Yakisoba

I shared my recipe for Udon yesterday, and continuing that theme, this is my yakisoba recipe. If you want an Asian noodle dish, but want a stir fry rather than a soup, yakisoba is for you :). It's also a very easy thing to make, only taking one pan.

Ingredients:

3 packages pre cooked yakisoba noodles (I get ones with a seasoning packet that I add to the dish. If you can't find yakisoba noodles, lo mien noodles will do as well). 

4 cups frozen stir fry vegetables.

1 medium onion minced.

9 chicken tenders, cut up into chunks.

1 cup yakisoba sauce.

1/2 cup water

2 1/2 tbsp mirin.

1 tbsp miso paste.

Start by chopping up your onion and frying it in whatever oil you like. I would recommend sesame oil, but I didn't have any, so I used avocado oil. I've been meaning to get more sesame oil for a week now but keep forgetting it when I walk in the store lol. Also, if you have a wok, that would be perfect for this recipe, I just don't have one.
Add in your chicken pieces, and cook them through. While that fries, mix your mirin and yakisoba sauce. Microwave that for 30 seconds, and then mix in your miso. The miso mixes in better when the liquid is warm. When your chicken is done, add your half of your sauce (should be about a bit more than half a cup) and let the chicken simmer in it for a few minutes. 
While the chicken simmers, prepare your noodles and frozen veggies. When you feel like the chicken has incorporated with the sauce enough, you can throw in the veggies and let them heat up. 

While the veggies the heating, dilute the half portion of sauce you have left over with your 1/2 cup of water. Add that to your pan.
When everything is bubbling and happy in the pan, you can add your noodles, they will be bricks for a while, but as they sit in the sauce, they will loosen up. Once the noodle bricks are starting to break apart, add the contents of their seasoning packets. 
Now, just wait for the noodles to break apart and get coated in your sauce. Once everything looks cohesive, this dish is done and ready to serve!
If you like spicier food, feel free to drizzle some hot sauce onto your bowl of yakisoba. I recommend gochujang sauce. While yakisoba is a Japanese dish, and gochujang is Korean, just think about how fancy you'll sound when you say you made yourself a ~Korean Japanese fusion~ meal :). 















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