Kake Soba (Authentic Japanese Soba Noodle Soup)
Craving a homemade Kake Soba recipe? Making this Japanese favorite is a breeze with my simple steps. Treat yourself to a delightful bowl of noodle soup right in your home!
Looking for simple noodle dishes? Try my Kake Udon, Zaru Soba, or Zaru Udon!

I’ll walk you through the ingredients and step-by-step instructions. I hope you enjoy it!
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Recipe Ingredients
Youโll need the following ingredients to make this Hot Soba Recipe:

How To Make Kake Soba: STEP BY STEP
Here are some quick visual instructions! For the video and all the detailed ingredients and instructions, go to the printable recipe card below.

Step 1
Prepare toppings.

Step 2
Put mentsuyu and water in a medium saucepan and warm it up.

Step 3
Cook soba noodles according to the package instructions and drain.

Step 4
Assemble soba noodles, mentsuyu, and toppings.

Here you go! Once it’s served, please eat immediately. Otherwise, the soba noodles soak up the soup and become soggy. If you like a little spice, sprinkle with shichimi togarashi (Japanese spice blend) and enjoy!
Topping Variations

This is the fun part! Various ingredients go well with Kake soba. I have listed the classic and popular toppings that are easy to prepare.

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Kake Soba (Authentic Japanese Soba Noodle Soup)

Equipment
- 1 Medium saucepan 18cm, (7 inches)
- 1 Strainer
Ingredients
Instructions
- Prepare the toppings: Place the dried wakame in a small bowl and let it soak for about 5 minutes. Drain the seaweed completely. Finely chop the scallion.
- Make the soba soup: Put mentsuyu and water in a mediium saucepan and warm it up.
- Boil the soba noodles: While warming the soup, add the soba noodles to a separate pot of boiling water and cook according to the package instructions. Stir the noodles with chopsticks to separate them while cooking.
- Drain the noodles: Drain using a strainer and quickly rinse under running cold water to remove the extra starch.
- Serve: Serve the drained noodles in a bowl, pour the soup, and place the scallions and wakame on top.
Video

Notes
- If your noodle soup is too salty, you can balance it by diluting it with water. Conversely, if it’s too mild, add more mentsuyu to enhance the flavor.
- Soba noodles typically take a couple of minutes to cook frozen noodles and around 10 minutes or more for dried or fresh noodles. The cooking time can vary depending on the type and brand of soba noodles, so please follow the package directions.
Nutrition
This nutritional information is estimated and provided for general reference only.
Delicious flavored broth. Best basic Japanese Ramen recipe I have found.
Thanks for your comment, Laura! I’m glad you love the recipe!
Thank you Chef Ja, my first visit to your website. I found your recipe very useful especially suggestions for condiments.
Yoroshiku, Wayne
Thank you for visiting! Glad you like the recipe.