Buckwheat noodles are now on the wave of popularity. This dish is eagerly eaten in food courts all over the world. But do you know how easy it is to prepare it at home? You can choose the fillings for the noodles yourself, and at the same time adjust the proportions to suit yourself. Delicious, satisfying recipes for special soba are in our new selection.
At the time of universal love for Japanese cuisine, the whole world recognized soba - thin noodles made from buckwheat. Soba comes from Japan, where it began to be actively eaten in the mid-16th century. Today, in the Land of the Rising Sun, any thin noodles are called so. Some regions, such as Okinawa, call it plain egg noodles and call buckwheat noodles nihonsoba.
Buckwheat noodles are a very popular and healthy product.
Buckwheat flour itself is not sticky, so any soba always contains different proportions of wheat flour and buckwheat flour: it all depends on the integrity of the manufacturer.
To control producers in Japanese agriculture, a kind of “GOST” has been introduced - it has the right to noodles, where the buckwheat content is not less than 30%.
Soba is very versatile: it can be eaten either cold or hot. In Japan, soba is always served with tsuyu sauce (tsuyu consists of mirin wine, katsuobushi tuna sauce, sake and soy sauce). Sometimes it is eaten with broth in the form of a thick noodle soup with pieces of fish or meat. Of course, you can set a goal and cook soba at home, but we suggest saving time and buying a pack at the supermarket and boiling it according to the instructions on the package.
Recipe with vegetables
Buckwheat noodles with vegetables will appeal to lovers of a healthy lifestyle and vegetarians. “Meat eaters” will also definitely like it: this soba is very filling and satiates for a long time. And the ingredients are available, especially in summer and autumn, when vegetables begin to ripen.
For 4 servings we will need:
- 2 bunches of soba noodles;
- 1 large eggplant of milky ripeness;
- 1 bell pepper (red and fleshy);
- large carrot;
- leek (you can take red Yalta onion);
- garlic;
- soy sauce;
- vegetable oil for frying to taste;
- salt pepper;
- sesame seeds - a generous handful;
- oyster sauce (or any fish sauce, it is also sold in the supermarket).
We clean the vegetables and cut them into thin strips. The carrots will be properly peeled using a Korean grater to create long and thin carrot “noodles.” Heat the oil and quickly fry the vegetables over a hot fire. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Boil the soba in a saucepan and drain it in a colander. Place noodles in a saucepan (wok), add vegetables, a little sauce - the amount can be adjusted solely according to your wishes, and then heat everything up and mix thoroughly. Serve in deep bowls if there is a lot of sauce or on ordinary flat plates.
The best utensil for cooking is a wok: a Chinese frying pan with a narrow bottom and high sides; in it the noodles come out juicy and are evenly soaked in the sauce.
A dish with vegetables can be made differently each time - it depends on the season. It's easy to add zucchini, pumpkin, any type of pepper, beans, tomatoes or green peas - experiment and the taste will please you every time!
We complement the dish with chicken
Buckwheat noodles with chicken and vegetables are unusual and satisfying. Especially if you take a chance and cook it in an unusual combination: mix pieces of fried chicken with soba and add slices of fresh cucumber. Doesn't it sound original?
Unusual and delicious recipe! It's very simple to prepare:
- Fry chicken fillet pieces in a frying pan.
- Add bell pepper, cut into thin strips.
- Season with soy sauce.
- Add a little fish sauce or a drop of teriyaki.
- Pour pieces of chicken and vegetables into hot soba.
- Cut fresh cucumber into thin slices.
- Add to noodles and chicken.
- Stir and season with sauce.
Any takeaway dish will be even more interesting if you season it with dried ginger.
Before serving, sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve. The result will be an unusually interesting dish: tender noodles, pieces of poultry and crunchy fresh cucumber - you will see that your household will be satisfied!
With beef and vegetables
Buckwheat noodles with beef are considered classic in Japan. There, the dish is ready to be eaten everywhere - in fast food establishments, on the street, in fashionable high-class restaurants, at home. But there is a special subtlety in preparation: it is important to fry the vegetables using the stir-fry method, that is, fry very quickly over a hot fire. In this case, the meat should be well fried, and the vegetables should remain al dente - crunchy inside.
The best type of meat is marbled beef; but it’s hard to find, so we change it to veal, sirloin.
The noodles are prepared like this:
- Any vegetables (zucchini, carrots, eggplant, beans) are fried over high heat in a wok.
- At the same time, the beef is fried - it is important to cut it into very thin slices.
- Vegetables and meat are mixed, poured with sauce: add 2 tbsp to soy sauce (200 ml). spoons of starch, mix everything thoroughly.
