Chicken and Mango Soba Salad With Peanut Dressing

Agree with others: too bland. Doubled soy, ginger, lime juice, added garlic, hot pepper flakes, lime zest, and buckwheat honey. Next time I’ll sauce noodles and serve meat and veg on top so dish doesn’t get too goopy.

Far too much sauce I think! Also, I would probably use a quarter of the peanut butter suggested and instead add crushed peanuts

Not crazy about the dressing. The PB overpowers the mango. I only had chunky PB which actually added some nice crunch. I used extra firm tofu and marinated it with some fish sauce butter from Eric Kim. Chopped scallions also help.

Not good. Bland, heavy, goopy mess. The fact that many of the people who liked this recipe actually made major substitutions tells you something.

The peanut sauce is just too heavy for the noodles. The whole thing just doesn’t work.

Served over rice, with Gochujang instead of Sriracha, and steamed green beans. Delicious,

I made this yesterday, choosing it because I could make it ahead of time (except the noodles) for family coming into town. After reading the comments, I chose to add in more peas and mango, 2 TBS lime zest, plus used some red bell pepper. I didn’t have sriracha, but instead used a mango pepper sauce. 4 of us polished the whole thing—really delicious! I used a rotisserie chicken, which simplified it.

Made the mistake of shredding the chicken fine as I would for tacos or jerked chicken. The chicken bound together in a lump. I followed as written. Needs way more ginger, lime, vinegar and sriracha for my taste.

Subs OK: sweet peppers, peas instead of pods. DO use sugar in dressing.

I didn’t have soba noodles, so just made with udon and I have no complaints. Overall, the recipe is a teeny tiny clunky for me, so I doubled the ginger. I also added more heat with various asian sauces that we keep on hand. But it’s a great weeknight meal that is quite filling and keeps for weekday lunches.

This was a great lunch! Leftovers keep well if you store ingredients separately and build the salad at each meal time. Agree with others that the sauce was too peanut butter forward. Added a bit extra of everything else to compensate (esp. soy and rice vinegar). Also used jalapeños instead of fresnos and green onion instead of cilantro as that’s what we had available to us.

Made it vegan with fake chicken. Mango is lost in the peanut butter sauce so use a ton of mango (at least three). Would double the Sriracha which also gets lost. Cilantro is a must!

Agree with other reviewers that this was not nearly as pretty as the picture. My teenage/early adult kids thought it was delicious. Used 1 lb of soba and it fed 7 of us with some for leftovers. I added more mango and shredded carrot.

This dish needs to be eaten immediately because it does not keep well. The soba noodles became mushy, which is a bad combo with the texture of the mango and cucumbers. The heaviness of the peanut dressing doesn’t pair well with the soba noodles - it would be better with a wider rice noodle. I poached the chicken and shredded it, but I feel like the chicken would be much better baked and then cubed. The recipe needs a lot more lime juice, rice vinegar and heat too, otherwise it is quite bland.

This is a great easy lunch. I added extra hot sauce, extra lime juice and a touch more rice wine vinegar. Used tenderstem broccoli instead of sugar snap peas. I think any crunchy veg would work well. Will be making this again!