Yakisoba (Japanese Stir Fried Noodles) - New
Yakisoba (焼きそば) is the Japanese version of stir-fried noodles. The noodles are cooked with sliced pork and plenty of vegetables (cabbage, bean sprouts, carrots, shiitake mushrooms and green onions), then coated with a special sauce. Instead of pork, chicken or beef would also work well. You can use different vegetables that are suitable for stir-fry too.Please see the video above this recipe card.Don't forget to see the section 'MEAL IDEAS' below the recipe card! It gives you a list of dishes that I have already posted and this recipe that can make up a complete meal. I hope it is of help to you.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 3 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 300g/10.5oz yellow noodles ((note 1))
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 2 tbsp oil ((vegetable oil or peanut oil))
- 200g/7oz pork (thinly sliced into bite size pieces (note2))
- 60g/2oz carrot (thinly sliced diagonally)
- 100g/3.5oz cabbage (cut into bite size pieces (note 3))
- 3 shiitake mushrooms (sliced into 2mm / 1/16" thick)
- 2 stalks green onions (diagonally sliced)
- 1 cup bean sprouts
- 40ml/1.4oz Bulldog tonkatsu sōsu ((note 5))
- 50ml/1.7oz Bulldog usutā sōsu ((note 5))
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- ½ tbsp tomato sauce ( (in Aussie terminology)/tomato ketchup)
- 1 tsp sugar
- ½ tsp dashi seasoning powder diluted in ½ tsp hot water ((note 6))
- 2 tbsp aonori ((dried seaweed flakes, note 7))
- 2 tbsp benishōga ((red pickled ginger, note 8))
Instructions
- 1
Add all the Yakisoba Sauce ingredients into a cup or a bowl and mix well. Set aside until required.
- 2
Boil a sufficient amount of water in a saucepan and boil the noodles for 1 minute.
- 3
Drain and sprinkle sesame oil over the noodles and mix until all noodles are coated. This is to prevent the noodles from sticking to each other.
- 4
Heat oil in a wok or a large frying pan over medium high heat. Add the pork and sauté until the pork is almost cooked through (about 2-3 minutes).
- 5
Add the carrots and stir-fry for 30 seconds, then add the cabbage and shiitake mushrooms.
- 6
Stir-fry for about 1 minute until the cabbage is nearly cooked, then add the green onions and bean sprouts.
- 7
After stir-frying for 30 seconds, add the noodles. Mix the noodles and vegetables well (note 9).
- 8
Add the Yakisoba Sauce and mix quickly to ensure that all the noodles are coated with the sauce, and the colour of the noodles is consistent, without any light-coloured patches.
- 9
Transfer the noodles onto serving plates, piling them into a mound.
- 10
Sprinkle aonori over the noodles and add the benishōga on the top or the side of the noodles or serve in a separate bowl/plate for individual to add topping themselves.Serve immediately.