- The sauce will give vegetables and meat a beautiful glazed look.
- The soba is boiled for 5-7 minutes.
- Meat, vegetables, noodles are mixed and fried all together again.
- Serve the noodles in portions, generously sprinkled with sesame seeds.
Seasonings that can be safely used in a dish include garlic cloves, dried and grated raw ginger, and any mixtures for Asian cuisine. You can add fresh tomatoes and cucumbers to the dish - you get a fresh and crispy salad, a real delight for a gourmet! The dish is great when cold, when it sits for a while and all the ingredients share their flavors with each other.
With shrimp - step by step
Soba with shrimp is a sociable dish for gatherings with friends: it is tasty and certainly not trivial. It’s also quick and easy to prepare: the main thing is to stock up on good shrimp in advance, preferably king or tiger. In addition to shrimp, we will need 2 bunches of soba, 100 g of mushrooms (champignons, shiitake), sesame oil, sesame seeds, dried ginger, zucchini, carrots, bell peppers, garlic and parsley.
A very nutritious and satisfying dish. The step-by-step instructions look like this:
- Place garlic in hot oil in a wok and fry it.
- Remove it from the frying pan (our goal is for the garlic to impart its aroma to the oil).
- Add shelled shrimp.
- Fry until golden brown.
- Fry the vegetables, cut into thin strips.
- Combine vegetables and shrimp.
- Boil the soba.
- Drain the water.
- Combine with shrimp and vegetables.
- Season with sesame oil, sprinkle with seeds heated in a hot frying pan.
- Add spices to taste, soy sauce.
Serve on a large flat platter, garnished with chopped parsley. The dish goes well with Japanese plum wine, green tea or sake. Eat it hot or cooled - at your discretion. You can always mix shrimp with any seafood: add pieces of trout, scallops, mussels, thin strips of squid. Eat and season everything with any spices.
Soba with pork and vegetables
Soba with pork is prepared similarly to the recipe with beef. The only difference is that pork meat is more tender, which means it cooks faster. Stew the mushrooms together with the pork, add dried ginger, sesame oil and hot chili pepper.
Fry the meat in small portions: it is important that it is fried and not stewed.
Pour the sauce generously over it, add a little teriyaki, and serve. You can add fresh zucchini to the dish, cut into strips and mix with noodles. The taste of zucchini is neutral and suitable for combination with pork. Before serving, you can sprinkle the dish with grated peanuts fried in a frying pan.
Oriental dish with teriyaki sauce
According to the Japanese, teriyaki is not a simple sauce. This is a whole philosophy and direction in cooking. The base of the sauce is soy sauce, mirin (rice wine), sugar, and it is combined with fish, lamb, beef or pork. Due to sugar, any vegetables and meat acquire a beautiful caramel color and acquire a pleasant taste characteristic of Asian dishes.
Can be used as an independent dish, and is also perfect for a quick snack. We suggest preparing an unusual soba with tuna, a fish that is simply adored in the Land of the Rising Sun.
- Cut the tuna into pieces and fry in teriyaki sauce.
- Add pineapple pieces and canned pineapple juice. It will soften the fish and give it a slight sweet and sour taste.
- Add any vegetables cut into strips (zucchini, carrots, Chinese cabbage).
- Add a little starch (the sauce will become viscous and the vegetables will become shiny).
- Lightly extinguish.
- Mix with yourself.
Place on a large deep plate, sprinkle with sesame seeds, eat with young rice wine or green tea. Don’t be shy – adjust the spiciness to your liking, making the dish spicier. Enjoy your meal!
Ideas for original presentation of buckwheat noodles
Soba is beautiful because it is easy to invent any combination, sometimes the most unexpected.
It’s easy to add to buckwheat noodles:
- nuts; Roasted peanuts are especially tasty;
- tofu cheese;
- salted anchovies;
- raw Chinese cabbage;
- canned pineapple pieces;
- salmon or trout;
- Korean carrot.
It’s easy to come up with a dozen more unexpected additions and they will all be extremely tasty. But what doesn’t go well with buckwheat noodles is hard cheese. Leave it to European pasta options.
You can serve the noodles not in ordinary plates, but in portioned bowls - they will look appetizing. It is still fashionable to eat it from special cardboard boxes - this is how it is served in food courts and delivered by food delivery services.
The whole family will be happy with this snack. You can come up with your own version, for example, treat from a common dish, so that everyone puts any amount on their plate and eats thoroughly. There are no restrictions here, it all depends on your capabilities and imagination. Experiment and treat yourself to new interesting dishes.
Peel the carrots and grate them on a Korean carrot grater.
