Gomoku Yakisoba is crispy, grilled noodles with vegetables, pork, and seafood, in a hearty, thick sauce. It’s great to make with your friends and enjoy in a large dish on a hot plate around the table.
Yield: 4 servings
Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 lb Chinese noodles
- 1/2 lb sliced pork (2.5″ slices)
- 8 shrimp (deveined)
- 2 oz chopped squid
- 4 oz chopped bamboo
- 1/2 lb bok choy (chopped into 2.5″ pieces)
- 1/4 oz thinly sliced ginger
- 3 dried shitake mushrooms (sliced)
- 1 1/2 tsp Chinese soup powder (chicken bullion powder)
Spices
- 1 tbsp sake
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp katakuriko mixed with 2 tbsp water
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
Preparation
- Mix 1 3/4 cups water with sake, soy sauce, chicken powder, sugar, and oyster sauce
- Boil water and blanch noodles for 5 seconds to separate and strain
- Heat oil in a frying pan, add noodles and cook for 2 min on high heat
- Flip noodles and cook for 2 more minutes
- Flip once again and cook for 1 more minute to make noodles crispy (longer if needed)
- Transfer noodles to a dish
- Put sesame oil and ginger in the frying pan over medium heat
- Add pork and stir for 1 min
- Add shrimp and squid and stir for 1 min
- Add bamboo and shitake and cook for 1 min
- Add bok choy and mixed spices and cook for 2 min
- Add katakuriko mixture to the pan to thicken sauce (add more katakuriko if needed)
- Serve and enjoy!