Clean Eating Soba Noodles

I wasn’t to sure about posting this recipe. Most folks who have had Soba noodles, expect those nice, long, thin and smooth noodles that act more like spaghetti than anything else.

The cold hard truth is, unless you want to pay about $6 or more per package for 100% buckwheat Soba noodles, you will end up getting processed white flour with your meal. Go ahead. Just read the ingredient list. There’s more white flour in regular Soba noodles, then there is buckwheat flour. And these are supposed to be buckwheat noodles!

Frustrated that I wasn’t getting what I thought I was, I set out to make my own Soba noodles. I bought the pasta maker and everything.

My first attempt at using this contraption was downright laughable. Even my son took a safe step backwards. And he’s usually “johnny-on-the-spot” with the big, shiny machines. Especially when they have handles to crank.

But I did eventually start to get the hang of it. I put the dough through, and ended up with short little noodles instead of long ones. I threw them into the pot of boiling water and cooked them until they were tender.

Much to my surprise, they were actually quite tasty! You could actually TASTE the buckwheat! Who’da thunk it??? Buckwheat noodles that actually taste like buckwheat. Such a novel concept.

So here’s the recipe. As I said before, you won’t get the long, chic noodles out of this, but you will get noodles that taste great.

Here’s the recipe:

Clean Eating Soba Noodles

Ingredients
1 cup buckwheat flour
1/2 cup distilled water (this is an approximate measure)

Directions

Set a large pot of water to boil.

Step 1 – Pour your flour into a large mixing bowl.

Step 2 – Add water a little at a time, mixing as you go with a wooden spoon.

Step 3 – When the dough begins to thicken, you will have to start kneading with your hands.

Step 4 – Continue adding water until you have a nice, firm dough.

Step 5 – Put your dough through the spaghetti side of a pasta maker.

Step 6 – Immediately transfer your noodles to your pot of boiling water. Be sure it’s already boiling.

Step 7 – Cook your noodles until they are tender and to your liking. I cooked mine about 10 – 15 minutes. These will be a bit more tender than dried pasta. Fresh pasta always is.

Step 8 – Using a slotted spoon, transfer your noodles to a bowl or colander.

Alternately, if you don’t have a pasta machine, simply roll the dough very thin on a large work surface and cut thin strips with a sharp knife.

Eat and Enjoy!

Munchkin Helpers:

If you have little ones, here’s how they can help (With close supervision, of course).

This is a fun recipe for kids of all ages. Let them kneed the dough and help with putting it through the pasta maker. You’ll have more pasta then you know what to do with!

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Note: Nutritional Content will vary depending on the amount of flour used. The 1 cup measure is simply a starting point.

Caution: Any time a child is in the kitchen, they will require close supervision. Munchkin Helpers suggestions should be applied with common sense to your own child, taking their own capabilities into account. Do not assume that because it says here that your child can do something, that they can, in fact do it. Please use common sense when in the kitchen with your child(ren).

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