Cut the chicken breast into small pieces. There is no need to cut it too finely, but the pieces of meat should not be very large either.
Boil water for cooking noodles, add salt. Place the buckwheat noodles in boiling water and cook for 2-3 minutes from the moment of boiling over low heat. 
Add oil to a frying pan with high sides, heat well and add chopped chicken breast and grated carrots.
Wash the pepper, remove the stem and cut into long pieces. Separate broccoli into florets.
Add peppers and broccoli to the pan. Fry vegetables and breast for 10 minutes over low heat, stirring occasionally.
Salt the chicken pieces with vegetables, add spices to taste, mix and add the prepared buckwheat noodles.
Stir and heat for 3 minutes, then add chopped garlic and mix well again. Cover the pan with a lid, remove from heat and let the dish rest for 3 minutes.
This is how you can easily and quickly prepare buckwheat noodles with chicken and vegetables. The dish turns out very tasty and satisfying, and is served hot.
Bon appetit!
Buckwheat noodles with chicken and vegetables are an unusual dish for our cuisine, but it is gaining increasing popularity along with other Asian dishes. It will add variety to your menu and decorate it with bright notes of Japanese exoticism.
Buckwheat noodles are brown in color, which in itself is already unusual, has its own distinct taste, and in combination with juicy spicy chicken and bright vegetables it turns your lunch into a real pleasure.
Like most oriental dishes, noodles with chicken and vegetables cook very quickly, despite the large number of ingredients that you can vary in composition. The base is a sauce that is made from a complex mixture of honey, soy sauce, chili, vinegar (you can use any vinegar: rice, apple, regular), garlic, ginger and sesame oil. All these ingredients, interacting with each other, create that unique “taste of the east”. Intriguing? Then let's try!
We take the products according to the list (you can also add zucchini and eggplant, if available).
Wash the chicken fillet, dry with a towel and cut into strips. Marinate parts of soy sauce, chili sauce (or any other hot sauce), and vinegar in the mixture. Stir and set aside while you prepare the vegetables.
Crush and peel the garlic, cut into petals, finely chop or grate the ginger.
Cut the vegetables into strips.
Cook the soba as directed on the package.
Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the marinated meat with ginger and garlic until golden brown.
Add the prepared onion and fry lightly.
Add carrots and pepper. We continue roasting and stewing.
For the dressing, prepare chopped tomato, honey, a slice of lemon, sesame oil, parsley and sesame seeds for sprinkling.
Add tomato, a spoonful of honey to almost ready vegetables (al dente), squeeze out lemon juice (1-2 tablespoons), pour aromatic sesame oil over everything. Gently mix and simmer for 3 minutes.
Add chopped parsley.
Place the finished soba, mix, heat everything together and serve.
Place buckwheat noodles with chicken and vegetables on plates and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Here we have such a bright exotic dish!
Bon appetit!
Noodles made from buckwheat flour have been a fairly frequent guest on our table lately. So, after I tried it at a party, I started cooking it at home, and I had already found many different recipes and added some of my own, since you can’t always easily find the appropriate ingredients (after all, such noodles are the basis of Japanese cuisine).
At first there were doubts that my family would like this product. But, since we all love pasta, soba dishes, which is what Japanese housewives correctly call these noodles, have found their niche in our family menu.
I myself enjoy working with such noodles so much that I even learned how to cook them myself. In principle, there is nothing complicated here, you just need to knead ordinary dough from unusual ingredients and cut it into thin noodles. Although, in my opinion, it’s still easier to just buy soba in a store.
So, from such noodles I prepare a wonderful dish for dinner, which turns out to be nourishing, aromatic and very tasty - buckwheat noodles with chicken and vegetables with soy sauce. And what’s also important is that it cooks very quickly, just 15-20 minutes and a hot, delicious dinner is on the table.
Today I offer a recipe with step-by-step photos for buckwheat noodles with chicken and vegetables. I use chicken as a base, which I marinate and then fry with vegetables. I put boiled noodles on top of this, add sauce and warm up the whole dish a little. 
- chicken meat (fillet) – 1 pc.,
- carrots (medium) – 1 pc.,
- salad pepper – 1 pc.,
- mixed vegetables (frozen) – a handful,
- mushroom (champignon, shiitake), fresh – 50 g,
- soy sauce – 50 ml,
- buckwheat flour noodles – 2 bunches,
- sesame seeds - to taste, optional.
How to cook with photos step by step
Preparation:
We wash the meat, remove any films and dry it. Then carefully cut it into fairly thin long strips.
Pour 30 ml of soy sauce over the meat and marinate for 5-10 minutes (while we prepare the vegetables). 
