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Mushroom yakisoba

Mushroom yakisoba

While pork is the default protein for this Japanese stir fried noodle dish, chicken or shrimps can be substituted. In this meatless recipe, mushroom is the protein component.
Course Main Course, Snack
Cuisine Japanese
Keyword Stir fried noodles
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 4 people

Ingredients

  • 300 grams fresh ramen (10.5 oz)

Yakisoba sauce

  • ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce Japanese Bulldog brand is recommended
  • ¼ cup ketchup
  • ¼ cup oyster sauce
  • 2 tablespoons Japanese soy sauce
  • 1 ½ tablespoons sugar

Stir fry

  • 2 tablespoons cooking oil
  • 4 to 6 shiitake caps only, thinly sliced
  • 1 cup shimeji root ends cut off
  • 1 bell pepper deseeded and julienned
  • 1 small carrot peeled and julienned
  • 1 ½ cups thinly sliced white cabbage
  • 12 stalks scallions (light and dark green portions separated) cut into two-inch lengths
  • ½ teaspoon salt

To garnish

  • aonori (available in Japanese groceries)
  • benishoga (available in Japanese groceries)

Instructions

Cook the noodles

  • Boil water in a pot and drop in the fresh noodles. Cook until just slightly chewy.
  • Dump the noodles in a strainer and rinse under the tap, tossing the noodles to get them cold.
  • Drain and set aside.

Mix the yakisoba sauce

  • In a bowl, whisk together all the ingredients for the sauce until the sugar is fully dissolved.
  • Taste and adjust to get the flavor balance that you you prefer.

Stir fry the yakisoba

  • Set the pan on the stoove over high heat and drizzle in the oil to coat the bottom.
  • When the oil starts to smoke, dump in all the bell pepper, carrot, shiitake, shimeji and light green portion of the scallions, and sprinkle in salt.
    Stir frying vegetables and mushrooms in wok
  • Stir fry the vegetables and mushrooms for about a minute.
  • Spread the noodles over the vegetables and mushrooms, drizzle in half of the yakisoba sauce, and add the dark green portion of the scallions.
    Adding noodles and yakisoba sauce to stir fried vegetables and mushrooms
  • Stir fry until the noodles are heated through and all the ingredients are evenly distributed.
  • Taste. Drizzle in more sauce, if needed, and stir fry for another half a minute.

Serve your vegetarian yakisoba

  • Divide the yakisoba among four bowls, sprinkle with aonori and top with benishoga.
  • Serve immediately.
    Mushroom yakisoba