- prep: 15 min
- cook: 25 min
- total: 40 min
Summary
Hearty soba noodles meet a creamy and spicy sesame-cashew sauce and are paired with seared tempeh and fresh veggies in this Vegan Soba Noodle Salad. Packed with flavor but easy enough for a weeknight dinner!
Ingredients
- 8 ounces buckwheat soba noodles or brown rice noodles (check label to ensure gluten-free*)
- 1 head of broccolini (or broccoli), thick stalks removed and cut into florets
- Spicy Sesame-Cashew Sauce (recipe below)
- Pan-Fried Tempeh (recipe below)
- 1 ½ cups shelled organic edamame
- 3 large carrots, peeled and shaved into ribbons
- 2 watermelon radishes, sliced into thin strips
- ½ cup fresh cilantro, finely chopped
- 1 bunch scallions, sliced on an angle
- For serving: Black or white sesame seeds
- *Only noodles that are 100% buckwheat are gluten-free. Some soba buckwheat noodles are made with wheat flour, such as these noodles.
- Spicy Sesame-Cashew Saucee
- ¼ cup cashew butter
- 1 ½ tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 2 teaspoons reduced-sodium tamari or soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon coconut nectar, brown sugar, or agave nectar
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
- ½ -1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (to your spice preference)
- 2-inch piece fresh ginger, grated or finely minced
- ½ cup water
- Pan-Fried Tempeh
- 1 tablespoon refined coconut oil or neutral oil of choice
- 8 ounces tempeh, cut into ½-inch slices
- 2-3 teaspoons reduced-sodium tamari or soy sauce
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 491 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 21 g 32.57%
- Saturated Fat: 6 g 31.38%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 0 mg 0%
- Sodium: 146 mg 6.06%
- Calcium: 106 mg 10.61%
- Potassium: 298 mg 8.5%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 3 mg 18.99%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 59 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 4 g 17.93%
- Sugar: 7 g
- Protein: 21 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 2 g
- Vitamin A 20.92%
- Vitamin C 50.8%
- 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 - Fat3
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch3
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat2
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total2 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total3 oz-eq