Black Bean Soup with Soba

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recipe by Octopus Publishing https://octopusbooks.co.uk/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    18mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    4
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    241
based on 1 ratings

Give your lunch a quick and flavorsome makeover. This soup takes just minutes to prepare and is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. Prepare the soup in advance and store it in the fridge until you’re ready to eat. Then just cook the noodles as needed and enjoy.

recipe updated 3 Sep 2021

Ingredients

  • Spring onion icon
    Spring onion
    6
  • Garlic clove icon
    Garlic clove
    2
  • Fresh chilli icon
    Fresh chilli
    1
  • Ginger icon
    Ginger
    1 tablespoon
  • Pak choi icon
    Pak choi
    200 g
  • Water icon
    Water
    as needed
  • Soba noodles icon
    Soba noodles
    200 g
  • Vegetable oil icon
    Vegetable oil
    2 tablespoons
  • Black bean sauce icon
    Black bean sauce
    125 ml
  • Vegetable stock icon
    Vegetable stock
    750 ml
  • Soy sauce icon
    Soy sauce
    2 teaspoons
  • Caster sugar icon
    Caster sugar
    1 teaspoon
  • Peanuts icon
    Peanuts
    50 g

Tools

  • kCook icon Saucepan
  • kCook icon Small bowl
  • kCook icon Large saucepan

Step preview

  1. Add water to a clean large saucepan
  2. Boil - high heat
  3. Add soba noodles to the noodles
  4. Cook until tender and continue - 5 min
  5. Add vegetable oil to a clean saucepan
  6. Heat - medium heat
  7. Add spring onion and garlic clove to the saucepan
  8. Fry gently - approx 1 min
  9. Add fresh chilli, ginger, black bean sauce and vegetable stock to the soup
  10. Boil
  11. Add pak choi, soy sauce, caster sugar and peanuts to the soup
  12. Simmer gently - 4 min
  13. Drain noodles
  14. Rinse
  15. Transfer noodles to small bowl
  16. Ladle soup into small bowl
  17. Serve immediately
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