Yaki Udon Stir-fry Noodles

Ease:: Medium
Serves:: 1
Prep time:: 10 minutes
Cook time:: 10 minutes
Total time:: 20 minutes

Great yaki udon noodles (or yakiudon) are a piece of cake with japancentre.com’s easy, step-by-step yaki udon recipe. Great for summer barbecues.

Ingredients

1 packet pre-cooked udon noodles

3 tsp soy sauce

2 tsp mirin sweet cooking sake

1 tsp dashi stock

1 tbsp vegetable oil

pinch of salt and pepper

**possible toppings:**

meat (pork or chicken)

seafood (prawns or scallops)

boiled egg

chikuwa fishcake

vegetables (carrot, cabbage, onion, corn, shiitake mushroom)

mayonnaise

Method

Cut the toppings: Prepare the toppings by cutting the vegetables, meat or fish into bite size pieces.

Cook the udon noodles: add them to boiling water for 2 or 3 minutes in a saucepan. No need to stir them or to put some oil in the saucepan beforehand, they will separate by themselves. Drain them and rinse well with cold water in a colander.

Stir fry the toppings: Add a little oil to a frying pan or wok and start to cook the vegetables/meat. The secret to a delicious stir-fry is to make sure that all the ingredients have been mixed well for a few minutes.

Add the udon noodles and seasonings: you can now add the udon and then the 3 tsp soy sauce, 2 tsp mirin and 1 tsp dashi to your pan. Continue to mix everything together so all the ingredients are well combined. You can also add some bonito flakes, Japanese mayonnaise and seaweed sprinkles for an even more Japanese authentic flavour.