Dad's Japanese style Asparagus Tempura Soba | What Dad Cooked

Dad's Japanese style Asparagus Tempura Soba | What Dad Cooked

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Classic Japanese way with soba and tempura—really the asparagus tempura is kaki-age, like a tempura fritter rather than individual spears coated in tempura.

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Ingredients

  • 400g asparagus
  • 400g soba noodles
  • 3 spring onions
  • Shimi togarashi pepper powder
  • For the tempura
  • 100g ready-made tempura flour plus extra for coating
  • 160 very cold sparkling water
  • Plenty of cooking oil
  • For the dashi
  • 1 litre water
  • 1 x 12cm pice of kombu seaweed
  • 20g Katsuobushi bonita flakes
  • Or dried powdered/natural dashi (dashi no moto) to quantity as per instructions.
  • For the kaeshi
  • 2 tbs caster sugar
  • 80ml mirin
  • 250 ml soy
  • Or half the above quantity if not keeping…
  • Alternative soup base
  • Use bottled ‘tsuyu’ and dilute to taste with water

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