This is my all time favorite way of enjoying soba. I did a lot of research on the best way to cook the duck breast and it is tedious but comes out perfect every time.

Ingredients: 

• 1 duck breast 
• Dashi stock 
• 1 leek 
• Soba
• Finely chopped scallions
• Yuzukosho (optional) 

1. Score the duck skin and place it in a cold pan skin side down
2. Turn on the heat to medium low and let the fat render
3. Once the duck is making noise and cooking, put a timer on for 4 minutes
4. Flip the duck and cook for about 30 seconds
5. Wrap the duck in foil for 5 minutes 
6. Place the duck back onto the pan skin side down and cook for another 4 minutes
7. Flip the duck and cook for another 30 seconds
8. Place duck back into foil and rest until serving 
9. In the meantime, boil water and get started on cooking the soba
10. In another pot, warm up dashi broth on medium low heat 
11. Cut the leaks into 2 inch pieces and cook them in the duck fat until browned 
12. Add the cooked leaks into the broth 
13. Place cooked soba into a bowl and pour broth over, top it with the cooked leeks, thinly sliced duck, and scallions. I like to eat the duck with a little yuzukosho on the side but that is optional