Quick Sesame Soba Noodes

When I look back at my old posts and pictures, I laugh at just how BAD some of the food looks, so bad that you would never make the recipe. My morning laugh today came from my old Buffaloaf (meatloaf made with bison meat) post - we LOVE that recipe and make it all the time, but the photo looks like a brown pile of mush. Not exactly appetizing. This soba noodle recipe has also been posted before, but I am re-posting with a much better picture. That's allowed, right? 

This is one of my all time favorite side dishes, and I love bringing it to work or making it with pork tenderloin. I have even placed a scoop on top of a bed of spinach and called it a salad! 

Quick Sesame Soba Noodles

from Eat, Live, Run

Ingredients for sauce - 

1/2 cup tahini

1/4 cup canola oil

3/4 cup hot water (depending how thick you like your sauce)

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup rice vinegar

1/2 cup soy sauce

1/2 tsp red pepper flakes

2 tsp freshly minced ginger

1 tsp minced garlic

Ingredients for noodles - 

sliced raw sugar snap peas

thinly sliced green onions

sesame seeds

8 oz soba noodles

Directions:

Cook soba noodles according to package instructions. When done, drain and rinse noodles in cold water. Set aside.

To make sauce, combine all ingredients (tahini through garlic) in a food processor and process until very smooth. Add the hot water last, while the motor is running. You may need less, just add enough until desired consistency is reached.

To serve, pour sauce over noodles and top with snap peas, green onions, and sesame seeds.