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Pork Yakisoba is an easy-to-prepare, flavorful Asian dinner. Lean pork, carrots, cabbage, onion, and red bell pepper are flavored with Asian spices and served over ramen noodles. It’s so delicious!
The funny thing about my husband is that he will eat anything I put in front of him. See, for The Husband, a meal is just about getting fuel for his body. It is not an Eat, Pray, Love moment, nor is there greater meaning in a fajita or a flan.
I am always on him to slow down and actually TASTE the food in front of him. Get a sense for the flavors and truly enjoy it. See, this shows the difference between some men and some women.
I want to take it all in, and soak up the food as if it were life itself. And I don’t want to miss a thing (insert Aerosmith song here). He, on the other hand, wants to plow through life, and his food, haphazardly. Missing the forest for the trees, so to speak.
Always out to prove me wrong, The Husband recently had a meal at Benihana that he can’t stop raving about.
It wasn’t a complicated dish at all. Basically, it was a simple pork stir fry named pork Yakisoba.
He absolutely loved the flavors, and immediately asked me to replicate the dish at home. He even spared a scant amount to bring home for me to taste. Bless him ????
So here is my attempt at this popular Japanese Steakhouse dish. Serve it with a side of steamed vegetables, or offer a second entree to go with it, like chicken fried rice.
Here is the pork Yakisoba recipe. I hope that you enjoy it!
Total Servings 4
10 minPrep (inc. refrigeration & rest time)
15 minCook Time
25 minTotal Time
Ingredients
- 1 pound of lean pork, sliced against the grain
- matchstick carrots. I bought a small bag at Meijer and used 1/2
- 1 head of a small cabbage, chopped
- 1 onion, sliced thin
- 1 large red pepper sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 12 ounces of ramen or thicker wheat flour noodles or chuka noodles (you can also use soba)
- 2 tablespoons of grated fresh ginger (put leftover in the freezer for later use)
- 6 green onions, finely sliced
- 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 tsp Chinese 5 spice powder or more, to taste
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For the Sauce:
- 1/2 cup of Tamari (soy sauce)
- 1/3 cup of rice wine vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon of sugar
- 1 Tablespoon Hoisin (optional)
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix sauce ingredients; soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, and sugar. Stir until dissolved. Set aside.
- Cook noodles in a pot of water. Bring to boil and let boil for about 2 minutes. Drain and set aside.
- Over medium heat, add oil to a large frying pan or to a wok.
- Add pork. Stir while frying. Add 1 tsp 5 spice powder.
- Add onions, ginger, garlic, and carrots.
- Stir well while cooking, and add salt and pepper to taste.
- Mix in the cooked noodles and soy sauce mixture.
- Make sure everything is coated with the sauce.
- Let simmer for five minutes.
This meal is awesome and so easy to make, and quick too, in 35 minutes! My Little Foodie thought it was from House of Tokyo ????