Peel the carrots and chop them into long strips (you can use a special attachment for Korean carrots for this).
We wash the pepper, dry it and cut it in half, remove the seeds and stalk. Then we cut it into neat thin strips.
We clean the mushrooms from films, wash them and cut them into thin slices. 
Pour oil into a heated frying pan and add carrots. Stirring, fry for about 3 minutes until browned. 
Then add the marinated meat to the carrots and continue cooking for another 2-3 minutes. 
Then we send mushrooms and a handful of frozen vegetables. Fry the mixture for 2-3 minutes. 
Now add pepper and cook for another 1 minute. 
Separately prepare the noodles (how to cook them is written on the package).
At the last moment, add ready-made buckwheat noodles to the meat and vegetables, pour in the sauce (20 ml), stir, heat and serve with
Japanese national cuisine is becoming increasingly popular here too. This is not surprising, because the inhabitants of the Land of the Rising Sun are distinguished by their health, longevity and look good even in old age.
All this is the result of a healthy diet. One of the traditional dishes of their cuisine is buckwheat noodles, which appeared on the Russian market not so long ago, but has already gained popularity among consumers. In Japanese this dish is called "soba".
Benefits of buckwheat noodles
Buckwheat soba noodles are low in fat. At the same time, buckwheat contains so-called slow carbohydrates, which are broken down over a long period and the feeling of fullness does not go away.
In addition, the noodles retain all the vitamins and minerals contained in the cereal. This product can be consumed during a diet, and the skin will look excellent, the hair will be silky, and the nails will be strong.
Buckwheat noodles, which contain 350 kilocalories, are quite nutritious. Despite this, you should not abuse this product. It is enough to prepare it 2-3 times a week to stay in shape.
Cooking noodles
You can buy ready-made buckwheat noodles in stores and cook them according to the instructions. But in Japan, soba is considered the best, which is prepared by the hands of the hostess and cooked according to a signature family recipe. Japanese women make noodles from two components: buckwheat flour and water.
Many housewives add seaweed and other secret ingredients to buckwheat noodles, which make their dishes special. Serve it with chicken, seafood or vegetables.
Traditional recipe
At home, it is better to prepare soba from a mixture of wheat and buckwheat flour.
This way the product will taste better.
- Buckwheat flour – 300 g
- Wheat flour – 100 g
- Water - about 200 ml
Every housewife can prepare this recipe.
- Sift both types of flour thoroughly through a sieve and mix in a bowl.
- Add water little by little, pouring in small portions and kneading. Depending on the quality of the flour, a little less water may be needed.
- The dough should be dense, pliable, knead well and not stick to your hands. You need to knead for about 15 minutes until it becomes elastic.
- Roll out a small piece of dough into a very thin layer, almost transparent. Then cut regular thin noodles.
Cook these noodles in boiling water with added salt for no more than five minutes. Drain the liquid and season the noodles with oil or sauce. Can be cooked in chicken broth.
If the recipe requires further stewing of the finished noodles with vegetables or chicken, then the cooking time is reduced to one minute.
On packages of ready-made noodles, the instructions say how to cook buckwheat noodles. When cooking store-bought noodles, you should follow the manufacturer's recommendations.
Cooked soba is, of course, healthy and tasty, but it is even tastier with vegetables, chicken, and seafood. It’s not difficult to find a lot of interesting recipes on how to cook buckwheat noodles with chicken and other ingredients.
Soba with spicy sauce
Any recipe you like can be used as a sauce for buckwheat noodles. The flavor combination with the spicy sauce is very successful.
To prepare it you will need the following ingredients:
- Soy sauce – 1 tbsp
- Anchovy sauce (fish) – 1 tbsp
- Honey – 1 tbsp
- Fresh ginger - a small piece about the thickness of a finger
- Lemon juice – 1 tbsp
- Sesame seeds.
Even a novice housewife can handle the preparation.
- You need to mix all the liquid ingredients and grate the ginger on a fine grater.
- The sauce should sit for at least 15 minutes. After which it should be strained to remove the ginger shavings. The root has already given up all the beneficial and flavorful substances and will be inappropriate in the finished dish.
- The sauce is served with the finished noodles.
- To enhance the taste, you can sprinkle with sesame seeds.
The indicated amount of products is enough for 300 g of noodles.
The taste of the dish will be truly oriental. Ginger will add pungency to the sauce, honey – sweetness, soy – salty taste, and vinegar – sourness. Eastern cuisine is famous for the fact that all shades of taste are present in one dish. The calorie content of noodles prepared according to this recipe is not high; you can safely eat it while on a diet. Boiled or fried chicken will also go well with this sauce.
