Many Japanese will make yakisoba during the summer months on a BBQ grill. Yakisoba can also be found in the “yatai” (booths where food is sold) at various summer festivals, and at teppankayi restaurants. This recipe is very light, but you can thicken it with various sauces (see notes below).
Yield: 2 servings
Time: 25 minutes
Ingredients
- Two packages of yakisoba noodles
- 2.5 oz sliced pork (65g)
- 12 pieces of shrimp (peeled)
- 1/2 medium onion (sliced)
- 1 1/2 cup chopped cabbage
- 1 clove of garlic (chopped)
- Bonito (if desired)
Spices
- 6 tsp oyster sauce
- 6 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp sesame oil
- dash of pepper
Preparation
- Mix spices together in small bowl
- Separate yakisoba noodles. If frozen or clumped together, use hot water to untangle.
- Boil onion and cabbage for 4 minutes and strain
- Heat oil in frying pan then sautee garlic for 1 minute, or until fragrant
- Add sliced pork until it is cooked through, then add shrimp, onion, and cabbage, then cook for 5 minutes.
- Stir in yakisoba noodles and fry for 3 minutes
- Mix in spices and serve with bonito (if desired)
Modifications
- To thicken the sauce you can use okonomiyaki sauce, the powder which comes with most yakisoba noodles, or Worcester.
- You may substitute pork with chicken, beef, or sausage, and the vegetables with any other type.
- Some shrimp is very pungent. You can remove this smell by marinating it in lemon juice, and sake or white wine for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
All these recipes!!! You are making me homesick!!! Thank you for all the time you put into this site. All the recipes are wonderful! Also, I didn’t see anything dealing with natto which makes it all the better!!! :)
haha :)
i saw a documentary about the japeneese macaroni which i can’t remember its name( somthing saki or saki something) and i really liked it but i can’t find it here .
Hrm, I’m not sure what that could be. The most famous Japanese macaroni recipe is Gratin, which I have a recipe for. Perhaps this is it? http://www.japanfoodaddict.com/noodles/gratin/
My mother is Japanese so I am 1/2 well she passed away 2 weeks ago. and she took all her recipes with her so your web site is a God send. Thank you so much
I’m so sorry to hear that. Please let me know if there’s anything missing that you’d like to try.
Hi! thank you for making this site! me and my family are obsessed with japanese food and i’m glad i found this :) thanks a bunch!
I love Yakisoba. Thank you so much for all your recipes. I will be trying them in my attempt to cook Japanese style. By the way Kai, what is bonito?
I am not Mai, but bonito is dried fish flakes used as seasoning, kind of like you would salt.