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Yakisoba (焼きそば)

Japan

Yakisoba

Traditional Japanese dish – stir-fried noodles with seafood and vegetables. Can be prepared with simple seasoning of salt and pepper or with aromatic Japanese-style Worcestershire sauce.

Ingredients

Steps

  1. Yakisoba step 1

    Rinse the sprouted soybeans, cut the cabbage into pieces about 3 cm, cut the leek into pieces about 4 cm, slice lengthwise. Rinse and peel the shrimp, removing the black vein along the back, and lightly crush them with a knife. Cut the scallops into pieces about 1 cm.

  2. Yakisoba step 2

    Steam the noodles in a steamer for 3 minutes.

  3. Yakisoba step 3

    Heat 0.5 tbsp vegetable oil in a pan, sauté the shrimp and scallops over medium heat until they turn pink. Transfer them to a separate plate.

  4. Yakisoba step 4

    Transfer the sautéed seafood to a separate plate.

  5. Yakisoba step 5

    Add another 1 tbsp vegetable oil to the pan, stir-fry the leek, cabbage, and sprouted soybeans until the vegetables become translucent.

  6. Yakisoba step 6

    Turn off the heat, add the warmed noodles, turn the heat back on and stir-fry, mixing thoroughly.

  7. Yakisoba step 7

    Salt version: lightly season with salt and pepper, return the seafood to the pan, briefly stir-fry and serve.

  8. Yakisoba step 8

    Sauce version: instead of salt and pepper, season the noodles with Japanese-style Worcestershire sauce, then add the seafood, briefly stir-fry and serve.

  9. Yakisoba step 9

    Serve the dish hot immediately after stir-frying.