Name: Spicy Stir-Fried Noodles (Yaki Soba )
Yield: Serves 4.
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon ao nori (green laver flakes); 2 teaspoons saké (rice wine); Pinch of salt; 4–5 tablespoons Wooster Sosu (dark, spicy Japanese version of Worcestershire sauce); 1 cup coarsely shredded cabbage or 1 cup mixed cabbage and onions; ½ pound lean butt of pork, sliced into extra fine julienne strips; 2–3 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1 teaspoon chopped béni shōga (red pickled ginger); 4 portions (about 6 ounces each) of precooked fresh yaki soba noodles

Preparation info

Serves
4
.

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

At Home with Japanese Cooking

By Elizabeth Andoh

Published 1986

About

Spicy stir-fried noodles, called yaki soba, are one of many outdoor festival treats in Japan. Neighborhood shrines and temples have frequent Matsuri carnivals, and booths selling masks, toys, trinkets, soft drinks, cotton candy, grilled corn, squid and griddle-fried yaki soba line the entranceways. The recipe given here is a meatier version than most found in Japan, but it should still bring back memories to those who’ve sampled the “real thing.”