Asian Style Cold Soba Noodles With Cucumber Cashew Salad

• salt
• 3 garlic cloves.minced
• 3 TBLS finely chopped, peeled fresh ginger
• 4 scallions (white and green parts), thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1/4 cup tahini
• 2 tsps chinese chile paste
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup minced fresh cilantro leaves
• one 8.8oz pkg sob noodles ( japanese buckwheat pasta)
• 1 lg european cucumber, cubed (abt 3 cups)
• 3/4 cup coarselt chopped lightly salted cashews
• 2 TBSP asian sesame oil
• 2 TBSP rice wine vinegar(or white wine vinegar)
• pepper

1. Boil pot of water
2. For sauce: mix garlic, ginger, and scallions. Mix in tahini and peanut butter. Add the chile paste and soy sauce and mix well.Add 1/2 cup hot or almost boiling water from pot of water and stir into the sauce. Stir in cilantro.
3. SALAD: in a small bowl, mix cuckes, cashews,sesame oil and vinegar and season with pepper. Set aside.
4. Add noodles to pot of boiling water and stir well. Cook for abt 6 minutes or until just tender. Drain in colander and place under cold running water. Toss noodles until they are chilled. Drain again.
5. Toss the noodles with the peanut butter sauce making sure noodles are well coated.
6. To serve, place noodles on large serving plate and surround with cucumber and cashew salad.

salt, garlic, ginger, scallions, peanut butter, tahini, tsps chinese chile paste, soy sauce, fresh cilantro, european cucumber, cashews, asian sesame oil, rice wine vinegaror, pepper

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/asian-style-cold-soba-noodles-with-cucumber-cashew-salad-50048188 (may not work)