Tempura Soba Noodle Soup

Name: Tempura Soba Noodle Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 150 ml cold water (chilled); 100 ml carbonated water (chilled); 30 g cornstarch (sifted and chilled in fridge); 150 g unbleached cake flour (sifted and chilled in fridge); unbleached cake flour (for dusting); 1 egg (chilled); 8 black tiger shrimp (or similar large prawns); 4 fresh shiitake mushroom (stems removed); 100 g eggplant (cut into wedges and soaked in cold water); 8 perilla leaves (shiso) (ooba/shiso); cooking oil (for deep frying); 1000 ml dashi stock; 5 tbsp Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu); 2 tbsp mirin; ½ tsp salt; 400 g dry soba noodles (approx 100g per serving); finely chopped green onions (to garnish); kamaboko fish cake; Japanese chili powder (shichimi togarashi) ((shichimi togarashi) optional); dried wakame seaweed (rehydrated)

Instructions

Prep:15minCook:15min

Tempura Soba is a classic Japanese noodle dish made with buckwheat noodles served in a hot dashi broth and topped with crispy tempura shrimp and vegetables.

Updated at: Fri, 15 May 2026 08:34:46 GMT