“Yakisoba” is a Japanese compound word for “yaki” which means “fry or stir-fry” and “soba” which means “noodles”. Once this small Japanese class is done, we are going to start preparing the yakisoba recipe for all our cooking lovers, since they are nothing more than fried Japanese noodles or fried Japanese noodles.
Keep reading and discovering how to make yakisoba noodles easily, once you start, you will always want to prepare them at home!
Ingredients to make yakisoba noodles:
- 150 grams of pork
- 1 leek
- ¼ cabbage
- 1 onion
- 1 clove garlic
- 250 grams of noodles
- 1 piece of green pepper
- 1 piece of red pepper
- 1 teaspoon of Sake
- 1 teaspoon of soy sauce
- grated ginger
How to make Yakisoba Noodles:
- To prepare yakisoba noodles, chop up porkand marinate with a teaspoon of sake, another teaspoon of soy sauce and a little grated ginger for 10 minutes.
- After about 30 minutes of maceration, fry the chopped garlic and meat well, add the vegetables cut into small pieces and reserve.
- At the same time, boil the noodles or spaghetti if you prefer to make yakisoba noodles, with a drizzle of oil so that they do not stick.
- In the pan, place the prepared meat and vegetablesand add the cooked and drained pasta.
- It is not necessary to fry the yakisoba noodles too much, so when they are more or less mixed and very hot, add salt, pepper and a tablespoon of soy sauce.
- Adding a special Japanese sauce for yakisoba instead of soy sauce will make the dish much more Japanese.
- This special yakisoba sauce can be found at Japanese food stores.
- Its flavor is sweet and salty, and a similar flavor can be obtained by mixing soy sauce with ketchup and a little Worcestershire sauce.
- Naturally, now that you know how to make yakisobanoodles or yakisoba noodles, they can also be cooked with beef, chicken or shrimp.
- In the case of prawns, we can get a very good yakisoba with boiled and frozen prawns (it is always essential to remove the nerves and marinate them with sake for a while). Good appetite!