ice water to cool.
- Prepare your vegetables and kamaboko if you haven't already, slicing them thinly.
- Make omelette: using one egg at a time, lightly beat the egg in a bowl, then pour into a heated and oiled skillet on stovetop. Cook over medium heat until the thin omelette is cooked through and remove to a cutting board. Repeat with the other egg.
- When the omelettes have cooled down, slice into thin ribbons.
- Assemble your somen salad by placing drained somen at the bottom of a large bowl. Arrange your sliced and shredded toppings on top of the noodles (in any pattern or formation you like).
- Make salad dressing by mixing sugar, rice vinegar, oil, sesame oil, and soy sauce together until homogenous (I like to shake it in a mason jar).
- Pour dressing over arranged salad and top with green onions. You can serve your salad like this, allowing guests to choose toppings as they like, or you can mix the salad together before serving. Somen salad is best eaten the day it is made.
SOMEN SALAD
This makes a great summer potluck dish. The ingredient list is flexible. You can substitute cilantro for green onion. Char siu and kamaboko can be found in oriental markets. I got this recipe from a Hawaiian friend
Provided by quixoposto
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 20m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Scramble the eggs.
- Slice in strips.
- Lay somen inn a 9x13 pan.
- Garnish with lettuce, ham, eggs, kamaboko and green onions.
- Put dressing ingredients in a bottle.
- Shake well and pour over salad.
SOMEN SALAD
Steps:
- Heat medium frying pan, preferably non-stick, over high heat. Lightly coat bottom and sides with 1 T oil. Add eggs, reduce heat to low. Cover and cook egg until set. Turn egg onto cutting surface. Cut into thin strips. Cook two bundles somen in 3 quarts boiling water uncovered for 3 minutes. Drain, rinse with cold water, drain. Mix rice vinegar, soy sauce, ginger juice and remaining oil until blended. Combine somen, eggs, shrimp, green onions and rice vinegar mixture in bowl; toss well. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour for flavors to blend.
SOMEN SALAD
This recipe was given to me years ago by my friend Sharon. It is on an old faded piece of paper that is well worn. I thought I would share it before I lose it.
Provided by Amy in Hawaii
Categories Greens
Time 40m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Clean lettuce and tear into bite sized pieces. Dry lettuce in a spinner and spread pieces on a large serving platter.
- Boil one to one and a half quarts of water in a large saucepan. Drop somen noodles in boiling water and cook until soft about 3-5 minutes. Do not over cook. You can substitute soba (buckwheat noodles) if you like. Drain and place in iced water to stop cooking. Drain noodles in colandar or strainer. Coat noodles with a tablespoon of canola oil to keep them from sticking.
- Crack eggs into a small bowl and whisk until light yellow. Fry eggs, omelette style in an oiled saute pan over medium heat. Turning when eggs are set. Remove from pan and cool. Slice into thin strips and set aside.
- Slice cooked boiled ham into thin strips. You could also add shredded cooked chicken. Set aside.
- Slice char siu pork into thin strips and set aside.
- Peel and slice cucumber lengthwise. Remove seeds with a spoon. Slice cucumber into matchstick sized pieces and set aside.
- Slice kamaboko (Japanese fishcake), into thin strips about an inch long and 1/8 inch thick and set aside. You can substitute crab or surimi (imitation crab sticks) instead.
- Clean scallions (green onions). Cut off the roots and the tips of the leaves if they are brown. Chop the scallions, including the green leaves into 1/4 inch pieces and set aside.
- Additional ingredients you can add would be thinly sliced celery, diced tofu, gobo-ten, grated carrots, jicama, zucchini, or cooked shrimp.
- If sesame seeds are not already toasted, toast sesame seeds in a small dry saute pan over medium heat, shaking pot to stir the seeds until you hear them pop and they become aromatic. Remove from heat and place seeds in a bowl to cool. Be careful not to overcook them, they burn easily.
- In a jar with a tight lid (glass jars are better), combine the rice vinegar, toasted sesame seeds, sugar, soy sauce, salt, and canola oil. Cover with lid and shake until well blended. Shake again before serving. You can double the dressing if you like.
- To assemble salad, Take about 1/3 cup of noodles and make a bundle. Place bundles of noodles on the lettuce. Sprinkle chopped ham, over the noodles followed by char siu pork, cucumber, egg omelette strips, kamaboko, and any additional topping of your choice, and then top with green onions. If you prefer you can put the lettuce and somen in individual plates and keep the toppings in separate containers. Each person can choose which toppings they want.
- Immediately before serving, shake jar of dressing and pour over salad.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 320.4, Fat 14.2, SaturatedFat 1.9, Cholesterol 93, Sodium 1469.2, Carbohydrate 39.1, Fiber 3.9, Sugar 7.2, Protein 10.2
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