FROM OUR KITCHEN
Japanese beef and soba noodle salad

Prep time15 min
Cook time15 min
Total time30 min
Servings4
01
Ingredients
- 600 g beef rump, fat trimmed
- 1 tbsp miso paste
- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
- 3 tbsp mirin
- 270 g soba noodles
- 1 bunch gai laan (chinese broccoli), 5cm lengths
- 2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds, plus extra to sprinkle
- 2 small carrots, halved, thinly sliced on the diagonal
- 1.2 bunch small pink radish, thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp tamari or soy sauce
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
To serve
- 1 Pickled ginger
- 1 Cooked edamame beans, podded
- 1 Nori strips
02
Step-by-step method
- 01Place beef on a plate, mix miso, oil and 1 tbsp mirin in a small bowl to a paste and spread all over beef.
- 02Preheat a bbq or chargrill plate to medium heat, cook beef for 3 minutes per side for medium rare. Rest for 5-10 minutes before slicing across the grain.
- 03Bring a medium saucepan of water to the boil, cook soba for 2 minutes, add gai laan stems and cook for 30 seconds then add gai laan leaves and cook another 30 seconds, drain and return to saucepan. Gently stir through sesame seeds, carrot, radish, tamari, maple syrup and 2 tbsp mirin.
- 04Serve noodles with pickled ginger, edamame, nori strips and top with sliced beef. Sprinkle with extra sesame seeds if desired.