Yakisoba Noodles

Yakisoba is a Japanese dish made with fried wheat flour noodles flavored with bits of meat and vegetables. 

Typical Yakisoba Ingredients

Vegetables

The traditional vegetables used in the dish include chopped cabbage, julienned carrots, and sliced onion but you can easily switch out the vegetables with others such as mushrooms, scallions, etc. 

The Noodles

The noodles that work best in the dish is Chuka soba (a simple wheat flour noodle) or you can use fresh ramen noodles. The traditional buckwheat soba noodles are typically used for this dish but they can be.

The Protein

The traditional meat would be pork belly but you can substitute bacon or even chicken or beef.

The Sauce

The sauce recipe may vary but one version includes tonkatsu or oyster sauce, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce and mirin.  There are bottled versions available.  One of the best found in the U.S. is imported from Japan.  You can but it on Amazon: Yakisoba Sauce- Otafuku.

Here is simple Yaki Soba sauce recipe enough for about 1lb of noodles:

1 tablespoon chicken bouillon cubes
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
5 tablespoons tonkatsu sauce

Combine the ingredients in a small bowl and stir occasionally until the bouillon cubes dissolve.  You can also use bouillon granules which will dissolve faster. Make sure not to add the sauce to you dish too early or the noodles will get soggy.

See substitutes for the noodles, meat and vegetables above.