Creamy miso soba noodles with fried pork

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This creamy soba bowl is a great no-fuss weeknight dinner, with layers of cool soba noodles, caramelised pork, and plenty of umami miso broth. This recipe makes more fried pork than you'll need, which is perfect for leftover lunches.

First published in 2025

Ingredients

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For the fish sauce fried pork

For the miso soup base

For the garnish

  • 200g of soba noodles, blanched in water then into ice to cool
  • iced water
  • 2 soft boiled eggs
  • 1 spring onion, finely sliced
  • chilli oil, for drizzling

Method

1

Start by making the fish sauce-fried pork. Heat the veg oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat. Once hot, add in the pork mince. Fry until golden brown and crispy, then turn the heat down and add in the garlic and ginger 

2

Cook out for a couple of minutes until fragrant. Turn the heat up a tad then add in the fish sauce, oyster sauce, soy sauce and mirin. Once they have reduced down, season with salt to taste then stir through the spring onions 

3

For the soup base, mix together the garlic, gochugaru, tahini and sugar in a medium bowl

4

Heat up the milk and chicken stock until shimmering, then whisk into the tahini sauce to loosen

  • 400ml of milk, warm
  • 200ml of chicken stock, warm
5

Once smooth, transfer everything back to the pan

6

Bring to a simmer, then whisk in the miso paste and lime juice. Season with salt to taste then remove from the heat

7

Cook the soba noodles until tender, then strain, rinse and cool in iced water

  • 200g of soba noodles, blanched in water then into ice to cool
  • iced water
8

To serve, divide the soba noodles between two bowls. Pour over the miso soup, then top with the eggs, spring onion and a generous drizzle of chilli oil

First published in 2025

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