Soba with vegetables
Buckwheat noodles with vegetables are very good. You can safely experiment by preparing buckwheat noodles with vegetables, the recipe is universal.
Simply add a variety of ingredients, sauté vegetables and serve a delicious, filling meal.
- Buckwheat noodles – 350 g
- Carrots – 1 pc.
- Small zucchini - half
- Soy sauce – 1 tbsp. l
- Sugar – 1 tsp
- Vinegar – 1 tsp
- Ginger on the tip of a teaspoon
- To make the dish not only tasty, but also look impressive on the plate, it is recommended to grate all the vegetables on a Korean carrot grater.
- Mix sugar, vinegar, soy and ginger in a separate bowl - this is the sauce.
- Grate vegetables on the track
- Simmer in oil, covered with a lid, over low heat. It will take 5 minutes.
- Cook the noodles in boiling water for a minute.
- Place the prepared soba and the infused sauce into the frying pan with the vegetables, stir.
- Simmer for another 5 minutes.
- Serve to the table.
The dish is prepared quickly, it is very tasty and high in calories. This option is suitable for vegetarians and those on a diet. And meat eaters can supplement with chicken.
Soba with chicken
Of course, soba is delicious on its own or with vegetables, but in tandem with chicken it is simply delicious.
Buckwheat noodles with chicken are prepared from common products:
- Buckwheat noodles – 400 g
- Bell pepper – 1-2 pcs
- Chicken (preferably fillet, breast) – 300 g
- Onion – 1
- Carrots – 1
- Soy sauce
- Butter for seasoning noodles
- Vegetable oil for frying
- Sesame seeds
- Cucumber
Preparing this dish will take no more than 40 minutes.
This recipe is very useful for those who like to cook quickly.
- Boil the noodles until half cooked, rinse and season with oil.
- Cut the onion and chicken into strips and fry in hot oil.
- Separately, fry the grated carrots and chopped pepper until soft.
- Mix with prepared chicken and noodles, add soy sauce and sesame seeds. Simmer this entire mixture for 5 minutes, covering the pan with a lid.
- Cut the cucumber into strips and add to the prepared noodles with chicken and stir again.
An unusual combination of ordinary products gives this dish a spicy twist. Fresh cucumber gives chicken noodles a delicate freshness and the aroma of spring.
Soba as a snack for beer
Buckwheat noodles can be used not only to prepare dishes with vegetables and chicken.
Beer lovers can prepare this version of a crispy and original snack:
- Vegetable oil – 2-3 tbsp
- Garlic – 2-3 cloves
- Soba – 300 g
- Soy sauce
You can prepare crispies quickly and without much effort.
- Boil the noodles for 1 minute until half cooked and rinse.
- Heat oil in a frying pan
- Cut the garlic cloves into several pieces and fry for a couple of minutes in hot oil until it is saturated with garlic aroma. After this, catch the pieces.
- Place noodles in a frying pan and fry, stirring. Sprinkle the finished dish with soy sauce.
Guests will not immediately guess what was served as an appetizer. Of course, this recipe can be prepared without beer. For a heartier option: mix with fried chicken.
Homemade noodles can be air dried and stored in a dry container. To prevent the soba from sticking, it must be sprinkled with wheat flour. The finished product can be stored for no more than a week.
If you add rice or soy flour to the dough instead of wheat flour, then such noodles can be stored for up to a month. Adding different components gives different results. When cooking at home, you can experiment and find the best option.
Buckwheat noodle recipes traditionally include soy sauce.
If buckwheat noodles are served with chicken and vegetables, beef or other meat, it is recommended to cook it in broth. This way the taste of the dish will be richer, but the caloric content will also be higher.
Soba goes well with various seeds: sesame, peeled sunflower, pumpkin or flax seeds. All these additives will enrich the taste of the finished dish, add zest to it, and increase calorie content.
Store-bought noodles must be cooked according to the instructions. These noodles may contain starch, dried seaweed and other ingredients that change the cooking time.
Buckwheat noodles can be called soba if they contain at least 30% buckwheat flour. It is served with any vegetables, but is especially good with radishes and fresh cucumbers.
You can also make soup with buckwheat noodles. Add ingredients according to the traditional recipe to the prepared chicken broth. A couple of minutes before turning off the soup, soba is added to it. You can’t cook it any longer, otherwise the noodles will simply spread out. It won't spoil the taste.
But the appearance - yes. You can cook not only with chicken broth, but also with any meat broth.
Original dishes made from new products will enrich your diet. For traditional vegetables with chicken or meat, why not serve buckwheat noodles as a side dish? The recipes are universal and simple. It's tasty, healthy and new.
