Food Ingredients Pasta + Noodles 11 Cold Noodle Bowls to Chill Out With This Summer Toss chilled ramen, soba, rice vermicelli, and more of your favorite noodles with flavorful dressings for a refreshing meal on a hot day. By Ashley Day Ashley Day Ashley Day is Food & Wine's associate editorial director. She's edited and directed food and travel content at USA TODAY, the Institute of Culinary Education, and Chef & Restaurant magazine, and contributed to The Food Institute, The Daily Meal, and the recipe app meez. Food & Wine's Editorial Guidelines Published on May 10, 2024 Close Photo: Eric Wolfinger You don't have to give up the comfort of noodles as the season's change. A quick rinse with cold water turns your favorite ramen, soba, or other pasta into a refreshing, chewy base for a salad or satisfying bowl. Browse these recipes for noodles dressed with flavorful accompaniments, sauces, dressings, and toppings to try on warmer days. Tossed with cucumbers, tomatoes, and zucchini, and hits of gochujang, sesame paste, yuzu, and more, these recipes are are our go-tos for cold noodles on a hot day. 01 of 11 Chilled Soba Noodle Salad with Yuzu Dressing Emily Kordovich In warmer months, Lucas Sin builds a huge variety of dressings for chilled noodles that pair excellently with a variety of vegetables using true East Asian ingredients like yuzu honey concentrate, yuzu kosho, and ponzu. Here's a 30-minute example. Get the Recipe 02 of 11 Tiger Salad with Green Tea Noodles Greg Dupree / Food Styling by Chelsea Zimmer / Prop Styling by Christine Keely Hetty McKinnon tosses cold buckwheat noodles in an umami-forward dressing with celery, cilantro, scallions, and a Thai chile for a satisfying, slurpable salad that's ready in 20 minutes. Get the Recipe 03 of 11 Chilled Noodle Salad with Carrot-Ginger Dressing Linda Xiao / Food Styling by Margaret Monroe Dickey / Prop Styling by Christina Daley Andrea Nguyen coats earthy, nutty soba noodles and fresh vegetables with a piquant carrot-ginger dressing in this 25-minute recipe. Get the Recipe 04 of 11 Chilled Sesame Soba Bowl with Cucumber and Scallions Eric Wolfinger Riff on Robin Hollis's 15-minute chilled soba bowl by adding vegetables, a fried or boiled egg, or meat for an easy meal. Get the Recipe 05 of 11 Soba and Zucchini Noodle Salad Photo by Greg DuPree / Food Styling by Margaret Monroe Dickey / Prop Styling by Christina Daley This easy make-ahead dish from Ann Taylor Pittman is perfect for summer entertaining. Chill tender buckwheat noodles and crispy strands of zucchini "noodles" and serve with a pleasantly piquant dressing laced with both gochugaru and gochujang for a double hit of spicy Korean peppers mellowed by a touch of brown sugar. Get the Recipe 06 of 11 Cold Saimin Salad with Soy-Ginger Grilled Pork Victor Protasio Sheldon Simeon tops his Hawaiian-style cold ramen noodle salad with slices of crispy pork shoulder, crunchy bean sprouts, tender egg ribbons, shredded nori, and slices of Japanese pickled cucumber. A cooling dressing of dashi, rice wine vinegar, and sake brings it all together. Get the Recipe 07 of 11 Chilled Sesame Noodles Emily Kordovich Chilled sesame noodles have been a ubiquitous part of Chinese takeout for decades in New York City. Lucas Sin made this dish a signature at Junzi with a deeply flavorful, carefully layered sesame sauce made of pure sesame paste, aromatics, and fermented tofu. It's finished off with chile oil. Get the Recipe 08 of 11 Cold Peanut Noodles with Tofu and Red Peppers © Quentin Bacon Inspired by Chinese takeout, Grace Parisi adds chunks of tofu and sweet, crunchy slices of red bell pepper to silky sesame noodles. Get the Recipe 09 of 11 Cold Peanut-Sesame Noodles © Con Poulos Andrew Zimmern was inspired by the cold noodles served in China's Sichuan province when he developed this chilled egg noodle recipe with spicy Ma La oil, made with chiles, Sichuan peppercorns, and lots of spices. Get the Recipe 10 of 11 Dan Dan Noodles © Quentin Bacon Toss cold chow mein noodles with a spicy dressing made with jalapeño, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, rice vinegar, Sriracha, sugar, peanut oil, and sesame oil for Joanne Chang's version of the Sichuan noodle bowl. Get the Recipe 11 of 11 Cambodian Noodle Salad with Sweet Pepper Dressing © Sarah Bolla Sarah Bolla mixes spicy, sweet, sour, and salty flavors in this light but bold salad of rice vermicelli noodles. Get the Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit