Soba Noodle Salad with Sesame Ginger Soy Vinaigrette

This easy and flavorful Asian-inspired soba noodle salad is perfect with any veggies you have on hand, and can be served cold, warm, or at room temperature.

I love a good pasta salad, and that doesn’t have to mean the Italian dressed salad that usually first comes to mind. Noodle salads are extremely versatile and are a great way to use up any veggies you have left in your fridge! My Soba Noodle Salad with Sesame Ginger Soy Vinaigrette can be served either hot or cold, and is a great option for make ahead lunches, or for entertaining!

Ingredients:

• For the salad: soba noodles, green beans, grated carrot, scallions (green onions), and black roasted sesame seeds.
• For the vinaigrette: lime juice, soy sauce, sugar, grated ginger, sesame oil, and chili paste (optional for a kick of heat).

How to Make Soba Noodle Salad with Sesame Ginger Soy Vinaigrette

Start your soba noodle salad by cooking your soba noodles in salted water. Add the cut green beans for the last couple of minutes.

Then strain the noodles and green beans, making sure you rinse with cold water to stop the cooking process and keep the green beans from overcooking. Set aside.

Then in a medium to large measuring cup, add the soy sauce and lime juice.

Next add the sesame oil.

Then use a microplane to grate fresh ginger into the vinaigrette.

Then add the sugar.

Finish with the chili paste. If you don’t like spicy food, you can skip this step.

Whisk the vinaigrette together until the sugar has fully dissolved.

Then in a large bowl, put in your noodles, green beans, grated carrots, and chopped scallions.

Pour the sesame ginger soy vinaigrette over the top of the noodle salad.

Toss well until evenly coated, seasoning with salt and pepper as needed.

Finish your soba noodle salad with the black roasted sesame seeds before serving either hot or cold, whatever you prefer!

Change It Up

• Make it gluten-free. Soba noodles are already gluten free, so just make sure your soy sauce is gluten free (like tamari brand), and this dish is celiac friendly!
• Switch up the veggies. Instead of green beans, use broccoli or asparagus! Or add them all together.

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More Asian Inspired Recipes

• Sesame Chicken and Napa Cabbage Stir Fry
• Spicy Chicken Ramen
• Garlicky Bok Choy
• Teriyaki Baked Chicken Thighs
• Vietnamese Shrimp Salad

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I’ve enjoyed my Soba Noodle Salad with Sesame Ginger Soy Vinaigrette both hot and cold, and either way, it’s a great way to get my family to eat a filling, nutritious meal. Let me know how your family likes it in a comment!

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