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Yakisoba

Yakisoba

Type	Japanese noodles
Place of origin	Japan
Main ingredients	Noodles (wheat flour), Worcestershire sauce, pork or chicken, vegetables (usually cabbage, onions, and carrots)
Variations	Sara udon, yaki udon
Media: Yakisoba

Yakisoba (Japanese: 焼きそば, [jakiꜜsoba], transl. 'fried noodle'), is a Japanese noodle stir-fried dish. Usually, soba noodles are made from buckwheat flour, but soba in yakisoba are Chinese-style noodles (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]

Preparation[edit]

Yakisoba is prepared by frying ramen-style wheat noodles with bite-sized pork and finely chopped vegetables like cabbage, onions, bean sprouts, and carrots.^[2] It is then flavored with Japanese-style Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper.^[2] 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]

Serving[edit]

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 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 yaki udon.

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  Ōta-yakisoba
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  Fujinomiya yakisoba
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  Italian yakisoba (shiga)
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  Sobameshi
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  Himeji-chanpon yaki
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  Shio yakisoba
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  Ankake yakisoba
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  Yakisoba-pan

See also[edit]

• Chow mein – Chinese stir-fried noodles
• Teppanyaki – a style of Japanese cuisine that uses an iron griddle to cook foods such as yakisoba

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