Yaki Soba Stir-Fried Noodles

DIFFICULTY
Easy Easy
PREP TIME
Under 30 Min. Under 30 Min.
COOK TIME
Under 30 Min. Under 30 Min.
SERVES
2-4 2-4
Yaki Soba Stir-Fried Noodles
Yaki soba is a traditional Japanese stir-fried dish, perfect for cooking in a cast iron wok. This is a popular dish for lunch, or as a quick dinner with friends. Make up a homemade Yaki Soba sauce, with Worcestershire sauce for plenty of flavour. It’s easy to swap ingredients for seasonal vegetables, different types of meat or seafood. Recipe by Yuki Gomi.
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Ingredients
Method

Ingredients

Yaki Soba Sauce:
  • 2 tbsp Sake
  • 2 tbsp Soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tbsp Oyster sauce
  • 1 tbsp Mirin
Stir Fry Ingredients:
  • 80g Sugar snap peas
  • 100g Stem broccoli
  • 3 Baby sweet peppers or 1 large red pepper
  • 200g Chicken thighs
  • 1cm Ginger
  • 1-2 tbsp Vegetable oil – for frying
  • 1 tbsp Sesame oil - to drizzle
  • 100g Dried egg noodles
Garnish/Toppings:
  • Finely chopped chives
  • Seven spice powder (Shichimi Togarashi)
  • White roasted sesame seeds
  • Method

  • 1
    Start by preparing the Yaki Soba sauce. Combine all of the sauce ingredients in a small bowl, mix well and set to one side.
  • 2
    Peel the ginger and slice it into matchsticks.
  • 3
    Slice the peppers into 1cm wide strips.
  • 4
    Chop the stem broccoli into bite size pieces.
  • 5
    Remove the stringy parts of the sugar snap peas.
  • 6
    Cut the chicken into bite sized pieces, remove any bones or skin.
  • 7
    In the wok, add the vegetable oil on a medium heat and fry the ginger. Sauté it for around 1 minute, until aromatic.
  • 8
    To the ginger, add the chicken and fry for 3-4 minutes. Then add the sweet peppers and cook for 1 minute further.
  • 9
    Remove the wok from the heat and set it to one side, whilst you prepare the noodles.
  • 10
    Boil the noodles for 2-3 minutes (follow the specific instructions for your choice of noodles). Steam or boil the broccoli and peas at the same time, making sure they are crunchy and not overcooked.
  • 11
    Drain the noodles and vegetables.
  • 12
    Heat the wok again on a medium heat and add the noodles, broccoli and peas. Cook until the stir fry is sizzling hot.
  • 13
    Now drizzle with sesame oil and then pour in the yaki soba sauce.
  • 14
    Cook for a further 1-2 minutes to reduce and caramelise the sauce.
  • 15
    Serve with chives, seven spice and some sesame seeds on top.
 
Cooks Tip:
Use a teaspoon to quickly peel the ginger.
Cook the sugar snap peas, broccoli and noodles in the same pot, to save time and reduce washing-up.
 
 
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