Harusame Salad (Japanese-Style Glass Noodle Salad)

Name: Harusame Salad (Japanese-Style Glass Noodle Salad)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 50 g Japanese cucumber (or Persian cucumber); 50 g carrot; 5 g ginger root (peeled); ¼ tsp salt (for the vegetables); 50 g thin glass noodles (harusame); 1 boiled wood ear mushroom (or 5 g dried); 50 g imitation crab (or ham); 1 egg; 1 pinch salt; ½ tsp sugar; ½ tsp potato starch (katakuriko) (or cornstarch); 1 tsp water; 1 tsp cooking oil (a neutral oil such as canola or rice); 1 tbsp Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu); 1 tbsp unseasoned rice vinegar (komezu) (not seasoned sushi vinegar); 1 tbsp sugar; 1 tsp Japanese mustard (karashi) (in a tube, or English mustard such as Colman's); ½ tsp Chinese-style chicken bouillon powder; 1 tsp toasted white sesame seeds (½ tsp for the dressing, ½ tsp reserved for the top); ½ tbsp toasted sesame oil; 1 pinch ground white pepper

Instructions

Prep:15minCook:10min

Harusame salad is a refreshing Japanese dish of springy glass noodles, ribbons of egg crepe, shredded crab, and crisp vegetables in a light, tangy dressing. Make it ahead of time, it only gets better as the flavors settle.

Updated at: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:37:54 GMT