Vegetable Yakisoba (Japanese Vegan Stir-Fried Noodles)

Vegetable Yakisoba is a quick and easy Japanese stir-fried noodle dish. When you're short on time, this recipe will be ready in no time!

Yakisoba is a popular noodle dish originating from Japan. This recipe is a veggie-packed version of it, in which we stir-fry many vegetables, atsuage (meat substitute), noodles, and finish off with a flavorful and savory sauce.

With just 15 minutes of your time, this easy and quick recipe is sure to please everyone in the family!

This recipe is for you if:
• You love Japanese noodles.
• You want to make vegetable yakisoba.
• You are looking for a vegan yakisoba recipe

Let me walk you through the ingredients and instructions. If you want to check the recipe, please use the link below. Let's get started!

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• About This Recipe
• Yakisoba is Street Food
• 📋 Ingredients
• 🔪Instructions
• Variations
• What to serve with
• Thanks for stopping by!
• 📖 Recipe
• 💬 Comments

About This Recipe

• Japanese stir-fried noodles dish
• Quick to make in under 15 minutes
• Meatless Vegan Recipe
• Savory Veggie Yakisoba

Yakisoba is Street Food

Yakisoba is a delicious and straightforward Japanese noodle dish made with meat and vegetables with sauce. It's usually seasoned with Worcestershire sauce, which is a common ingredient in the dish.

Yakisoba is a typical street food that we often find at festivals and events (food stalls), but people also love making it at home for the main dish as it's easy and quick to make.

📋 Ingredients

Here are the ingredients (amounts are in the recipe card below).

• Yakisoba Noodles
• Onion, moyashi (bean sprouts), napa cabbage, atsuage (deep-fried tofu)
• Yakisoba Sauce: Soy sauce, chuno sauce, sake (See more details about yakisoba sauce ingredients below)
• Salt
• Sesame Oil or vegetable oil

Yakisoba Noodles

Even though it says "soba" in the name, yakisoba noodles are different from soba noodles (buckwheat noodles).

Yakisoba noodles' ingredients are the same as ramen noodles (wheat flour noodles), but they are made by steaming the fresh ramen noodles and mixing them with oil to make them easier to loosen when stir-frying.

You can find them at an Asian market or Japanese grocery store (sometimes in the freezer section), but if you can't, you can substitute them with udon noodles, spaghetti noodles, and Chinese-style noodles.

By the way, for more information about Japanese noodles (the difference between udon, soba, and ramen), please go here: Japanese noodles.

Yakisoba Sauce

Yakisoba sauce ingredients are chuno sauce, soy sauce, and sake.

Chuno sauce (chūno sōsu) is like a Japanese-style Worcestershire sauce that has a fruity sweetness and a savory, tangy taste.

You might not have it at home, so you can substitute it with vegan Worcestershire sauce, vegetarian oyster sauce, or okonomiyaki sauce.

For those who love spicy food, the addition of a tasty and spicy sauce would be great as well.

🔪Instructions

Let me show you how to make it step by step! You can also watch this recipe video.

1. Cut ingredients.
2. Mix the sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
3. Stir fry the vegetables over medium heat.
4. Add some sauce and stir fry.
5. Add Atsuage, add a little more sauce, and stir fry.
6. Add yakisoba noodles and cook for a couple of minutes.
7. Loosen yakisoba noodles, add the rest of the sauce, and stir fry.
8. Put the vegetables and atsuage back and combine well.

Serve on a plate and top with aonori or pickled red ginger as you like.

If the taste is too light for you, add salt and pepper or a little more sauce to get the flavor you want.

Toppings

It's a great way to enjoy an authentic taste of Japan by topping it with these:

• Pickled red ginger
• Aonori (Seaweed)
• Nori (Seaweed)
• Green onions
• Toasted sesame seeds

Variations

You can make yakisoba with any vegetables, but some of my favorite variation ideas are here:

• Shiitake mushrooms
• Chinese Pea Pods
• Green bell peppers
• Red bell peppers
• Green onions
• Spring onions
• Snow peas
• Cabbage
• Bok choy
• Carrot

What to serve with

Savory soup and a side dish of crunchy veggies are perfect combinations for an authentic Japanese-style lunch!

• Vegetable yakisoba noodles
• Napa cabbage soup
• Pickled daikon
• Eggplant teriyaki

Thanks for stopping by!

I hope you'll love this easy and quick vegetable yakisoba recipe that you can make in less than 15 minutes!

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Chef JA Cooks is a Japanese food blog that shares healthy and straightforward Japanese home cooking recipes, including vegan and vegetarian. From traditional Japanese recipes to modern recipes with step-by-step instructions.

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