Yakisoba Recipe ( Stir Fried Japanese Noodles ) - Khin's Kitchen (2024)

Quick and easy Yakisoba recipe ready in 15 minutes! Made with chicken, noodles, vegetables and delicious yakisoba sauce. Satisfying one-pan Japanese noodle dish that all kids and adults can enjoy. This dish is fast, tasty, healthy, and budget-friendly too!

This yakisoba is one of our favourite shortcut 15-minute noodle dishes. You don't need to marinate the chicken or pre-cook the noodles. You can make it your choice of thinly sliced meat or seafood and veggies.

One of the best ways to use up the leftover vegetables and noodle packets. Easy crowd-pleasing noodle dish and is so fast to cook everything in one pan. Great for making a lunch box and meal prep.

What is Yakisoba?

Yakisoba is one of the most popular classic noodle dishes in Japan and across the world. Yakisoba is a classic Japanese street food, traditionally made it over the teppanyaki pan ( large Japanese grill pan ). You can find Yakisoba on the menu of every Japanese restaurant across the world.

Very similar to Chinese chow mein noodles and it has a sweet, salty, savoury, and a bit tangy taste. Read my simple tips and tricks to create a delicious dinner ready in no time!

Essential Ingredients

• Yakisoba noodles - Use pre-cooked vacuum-sealed yakisoba noodles for this quick recipe. You can add the noodles straight to the pan or prepare them according to packet instructions. You can find it in most supermarkets or Asian grocery stores.
• Protein choice - In this recipe, I am cooking with chicken breast slices. You can also use chicken thigh, beef, pork, bacon, prawns/shrimp, squid/calamari, crab stick, etc.
• Vegetables - Cabbage, carrot, shiitake mushroom, and green onion are ideal to make yakisoba. These vegetables can be replaced with any of your favourite stir fry vegetables.
• Yakisoba Sauce - You will need Worcestershire sauce, oyster sauce, soy sauce, and ketchup. Add sugar to balance the sweet and sour taste.

Prepare the ingredients

• You need to prepare and gather all the ingredients before the cooking process started.
• Blanch the noodles - Place the noodles in the large bowl and pour the hot water in. Let it sit for 1-2 minutes and loosen the noodles with chopsticks or tongs. Then drain the water out.
• Combine sauce - Mix all the yakisoba sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
• Cut the chicken breast into thin strips or slices.
• Julienne the carrot and cut the shiitake mushroom, and onion into thin slices. Cut the cabbage leaves into square pieces and spring onions into 2" pieces.

How to make Yakisoba

1. Heat the large skillet pan or wok on medium-high heat, and drizzle 2 tablespoons of oil. Add the chicken pieces and stir fry for 1-2 minutes until the chicken is cooked through.
2. Then add the carrot, onion and shiitake mushroom and stir fry for 1 minute.
3. Then add the noodles and pour the sauce over the noodles. Stir fry for another 1-2 minutes.
4. Add spring onions and combine all ingredients evenly. Make a taste test and add salt and pepper if needed. Transfer to a serving plate and top with Japanese red pickled ginger. Serve immediately.

Top Tips

• What type of Worcestershire sauce to use? We usually use Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce or Japanese Bulldog Worcestershire sauce. Japanese Worcestershire sauce is thicker, sweeter, and more fruity in flavour.
• What other ingredients you can add? You can also add extra scrambled eggs, shrimp/prawns, squid/calamari, crab meat, etc.
• Making for a crowd? You can make the preparation ahead, make the sauce in a large batch, and store it in an air-tight container. It lasts in the fridge for a minimum of 4-5 days. Fry with batches and do not overcrowd the pan.
• Noodle Prep Tips: Yakisoba noodles are made from wheat flour, and most packets are steamed and packed in one serving each. As pre-cooked yakisoba noodles can break easily, I suggest loosening the noodles. Add noodles to the hot water and loosen them gently and drain the water out.
• If you are using uncooked yakisoba noodles, boil the noodles by the packet instructions. Then drain the water out and rinse with cold water before stir-frying.

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