A fast and fabulous prawn salad, with squiggles of soba noodles and the crunch of crisp cucumber. It also travels well, making it ideal for picnics and packed lunches.
Prawn and soba noodle salad with sesame-ginger dressing
A go-to summer recipe that's light and satisfying in equal measure.
- Serves 4
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Ingredients
- 400 gm soba noodles
- 2 Lebanese cucumbers, diced
- 2 spring onions, thinly sliced
- 16 medium cooked prawns, peeled, tails intact, and deveined
- 1/3 cup coarsely chopped coriander
- To serve: toasted sesame seeds
Sesame-ginger dressing
- 75 ml light soy sauce
- 50 ml brown rice vinegar
- 50 ml olive oil
- 2½ tsp hulled tahini
- 1 tsp finely grated ginger
Method
- 1Cook soba in a large saucepan of boiling water until just tender (2-4 minutes). Drain and refresh under cold running water.
- 2For sesame-ginger dressing, whisk ingredients in a bowl until smooth. Season with black pepper and pour dressing over noodles, add cucumber and spring onions and toss to combine, then serve topped with prawns and scattered with coriander and sesame seeds.
