Soba noodle salad with Asian peanut dressing

20 minutes ■ Serves 2 ■ EASY

You can knock up the dressing for this with mostly storecupboard ingredients. Its also great as a sauce for BBQ chicken.

dried soba noodles 75g
spring onions 4, shredded
mangetout 100g, halved lengthways
baby corn 100g, halved lengthways
red pepper 1/2 thinly sliced
DRESSING
crunchy peanut butter 2 tbsp
ginger a small chunk, finely grated
soy sauce 1 tbsp
sesame oil 1 tsp
rice wine vinegar 1 tbsp
chilli sauce 1 tbsp

■ Cook the noodles following pack instructions, be careful as they can go mushy very quickly. Drain, rinse under cold water and drain agaia
■ Put the peanut butter in a bowl, add the other dressing ingredients one by one then whisk in 3-4 tbsp boiling water from the kettle until you have a thinnish dressing consistency.
■ Put the noodles in a large bowl, add the vegetables and the dressing and toss everything together.

Soba noodle salad with Asian peanut dressing