Quick & Easy Yaki Udon (Udon Stir Fry)
Craving for something Japanese? Try this quick and easy yaki udon stir fry recipe with beef strips, vegetables, and 5-ingredient sauce. Whip this up in just 15 minutes after all the ingredients are cut and ready.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 5 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 400 g Udon noodles
- 30 g of diced red onions
- 50 g of red bell peppers (thinly sliced)
- 50 g of yellow bell peppers (thinly sliced)
- 50 g of green bell peppers (thinly sliced)
- 180 g of beef steak (cut into strips)
- 2 tablespoons of cooking oil (I prefer using peanut oil)
- 2 g of salt
- 5 g of vegetable oil
- 5 g of cornstarch
- 10 g of light soy sauce
- 3 g of black pepper powder
- 5 g of cornstarch
- 100 g of water
- 5 g of dark soy sauce
Instructions
- 1
Thinly slice the bell peppers and dice the red onions.
- 2
Clean and slice the beef steak into thin strips.
- 3
Marinate the beef strips for 15 minutes with salt, oil, and cornstarch.
- 4
In a bowl, prepare the sauce by combining light soy sauce, black pepper powder, cornstarch, water, and dark soy sauce.
- 5
Cook the udon noodles in water for 2 minutes or according to the package instructions. After cooking, let it cool in cold water and set aside. While cooking, carefully separate the noodles to stop them from sticking together.
- 6
Heat a pan with oil for stir-frying. Stir-fry the beef strips until the color changes to light brown. Set aside.
- 7
In the same pot with less oil, stir-fry the diced onions and bell peppers over medium heat for 2 minutes.
- 8
Add the udon noodles. Give the sauce another mix and pour it into the pan.
- 9
Stir-fry for an additional 2 minutes and add the beef strips.
- 10
Continue stir-frying until the sauce is evenly mixed and starts to thicken.