Yakisoba With Pork and Cabbage

- Total Time
- About 30 minutes
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Ingredients
- Salt
- 6ounces dried Chinese egg noodles, or 10 to 12 ounces fresh
- 1tablespoon sesame oil
- 3tablespoons peanut oil
- 2tablespoons minced ginger
- 2pork chops, thinly sliced
- 1small head Napa or savoy cabbage, shredded (about 4 cups)
- 2carrots, shredded
- 2tablespoons ketchup
- ¼cup soy sauce
- ¼cup Worcestershire sauce
- 2tablespoons mirin, or a bit of sugar
- Few drops Tabasco sauce, or to taste
- 1bunch scallions, chopped, white parts only
Preparation
- Step 1
Bring a pot of water to a boil, salt it and add noodles. Cook until just done, about 3 minutes. Drain in a colander and run under cold water. Toss noodles with sesame oil to keep them from sticking together, and set aside.
- Step 2
Put peanut oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. When it’s hot, add ginger and cook, stirring, until just fragrant, about 1 minute. Add pork and cook for about 5 minutes or until the pork is no longer pink and is starting to brown around the edges.
- Step 3
Add cabbage and carrots to skillet and stir; sprinkle with salt. Continue to cook until vegetables soften, adding a bit of water as needed to keep them from sticking.
- Step 4
Meanwhile, stir together in a small bowl ketchup, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, mirin and Tabasco. When vegetables are soft and any liquid has evaporated, add noodles and sauce to skillet. Toss to coat everything well and cook until noodles are warmed through. Serve, topped with chopped scallions.
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Comments
Yaki doesn't mean chicken. You were confused with "Yaki-Tori" (焼き yaki 鳥 tori), which "yaki" 焼き means (stir) fry and Tori 鳥 is chicken.
Also, soba alone indeed means buckwheat noodles in Japanese, but in this case, it implies Shina-Soba (志那そば) or Chuka-Soba (中華そば), literally means Chinese noodles.
Originally the recipe was called Yaki Chuka Soba, but soon Chuka part was dropped and shortened to Yaki-Soba since four characters word is very easy to pronounce to Japanese.
One other suggestion?
Instead of pork chops--go with ground pork. Same taste, less chewiness.
Made the recipe--as directed. Tasty enough to make again--but next time...less Worcestershire sauce (I'd say half what Bittman calls for)--drop the Tabasco--and opt for a tablespoon of a good sriracha instead for both.
good recipe - flexible. One can add or subtract according to taste. Ex. I only had a little worcestershire left so put a bit of rice vivegar and sugar. I use Siracha a lot too but that can be added to each individual plate.
I'm having trouble finding good mirin. Any suggestions on brand name, type or source?
Great use of leftover pork loin. I didn't have mirin, so I used some good sake and simple syrup.
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