Soba Noodle Soup With Roast Lamb And Bok Choy

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons five-spice powder
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• 3/4 lb lamb loin, boneless
• 8 cups chicken broth
• 6 slices gingerroot, 1/8-inch thick
• 3 star anise
• 2 large garlic cloves
• 1/2 lb soba noodles, dried
• 1/2 lb bok choy

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 in a small bowl stir together hoisin, sugar, five-spice powder, and 1 teaspoon soy sauce.
• 3 in a small glass baking dish brush lamb with hoisin mixture and roast in middle of oven 40 minutes, or until a thermometer inserted in center registers 160.
• 4 let lamb stand on a cutting board 15 minutes.
• 5 cut lamb crosswise into thin slices and halve slices diagonally.
• 6 in a large saucepan skim any fat from surface of broth and bring broth to a boil with gingerroot, star anise, garlic, and remaining tablespoon soy sauce.
• 7 remove pan from heat and steep broth, covered, 30 minutes.
• 8 pour broth through a sieve into another large saucepan.
• 9 while broth is steeping, in a 5-quart kettle bring 3 1/2 quarts salted water to a boil and add noodles.
• 10 when water returns to boil add 1 cup cold water and bring to boil again.
• 11 repeat procedure and simmer noodles 5 minutes, or until just tender.
• 12 in a colander drain noodles and rinse under cold water.
• 13 drain noodles well and divide among 4 large soup bowls.
• 14 bring broth to a boil.
• 15 cut bok choy crosswise into 3/4-inch slices and add to broth.
• 16 simmer mixture 2 minutes, or until bok choy is crisp-tender.
• 17 divide lamb, bok choy, and broth among bowls.