| Yakisoba | |
| Country: | Japan |
| Type: | Japanese noodles |
| Main Ingredient: | Noodles (wheat flour), Worcestershire sauce, pork or chicken, vegetables (usually cabbage, onions, and carrots) |
| Variations: | Japanese: [[Sara udon|''Sara'' udon]]|italic=unset, Japanese: [[yaki udon|''yaki'' udon]]|italic=unset |
Japanese: '''Yakisoba''' (ja|焼きそば,,), is a Japanese noodle stir-fried dish. Usually, soba noodles are made from buckwheat flour, but soba in Japanese: yakisoba are Chinese-style noodles (Japanese: chuuka soba) made from wheat flour, typically flavored with a condiment similar to Worcestershire sauce. The dish first appeared in food stalls in Japan around the 1930s.[1]
Japanese: Yakisoba is prepared by frying ramen-style wheat noodles with bite-sized pork and finely chopped vegetables like cabbage, onions, bean sprouts, and carrots. It is then flavored with Japanese-style Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper. It can be served with a variety of garnishes, such as aonori (seaweed powder), beni shōga (shredded pickled ginger), katsuobushi (bonito fish flakes), or Japanese-style mayonnaise.[2]
Japanese: Yakisoba can be served on a plate either as a main dish or a side dish.
In Japan, noodles piled into a bun sliced down the middle and garnished with mayonnaise and shreds of red pickled ginger are called Japanese: [[yakisoba-pan]] (pan meaning "bread") and are commonly available at convenience stores[3] and school canteens.[4] [5]
Sometimes udon is used as a replacement for the ramen-style noodles and called Japanese: [[yaki udon|''yaki'' udon]]|italic=unset.