Harusame Salad (Chuka Style Glass Noodle Salad)

Name: Harusame Salad (Chuka Style Glass Noodle Salad)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 50 g Japanese cucumber (or Persian cucumber); 50 g carrot; 5 g ginger root (peeled); ¼ tsp salt; 50 g thin glass noodles (harusame); 1 boiled wood ear mushroom (or 5g dried and rehydrated blanched 1-2 mins); 50 g imitation crab (or ham); 2 egg (+ 2 pinches of salt for kinshi tamago); 1 tbsp Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu); 1 tbsp rice vinegar; 1 tbsp sugar; 1 tsp Japanese mustard (karashi) ("Karashi" or English "Colman's mustard" also works); ½ tbsp toasted sesame oil; ½ tsp Chinese-style chicken bouillon powder; 1 tsp toasted white sesame seeds

Instructions

Prep:20minCook:10min

Harusame salad is a colorful and nutritious salad dish made with glass noodles, egg crepe, crab and vegetables tossed in a light and tangy sauce. It's refreshing, tasty and can be made ahead of time!

Updated at: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:00:10 GMT