Ingredients

1/4 cup fresh orange juice (from 1 orange)

2 tablespoons mirin (rice wine)

1 1/2 teaspoons soy sauce

1 teaspoon rice vinegar

1 1/2 teaspoons minced jalapeno or serrano chile

1/2 teaspoon grated peeled fresh ginger

1 1/2 pounds large shrimp, peeled and deveined

Coarse salt

6 ounces soba (Japanese buckwheat noodles)

Vegetable oil, for grill

Desired toppings, such as carrot, cucumber, radish, avocado, snow peas, cilantro, and scallion

Preparation

Soak eight 6-inch-long wooden skewers in water, 10 minutes. In a bowl, combine orange juice, mirin, soy sauce, vinegar, chile, and ginger. In another bowl, marinate shrimp in 3 tablespoons sauce, 10 minutes.

In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook noodles according to package instructions. Drain and rinse noodles with cold water.

Heat a grill or grill pan to medium-high. Clean and lightly oil hot grill. Thread shrimp onto skewers. Cook, turning once, until shrimp are opaque throughout, 3 minutes. Serve shrimp and noodles with desired toppings and remaining sauce for dipping.