Nici Wickes: Cold lunch inspiration and Soba noodles and salmon - Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

This is surely the quickest dinner at under 15 minutes from start to finish and you can serve it hold or cold!  

Serves 2  

Ingredients  

• 160g dried soba noodles  
• 2-3 cups good quality vegetable stock  
• 150-200g fresh NZ salmon, 3cm cubed  
• 2-4 stalks broccolini, halved lengthwise  
• ½ cup snow peas, halved lengthwise  
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil  
• Black or white sesame seeds to serve  
• Wedges of lime or lemon to serve  
• Salt to season  
• ¼-1/2 teaspoon minced chilli to serve (optional)  

Method 

1. In a medium pot, bring well-salted water to the boil. Add soba noodles and once they’ve collapsed into the liquid and it’s come to the boil again, time it for 5 minutes, then drain and rinse well under cold water.  
2. In the same pot you cooked the noodles in, bring the stock to a rapid simmer. Add in the cooked noodles and the remaining ingredients, except the sesame seeds. Simmer for one minute, or a little longer of you prefer your salmon well-cooked instead of blushing in the middle.  
3. Serve in bowls, sprinkled with sesame seeds and with a wedge of lemon to squeeze over. Add salt or chilli to taste.  

Nici’s note: Keep it simple as I have or add in soy sauce, grated ginger or miso to your broth. 

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