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Okinawa Soba With Delicious Dashi - Recipe Video

A simple and easy to understand recipe video shows how to make Okinawa Soba With Delicious Dashi.
Here is an introduction to Okinawa soba with delicious dashi (Japanese soup stock). We made it to a filling dish by topping a soft-boiled rafute (Okinawan braised pork belly). We highly recommend this because you can make a soup with a gentle taste that fills your mouth with just the seasonings at home. If you add Okinawa's famous seasonings, ko-re-gu-su as a finishing touch, it will accentuate the dish with the subtle aroma and spicy taste of awamori (Okinawan alcoholic drink), further enhancing the deliciousness. You should definitely give it a try!
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Cook time

90 minutes

Ingredients
1 serving

  • Okinawa soba
    1 head(s)
  • Hot water
    as needed
  • Toppings
  • Pork belly block
    100 g
  • Water
    as needed
  • Cooking sake
    150 ml
  • Soy sauce
    1 tbsp
  • Brown sugar
    10 g
  • Ginger
    10 g
  • Rafute (Braised Pork Belly)
  • Water
    400 ml
  • Cooking sake
    1 tbsp
  • Soy sauce
    1 tsp
  • Japanese style granulated soup stock
    1 tsp
  • Chicken soup stock (powder, cube, liquid)
    1/2 tsp
  • Soup
  • Kamaboko
    20 g
  • Red pickled ginger
    10 g
  • Young green onion (Konegi)
    as needed
  • Okinawan hot sauce (Kōrēgusu)
    1/2 tsp

How to make

  1. 1. Cut the kamaboko so that it is half the thickness.
  2. 2. Thinly slice the ginger with the skin on.
  3. 3. Make the rafuteh. Add enough water to cover the pork belly block in a pot, heat it over medium heat, bring it to a boil, boil it over low heat for about 1 hour, drain the hot water, and wash it quickly with running water.
  4. 4. Once it's cooled, cut it into 1-inch pieces.
  5. 5. Heat Step 4, 2, cooking sake, soy sauce, and brown sugar in a pot over medium heat. Bring it to a boil, cover it with a drop-lid, and simmer for about 15 minutes until all broth is gone, then remove it from the heat.
  6. 6. Make Okinawa soba. Boil water in a pot, add Okinawa soba noodles, boil it according to the package description, and drain it in a strainer.
  7. 7. Heat the soup ingredients in a pot over medium heat, bring it to a boil, and remove it from the heat.
  8. 8. Place Step 6 in a bowl and pour over Step 7. Top with Step 5, 1, and topping ingredients, drizzle the ko-re-gu-su and it's ready to serve.

Tips for cooking

We used the pork belly block this time, but you can substitute it with the spare ribs. For the spiciness, please adjust the amount of Okinawan seasoning, ko-re-gu-su to your liking. This recipe uses ko-re-gu-su. It contains alcohol, so please be careful if you are children, sensitive to alcohol, pregnant, or nursing. Please also refrain from drinking alcohol when driving, playing sports, or taking a bath.

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