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Summary
The key to cooking with chiles is to think of their heat not as a dare but as another essential building block of flavor, right alongside salt, acid, and fat. Rather than overpowering a dish, a perfectly calibrated prickle of spice enhances the other elements and wakes up the palate.
Ingredients
- 4 ounces soba (Japanese-style noodles)
- Kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons white miso
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 3/4 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 3 serrano chiles, 2 halved and seeds removed, 1 thinly sliced
- 1 garlic clove, peeled
- 2 scallions, white and pale-green parts only, chopped
- 2 cups chopped basil leaves, plus torn leaves for serving
- 2 cups chopped cilantro
- 2 cups trimmed watercress
- Toasted sesame seeds (for serving)
Instructions
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Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 149 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 1 g 1.97%
- Saturated Fat: 0 g 0.98%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 0 mg 0%
- Sodium: 753 mg 31.36%
- Calcium: 77 mg 7.7%
- Potassium: 243 mg 6.94%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 2 mg 11.78%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 30 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 2 g 7.56%
- Sugar: 4 g
- Protein: 7 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Vitamin A 48.03%
- Vitamin C 52.45%
- Vitamin D 0%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat0
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch2
- Exchange - Vegetables1
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total1 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq