Buckwheat noodles - general principles of cooking
The secret of harmony and longevity of the representatives of the eastern peoples lies in their nutrition. So, for a garnish, they prefer rice and noodles, they get protein by consuming a lot of fish. Thus, without eating fatty meats and sweets, the Japanese and Chinese live long, look great, and do not get sick.
One of the favorite dishes in the East is soba or buckwheat noodles. It is healthier than ordinary noodles, and in addition it has a small glycemic index.
At the heart of the noodles is, as the name suggests, buckwheat grind into flour. Also, a small amount of wheat flour is added during cooking, otherwise the dough will not knead. In some areas of China, green tea or seaweed is added to the noodles during cooking.
Buckwheat noodles - preparation of products and utensils
If you decide to cook the noodles yourself, then you will need well-sifted buckwheat flour and about a third of its amount - wheat flour.
Soba is rarely eaten in its pure form, the dish will turn out to be much tastier if you add seafood, vegetables, a delicious dressing to it. Buckwheat noodles need not be cooked like regular pasta. If, after you boil the soba, you plan to fry it with other components, then cook the noodles for no more than a minute.
Buckwheat noodle recipes:
Recipe 1: Buckwheat Noodles
The technology for making buckwheat noodles according to this recipe is very simple, but it is best to use a special machine for rolling dough, since it needs to be made very, very thin.
Ingredients Required:
- Buckwheat flour - 300 gr.
- Wheat flour - 100 gr.
- Water - 180 ml
Cooking method:
- Sift both types of flour on a clean table or in a bowl and mix them by hand.
- Start pouring a thin stream of water into the flour while kneading the dough. When it acquires a dense and pliable structure, there will be enough water - even if you have not poured all the allocated amount yet.
- Knead the dough with your hands until all air bubbles disappear. The kneading process will take about 15 minutes.
- Nip off a piece with a baby cam. Sprinkle the surface with wheat flour and start rolling out the dough with a rolling pin (or use a machine). The dough layer should become very thin, literally transparent.
- Cut the dough into thin noodles (or on the machine, cut the dough in spaghetti mode).
- Dip the noodles in boiling water and cook for no more than 5 minutes, then turn the product over in a colander, add oil and drizzle with sauce.
Recipe 2: Buckwheat Noodles with Spicy Sauce
The recipe described in this case can be taken as the basis for culinary experiments for the preparation of "oriental" dishes. The recipe for spicy sauce will also be unusual - ginger, fish and soy sauce, honey and lemon juice.
Ingredients Required:
- Buckwheat noodles - 300 gr.
- 1 tablespoon of soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon anchovy sauce (or any other fish sauce)
- 1 tablespoon of liquid honey
- 15 grams of fresh ginger
- 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
- White sesame seeds
Cooking method:
- Make the sauce. To do this, mix all the ingredients and add grated ginger to them. Leave the sauce for 15 minutes.
- Put sobo boiled.
- Remove the ginger from the sauce.
- Mix boiled buckwheat noodles with sauce, mix, sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Recipe 3: Buckwheat Noodles with Shrimp
Oriental cuisine is characterized by the use of a huge amount of seafood. This easily explains the health and longevity of the Japanese and Chinese - seafood does not contain harmful fats (in contrast to the meat we are used to), but it is rich in protein. From this recipe you will learn how to cook delicious buckwheat noodles with shrimp.
Ingredients Required:
- Buckwheat noodles - 330 gr.
- Peeled shrimps - 260 gr.
- Tomato - 1 piece
- Soy sauce - 1 tablespoon
- Brown sugar - ½ tablespoon
- Rice Vinegar - 1 teaspoon
- Butter
Cooking method:
- Combine vinegar, soy sauce and sugar, mix.
- Put boiling water, immerse noodles in it for a minute, then remove and rinse under warm mineral water.
- Wash the tomato and cut into slices.
- Shrimps, cleaned of shells, need to be put on a heated frying pan with tomato, greased with oil. Fry for about 7 minutes, then put the noodles in the pan to the ingredients.
- Shuffle. Make the fire smaller. Cook the noodles under a closed lid for another 5 minutes, then transfer the dish to a deep bowl, pour the sauce, mix and serve.
