Kake Soba (Hot Soba Noodle Soup)
If you’re looking for a hot soba recipe, try this classic kake soba! It’s a simple Japanese noodle soup with a light soy sauce–based broth. I’ll show you how to make it step by step and share topping ideas you can enjoy.
Looking for simple soba recipes? Try my Soba Noodle Salad or Cold Soba Noodles!
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Recipe Ingredients
You’ll need the following ingredients to make this Hot Soba Recipe:
How To Make Kake Soba: STEP BY STEP
Here’s a quick visual guide! Check the recipe card below for the video and full details!
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
In a bowl, assemble soba noodles, mentsuyu, and toppings.
Serve and enjoy right away, as soba noodles quickly absorb the soup and can become soggy if left too long. If you like a little heat, sprinkle with shichimi togarashi (spice blend) before eating.
Topping Variations
This is the fun part! Many ingredients pair well with kake soba. Below, I’ve listed classic and popular toppings that are easy to prepare at home.
Your Questions Answered
Soba broth is typically made from dashi, soy sauce, and mirin. It has a light, savory flavor that pairs well with simple soba noodles.
“Kake” means to pour over. Kake soba refers to soba noodles served in hot broth poured over the noodles, with simple toppings.
Yes, you can drink the broth. It’s light and flavorful, but feel free to enjoy as much or as little as you like.
Soba noodles absorb broth quickly. If they sit too long in the soup, they can become soft and soggy, so it’s best to serve and eat hot soba right away.
If you have more questions, feel free to leave a comment below!
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Kake Soba (Hot Soba Noodle Soup)
Equipment
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.
Notes
- For the best results, cook the soba noodles separately from the soup. Cooking them together can make the broth cloudy and dilute the flavor.
- After cooking, briefly rinse the soba noodles with water to remove excess starch. This helps improve the texture and keeps the noodles from becoming sticky.
- If the soup tastes too salty, dilute it with a little water. If it tastes too mild, add more mentsuyu or a bit of salt until the flavor is just right.
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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.