Soba Salad with Marinated Cucumber and Ponzu | Saveur

Ingredients

• ³⁄₄ cup cilantro leaves, roughly chopped
• ¹⁄₄ cup plus 2 tbsp. mirin
• ¹⁄₄ cup plus 2 tbsp. rice wine vinegar
• 1 tbsp. brown sugar
• 1 ¹⁄₂ tsp. fish sauce
• 1 English cucumber, sliced 1/8-inch thick
• 1 red bell pepper, minced
• 1 red Thai chile, thinly sliced
• 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 1 (8-oz.) package dried buckwheat soba noodles
• 1 cup soy sauce
• 1 tbsp. granulated sugar
• ¹⁄₄ cup toasted sesame oil
• 2 tbsp. fresh lemon juice, preferably Meyer
• Mint and Thai basil leaves, for garnish