Japanese Yakisoba

Yakisoba (焼きそば) is a classic Japanese stir fry noodles dish with chicken/pork or any meat of your choice and vegetables, and it’s seasoned with a sweet, sour, and tangy flavored sauce. For this recipe usually, wheat-based noodles are used. In Japan, these noodles are stir-fried on an iron plate/ Teppan (鉄板). You do get ready-made yakisoba sauce, but in this recipe, we will show you how to prepare Yakisoba sauce from scratch.

CategoryDifficultyBeginner

Yields2 Servings
Prep Time15 minsCook Time25 minsTotal Time40 mins

 2 tbsp Oil
 2 Chicken Thighs, sliced
 400 g Yakisoba noodles / Wheat Noodles
 100 g Cabbage, roughly chopped
 2 Carrots, juliened
 1 Onions, sliced
 4 Shitake Mushrooms, sliced
 2 Spring Onions whites
 2 Spring Onion Greens
Yakisoba Sauce
 1 tbsp Dark Soy Sauce
 2 tbsp Light Sauce
 2 tbsp Oyster Sauce
 4 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
 1 tsp Sugar
 2 tbsp Ketchup

Making Yakisoba Sauce
1

In a mixing bowl, add Sugar, Dark soy sauce, Light soy sauce, Oyster sauce, Ketchup, and Worcestershire sauce. Mix them well and set them aside.

Making the Yakisoba sauce
2

In a flat pan or iron plate, Drizzle some oil and start placing sliced chicken and stir fry them till it turns golden brown.

3

Now add sliced Onions and spring onion whites and saute for 2 mins.

4

To this add Carrots, Shitake mushrooms, and saute them till the mushrooms are cooked.

5

Now add the chopped cabbage and cook till they are tender.

6

In a large bowl, add boiling water. Add the yakisoba noodles into the water and loosen the noodles with the help of tongs. Drain off the water once the noodles loosened.

7

Make some space on the pan, and add the soba noodles and give it a toss with the help of tongs.

8

Add the yakisoba sauce and give them a good toss. Let the noodles sizzle on the pan.

9

Add the spring onion greens and black pepper powder. Mix and combine them all well

10

Yakisoba noodles are ready. Top it with some Beni shoga/ Japanese red pickled ginger.

Ingredients

 2 tbsp Oil
 2 Chicken Thighs, sliced
 400 g Yakisoba noodles / Wheat Noodles
 100 g Cabbage, roughly chopped
 2 Carrots, juliened
 1 Onions, sliced
 4 Shitake Mushrooms, sliced
 2 Spring Onions whites
 2 Spring Onion Greens
Yakisoba Sauce
 1 tbsp Dark Soy Sauce
 2 tbsp Light Sauce
 2 tbsp Oyster Sauce
 4 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
 1 tsp Sugar
 2 tbsp Ketchup

Directions

Making Yakisoba Sauce
1

In a mixing bowl, add Sugar, Dark soy sauce, Light soy sauce, Oyster sauce, Ketchup, and Worcestershire sauce. Mix them well and set them aside.

Making the Yakisoba sauce
2

In a flat pan or iron plate, Drizzle some oil and start placing sliced chicken and stir fry them till it turns golden brown.

3

Now add sliced Onions and spring onion whites and saute for 2 mins.

4

To this add Carrots, Shitake mushrooms, and saute them till the mushrooms are cooked.

5

Now add the chopped cabbage and cook till they are tender.

6

In a large bowl, add boiling water. Add the yakisoba noodles into the water and loosen the noodles with the help of tongs. Drain off the water once the noodles loosened.

7

Make some space on the pan, and add the soba noodles and give it a toss with the help of tongs.

8

Add the yakisoba sauce and give them a good toss. Let the noodles sizzle on the pan.

9

Add the spring onion greens and black pepper powder. Mix and combine them all well

10

Yakisoba noodles are ready. Top it with some Beni shoga/ Japanese red pickled ginger.

Japanese Yakisoba
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