Soba is a noodle made with buckwheat flour. It is a staple in Japanese cuisine and is used in hot and cold dishes such as soups and salads.
One of the popular Japanese dishes - yakisoba - is noodles with meat and vegetables, served as the main main course. The meat component can be pork, chicken or beef.
It is not difficult to cook such a dish in your home kitchen, and even if it may not be authentic, it will definitely be delicious and cooked with soul!
Ingredients:
Soba (buckwheat noodles) - 200 g
Chicken fillet - 300 g
Zucchini (medium) - ½ pc.
Sweet pepper - 1 pc.
Carrots - 1 pc.
Bulb onions - 1 pc.
Garlic - 2 cloves
Vegetable oil - 2 tbsp.
Soy sauce - 2 tablespoons
Teriyaki sauce - 2 tablespoons
Brown sugar - 1 tsp
Ginger (ground) - ½ tsp
Potato starch - 1 tablespoon
Salt to taste
Sesame seeds - 1 tablespoon (for filing)
Greens - 1 tbsp. (for filing)
Step by step recipe:
1. Let's prepare the ingredients according to the list, there are quite a few of them. You can change the amount of food to your liking, for example, put more vegetables or meat, increase the amount of ginger in the dressing to make it more spicy. The original recipe does not use salt, but you can always add salt to the dish to taste at the end of cooking.
2. The dish is prepared quickly in the style of stir-fry (stir-fry) - this is a quick frying of meat and / or vegetables in a hot pan with the addition of vegetable oil. Therefore, the thinner these ingredients are cut, the faster and more evenly they cook.
Simultaneously with cooking vegetables and meat, you need to boil the noodles: put a saucepan with plenty of water on the fire, add salt, bring until boiling, add noodles, stir and cook until cooked over low heat without a lid for 10 minutes or as indicated on the package product.
Cut the chicken fillet into thin strips.
3. Zucchini, peppers and carrots cut into thin strips, onions - in half rings. Zucchini and carrots can be grated for Korean vegetables. Chop the garlic finely with a knife.
4. Heat a deep skillet (cast iron or non-stick) over medium heat, add vegetable oil. Once it is hot, add the chicken fillet and fry for 2-3 minutes, without reducing the heat or covering. Stir the meat until it browns evenly and the juices are sealed inside, so the finished product stays juicy. Be careful, oil will splash!
Add carrots. If it is cut into strips, fry it with the meat for another 2 minutes, but if the root vegetable is grated for Korean carrots, half a minute is enough.
5. Then add onion and pepper, fry, stirring occasionally, for another 1-2 minutes.
6. Then add the garlic and zucchini. Cook for another 2-3 minutes, stirring occasionally. As a result, the meat should be completely cooked and the vegetables will remain a little crispy.
7. By this time, the noodles are cooked, put them on a sieve and rinse with cold water, let them drain.
8. For dressing, combine soy sauce and teriyaki, add ginger and brown sugar, stir until granules are dissolved.
9. Add starch to the liquid mixture and stir so that there are no lumps left.
10. Add the noodles to the pan for vegetables and meat, pour the dressing and, stirring all the time, cook for another 1-2 minutes. The dressing will thicken and spread evenly, covering each bite.
11. The dish is ready. Serve immediately hot in a serving platter garnished with sesame seeds and fresh herbs.
12. The noodles are slightly glossy thanks to the dressing.
If you want to add spice to the dish, add a little more garlic, and cut half a chili pepper into thin rings with bell peppers.
A taste of Asia in a cozy home kitchen? It's quite real! Well, the sticks... They can be replaced with an ordinary fork.
Bon Appetit!
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