The typical Japanese street food you can find in local events or festivals. Yakisoba is a savory and sweet fried noodle dish to enjoy at any season throughout the year. The Yakisoba recipe below will be the original recipe with homemade sauce, but feel free to mix with your favorite vegetables or protein choice!
Japanese soy sauce is indispensable when you want to make Yakisoba sauce. Mix with the other seasonings and you can store the sauce and use it anytime!
To learn about soy sauce, refer to our related articles below.
Yakisoba (Japanese Stir Fry Noodles with Meat & Vegetables)
Ingredients
- 600 g Yakisoba noodles (Substitute with spaghetti, ramen, or any medium thickness noodles)
- 1 Carrot shredded
- 1 Onion slice into 0.5cm each
- 100 g Lettuce or Cabbage (your choice)
- 450 g Pork bacon
- 1 tbsp Sesame oil
- 1 tbsp Oil or Vegetable oil (your choice)
Homemade Yakisoba Sauce (★)
- 2 tbsp Japanese soy sauce
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tbsp Oyster sauce
- 4 tbsp Cooking Sake
- 1 tbsp Mirin
- Salt, pepper to taste
Garnish (Optional)
- 4 tbsp Gari or Pickled ginger
- 1 Scallions chopped
Instructions
Preparations
- If you are using uncooked yakisoba noodles, start by cooking them. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Add uncooked yakisoba noodles and cook for 3-5 minutes (check your noodle package for cooking time recommendations). Set the cooked noodles aside.
- Add Mix all ingredients for Homemade Yakisoba Sauce (★) in a bowl. Set aside.
- Cut the carrot, onion, lettuce/cabbage (your choice), and scallions. Set aside.
Make the Yakisoba
- Heat oil or vegetable oil in a large skillet on medium heat.
- Add onion and stir fry until it becomes transparent. Then add the remaining vegetables (carrot, lettuce/cabbage) and stir fry again.
- Add pork bacon or other meat in your choice next. Stir fry with the vegetables.
- Add the cooked yakisoba noodles. Untangle the noodles with the wok and mix with the vegetables for about 1 minute.
- Once the noodles become a bit crispy (to your preference), pour the prepared yakisoba sauce. Then, give them a good mix.
- Season with salt and pepper. Continue to cook until all ingredients are mixed well with the sauce.
- Serve the hot yakisoba into plates.
- Top with gari (pickled ginger) and scallions. Enjoy!
Notes
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