“Yasai” is the Japanese word for vegetables, and “Yaki Udon” is stir-fried udon. If you are on diet or want to eat low calorie food, you can add more cabbage or beans sprouts and add less sugar.
Yield: 2 servings
Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 packages of udon noodles
- 1/4 sliced onion
- 2 oz sliced carrots
- 4 oz cabbage, chopped
Spices
- 1/2 tsp sesame oil
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp mirin
- 1 tbsp sake
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp okonomiyaki sauce
- 1 pinch of red ginger (optional)
- 1 pinch of katsuobushi (optional)
- Salt and pepper (to taste)
Preparation
- Mix soy sauce, sake, mirin, and sugar in a small bowl
- Put fresh udon noodles in boiling water for 1 minute (follow package instructions for dried udon)
- Heat sesame oil in a frying pan and cook onions for 2 minutes
- Add carrots and cook for an additional 2 minutes
- Add cabbage and cook for 2 more minutes
- Add salt and pepper
- Add udon noodles and soy sauce/sake/mirin/sugar mixture and stir
- Add okonomiyaki sauce and stir, then transfer to a serving dish
- Top with katsuobushi and red ginger (optional)
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