Soba Noodles Salad With Peanut Butter Dressing Recipe - Very Good Cook

Ingredients

• For the salad:
• 120 grams dried soba noodles (1 bundle noodles)
• 1 red pepper, destemmed, seeded, cut into matchsticks
• 1 medium Persian cucumber, trimmed, cut into matchsticks
• 1 small carrot, trimmed, peeled, cut into matchsticks
• 1 cup baked tofu, cut into ½-inch pieces
• ¼ cup Italian parsley, leaves only, chopped
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
• Handful of peanuts
• For the Peanut Butter Dressing:
• ¼ cup creamy peanut butter
• 3 tablespoons water
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled, minced
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce (tamari or nama shoyu)
• 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil (regular or toasted)
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup or honey
• ¼ teaspoon dried ginger
• ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
• ¼ teaspoon Chinese five spice