Recipe 4: Buckwheat noodles with zucchini and carrots
Buckwheat noodles sound equally delicious with both meat products and vegetables. From this recipe you will learn how to cook soba with zucchini and carrots. The secret of a beautiful serving dish is to grate the vegetables for Chinese carrots, resulting in them in the form of noodles.
Ingredients Required:
- Buckwheat noodles - 360 gr.
- 1 carrot
- ½ zucchini
- Soy sauce - 1 tbsp. l
- Sugar - 1 tsp.
- Vinegar - 1 tsp. L.
- Ground ginger - 1/3 tsp.
Cooking method:
- Zucchini and carrots need to be peeled, then grate them.
- Combine the soy sauce, vinegar, ginger and sugar sauce.
- Dip the noodles in boiling water for a minute, then remove it and rinse in running water.
- Put the vegetables in a small amount of oil and fry them, simmer them under a closed lid over medium heat for about 5 minutes.
- Add the noodles and sauce to the vegetables, mix, cover the pan again and simmer over low heat for another 5 minutes.
Recipe 5: Buckwheat Noodles with Chicken
Soba goes well not only with seafood, but also with chicken. Incidentally, chicken today is often used in Japanese cuisine, as it does not contain harmful animal fats, but is rich in protein. This recipe describes how to cook buckwheat noodles with chicken in an oriental manner.
Ingredients Required:
- Soba - 370 gr.
- Chicken fillet - 200 gr.
- Soy sauce for frying - 1.5 tbsp. l
- Butter - 1 slice
- Black sesame seeds
Cooking method:
- Wash the chicken and cut into small pieces.
- Heat the pan, melt the butter and fry the chicken. After 5 minutes, add soy sauce to the chicken, mix well and reduce the heat.
- Boil the soba for one minute. Rinse and add to chicken.
- Simmer the ingredients under the lid for 5 minutes, then sprinkle with sesame seeds and mix.
Recipe 6: Buckwheat noodles in sour cream with tofu cheese
If you follow a vegetarian diet, you will like this recipe. Tofu cheese is made from soy, and therefore is useful both in pure form and in the composition of dishes.
Ingredients Required:
- Soba - 290 gr.
- Tofu cheese - 160 gr.
- Onions - 1 piece
- Butter - 1 slice
- Sour cream - 220 gr.
- Soy sauce - 1 tbsp. l
Cooking method:
- Shred onion finely.
- Cut the cheese into small cubes.
- Boil buckwheat noodles in boiling water for a minute, then rinse.
- Melt the butter in a hot pan, fry the onions, add soy sauce to it. Put the soba in the pan, fry, stirring with a spatula, for 5 minutes, then add sour cream and turn off the heat.
- Serve buckwheat noodles in portions, sprinkled with chopped cheese.
Buckwheat noodles - secrets and useful tips from the best cooks
- Home-made soba can be stored in a dry container, sprinkled with wheat flour, for no more than a week.
- If you make buckwheat noodles yourself, then instead of wheat, you can also add rice or soy flour. These two types of flour are not used in China, but then you are guaranteed to get the noodles and it can be stored for 3-4 weeks.
- If you plan to serve soba with poultry, meat or vegetables, you can boil the noodles in meat or chicken broth. So the noodles will be much more aromatic and tastier.
- Add to the dishes made from buckwheat noodles, sunflower and pumpkin seeds, sesame black and white, flax seeds.
- If you buy buckwheat noodles, and do not make it yourself, then cook it as indicated on the package. The fact is that corn starch or algae can be added to soba produced in a factory way, which changes the cooking time of noodles.
- To make buckwheat noodles crispy, it can be fried in oil. Thus, cooked soba can be used as a side dish, or as a snack for beer. Fry buckwheat noodles so that it turns out tasty, easy. You will need a few cloves of garlic and one tablespoon of oil. First, boil the noodles for a minute. Heat the pan and pour oil. Peel the garlic, chop it finely. Put the garlic in hot oil, fry for 2 minutes, then catch the garlic and put the noodles in the same oil. Fry the soba for 5 minutes, then sprinkle with soy sauce.
- What vegetables can be served with buckwheat noodles? Soba will be delicious with fresh cucumber and radish, fried tomato, carrots and onions.
- Soba can be added to soups like regular noodles. Put it in the broth a couple of minutes before you turn off the heat under the pan, otherwise the noodles "boil" and take on a porridge-like appearance.
