Recipe courtesy of Justin Sutherland

Saimin with Soba

  • Level: Intermediate
  • Yield: 6 servings
  • Total: 2 hr 15 min
  • Active: 45 min
This recipe is inspired by Hawaii-style saimin, a dashi-based noodle soup with a clear broth. Here, soba are swapped for the wheat and egg saimin noodles that give the soup its name.
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Ingredients

Broth:

6 scallions, cleaned but not trimmed

One 1-ounce sheet kombu

One 2-inch knob fresh ginger, peeled

2 cups dried shiitake mushrooms

1 cup bonito

1/2 cup dried shrimp

1 pound ham hocks

1 pound chicken feet

Kosher salt

One 8-ounce package soba noodles

Toppings:

1 cup thinly sliced napa cabbage

1/3 cup pickled ginger

2 scallions, thinly sliced

1/2 cup bean sprouts

1/2 cup julienned watermelon radish

1/2 cup thinly sliced nori

Chile oil, for drizzling

3 hard-boiled eggs, cut in half

Directions

Special equipment:
a large stovetop pressure cooker
  1. For the broth: Preheat a grill to medium-high heat.
  2. Grill the scallions until grill marks appear, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Set aside.
  3. Add the kombu, scallions, ginger, shiitake mushrooms, bonito, dried shrimp, ham hocks and chicken feet in the base of a large stovetop pressure cooker. Cover with 3 quarts water and add some salt. Lock on the lid, then place over high heat and bring to pressure. Pressure cook for 1 hour. Release the pressure carefully and open. Strain the broth and keep warm until ready to serve.
  4. Cook the soba noodles according to the package instructions, then shock in an ice bath.
  5. For the toppings: Add to each serving bowl: soba noodles, 1 cup dashi broth, cabbage, pickled ginger, scallions, bean sprouts, watermelon radish, nori, chile oil and egg half. Serve.

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