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Mushroom yakisoba

Published: 07.23.2022 » Last updated: 01.04.2023

While pork is the default protein for this Japanese stir fried noodle dish, chicken or shrimps can be substituted. In this meatless recipe, mushroom is the protein component.

Meatless yakisoba with mushrooms

Why mushrooms? Because we’re mushroom lovers here at home. I’m not a fan of meatless dishes but add mushrooms (or tofu) to a dish, and I’ll be perfectly happy.

Vegetables and mushrooms for vegetarian yakisoba

In this vegetarian yakisoba recipe, we have a combination of shiitake and shimeji. The vegetables are white cabbage, bell pepper, carrot and scallions. The scallions were divided into light and dark green portions. The light portion was stir fried with the rest of the veggies and the mushrooms while the dark green portion was added towards the end of cooking.

Yakisoba sauce

The sauce is a mixture of Worcestershire sauce, oyster sauce, ketchup, soy sauce and sugar. We do have a preferred ratio but feel free to tweak the proportion to suit your taste.

Boiling fresh noodles

Chinese-style wheat noodles are used for cooking yakisoba. You may buy fully cooked yakisoba noodles in vacuum-sealed packs which just need to be blanched before stir frying.

We prefer fresh ramen which we buy frozen from a Japanese grocery that’s a mere seven-minute or so drive from our house. The noodles are boiled until softened but still lightly chewy.

Rinsing boiled noodles in cold water

The cooked noodles are drained and refreshed with cold water. It helps a lot if you toss the noodles during this stage to make sure that every strand gets cold. This step stops the cooking so that the noodles don’t get soggy during stir frying. Drain thoroughly after tossing in cold water.

Stir frying vegetables and mushrooms in wok

A teppan is traditional for cooking yakisoba but, for home cooking, a thick-bottomed wok or frying pan will do. To cook this meatless yakisoba, heat oil and stir fry the vegetables and mushrooms until wilted. Do not overcook because you will still be stir frying them after the noodles are added.

Adding noodles and yakisoba sauce to stir fried vegetables and mushrooms

Take your fully drained noodles, spread over the vegetables and mushrooms then drizzle the sauce over the noodles. Add the dark green portion of the scallions and stir fry until everything is hot and the ingredients are evenly distributed.

Vegetarian yakisoba in wok

Is yakisoba a main course or a snack? That depends on the size of each portion. Serve it in a full-sized bowl and it makes a very filling lunch or dinner. Serve in smaller portions and it is a delicious snack.

Full recipe below

Mushroom yakisoba

Connie Veneracion
In this meatless stir fried noodle dish, shiitake and shimeji are stir fried with vegetables and fresh ramen seasoned with homemade yakisoba sauce.
Vegetarian yakisoba
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 5 mins
Total Time 15 mins
Course Main Course, Snack
Cuisine Japanese
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 300 grams fresh ramen

Yakisoba sauce

  • ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce - Japanese Bulldog brand is recommended
  • ¼ cup ketchup
  • ¼ cup oyster sauce
  • 2 tablespoons Japanese soy sauce
  • 1 ½ tablespoons sugar

Stir fry

  • 2 tablespoons cooking oil
  • 4 to 6 shiitake - caps only, thinly sliced
  • 1 cup shimeji - root ends cut off
  • 1 bell pepper - deseeded and julienned
  • 1 small carrot - peeled and julienned
  • 1 ½ cups thinly sliced white cabbage
  • 12 stalks scallions - (light and dark green portions separated) cut into two-inch lengths
  • ½ teaspoon salt

To garnish

  • aonori - (available in Japanese groceries)
  • benishoga - (available in Japanese groceries)

Instructions
 

Cook the noodles

  • Boil water in a pot and drop in the fresh noodles. Cook until just slightly chewy.
  • Dump the noodles in a strainer and rinse under the tap, tossing the noodles to get them cold.
  • Drain and set aside.

Mix the yakisoba sauce

  • In a bowl, whisk together all the ingredients for the sauce until the sugar is fully dissolved.
  • Taste and adjust to get the flavor balance that you you prefer.

Stir fry the yakisoba

  • Set the pan on the stoove over high heat and drizzle in the oil to coat the bottom.
  • When the oil starts to smoke, dump in all the bell pepper, carrot, shiitake, shimeji and light green portion of the scallions, and sprinkle in salt.
  • Stir fry the vegetables and mushrooms for about a minute.
  • Spread the noodles over the vegetables and mushrooms, drizzle in half of the yakisoba sauce, and add the dark green portion of the scallions.
  • Stir fry until the noodles are heated through and all the ingredients are evenly distributed.
  • Taste. Drizzle in more sauce, if needed, and stir fry for another half a minute.

Serve your vegetarian yakisoba

  • Divide the yakisoba among four bowls, sprinkle with aonori and top with benishoga.
  • Serve immediately.
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Keyword Mushrooms, Noodles, Stir Fry

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