Goat Cheese Katsu Salad
Soba Noodle, Edamame, Spring Greens
Creamy Sesame & Sweet Soy Dressing
Goat Cheese Katsu:
Dip chilled goat cheese medallion in egg white, then in panko breadcrumb/black sesame seed mixture. Fry in hot peanut oil until golden, transfer to paper towel. Season with sea salt.
Soba Noodles with Edamame:
Toss cooked chilled soba (buckwheat) noodles, edamame (shelled boiled green soy bean) and sliced scallions with dressing.
Creamy Sesame & Sweet Soy Dressing:
Heat ½ c. each low-sodium soy sauce and mirin (rice wine) in a sauce pan, with 1 t. each minced garlic and ginger. Reduce by half. Add honey to taste. Let cool then mix with 1/4 c. tahini (sesame seed paste).
Assemble Goat Cheese Katsu Salad:
Place baby leaf spring greens on a platter, drizzle with dressing. Place soba noodles alongside the spring greens, top with warm Goat Cheese Katsu medallion.
I used the delicious Ile de France Goat Cheese. It is an indulgent, fresh, tangy, snowy white rich cheese made from milk of goats grazing in the French Alps. Looking for ideas for the next time you serve goat cheese? There are many creative cheese recipes in the Ile de France Spring Follies here.
The inspiration for this cheese served with an Asian-style twist came from my favorite local restaurant, Gina Lee’s Bistro, owned by my dear friends Scott & Gina Lee. They serve a delicious Chicken Katsu over Soba Noodles with Asian Vegetables. And if you are a fan of chèvre chaud you might enjoy this pumpkin seed crusted version as well.
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Oh how beautiful! I do that with the goat cheese and throw it on any old salad. Yours is all grown up and lovely.
Hey Lori Lynn! I love this combination of flavors. Now if you could only enjoy it while lounging on a mountainside picnic in the French Alps. Ahhh….
LL: This looks wonderful! I’ve made the Goat Cheese Katsu before, but only served it on spring greens with a vinaigrette, but I will have to try this.
It looks great! It is a very creative idea to serve the goat cheese this way.
Now just imagine a small child pointing with an index finger and looking at mommy and saying “waddat mommy, I want somedat”