Cashew Chicken Soba Noodle Salad
Cashew Chicken Soba Noodle Salad
Cashew Chicken Soba Noodle Salad
Cashew Chicken Soba Noodle Salad

Cashew Chicken Soba Noodle Salad

David Venable

Experiment with your noodles & give the soba variety a try! This dish lets you get creative with what you put on the table.

Salad

  • 1 (10.58-oz) bag dry soba noodles, cooked according to package directions and cooled
  • 1-1/2 lbs chicken breast, cut into 1.5''–2'' thin strips
  • 1-1/2 tsp salt
  • 3/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1-1/2 Tbsp cornstarch
  • 3 Tbsp oil
  • 2 cups snow peas, julienned
  • 1 cup carrots, julienned
  • 1 cup red pepper, julienned
  • 1 cup yellow pepper, julienned
  • 1 (8-oz) can water chestnuts, chopped
  • 2 cups frozen shelled edamame, defrosted
  • 2 cups cabbage, thickly shredded
  • 1/2 cup scallions, sliced
  • 2 cups roasted cashews

Dressing

  • 1/3 cup, plus 2 Tbsp, rice wine vinegar
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1/8 cup sesame oil
  • 3/4 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1/4 cup ginger, minced
  • 1-1/2 tsp garlic, minced
  • 1 Tbsp honey
  • 1/4 cup lime juice
  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 Tbsp wasabi paste
  • 3/4 cup cilantro, chopped

To start the salad

Cook the soba noodles and place them in a large mixing bowl. Set aside.
Season the chicken with salt and pepper, then toss and coat the chicken in cornstarch. Heat a large skillet on medium-high heat with 1 Tbsp of oil. Working in batches, and adding the rest of the oil when needed, brown the chicken until it's cooked through. Remove from the pan and set aside to cool.
Add the snow peas, carrots, red pepper, yellow pepper, water chestnuts, edamame, cabbage, scallions, and cashews to the mixing bowl with the noodles. Set aside.

To prepare the dressing

Whisk together the rice wine vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, mustard, ginger, garlic, honey, lime juice, vegetable oil, wasabi, and cilantro in a medium mixing bowl.

Cook's Notes

Planning a party? Turn this recipe into individual appetizers by serving it in lettuce cups. You can also use 3/4 lb of thin spaghetti or thin linguine if soba noodles aren't readily available.

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