Don't you Yucky! My Yaki-soba.

Today our International student made for us some Yaki-soba which means in Japan: Stir-fry noodles. All it is is soba (noodles) stir-fried with some vegetables with/without meat, and slobber them with Yaki-soba sauce. Simple recipe and quick to make...less than 15 mins. if you have a slicer like this...

I bought this one at a korean store, while we were still living in Silicon Valley, a few years ago..and it's awesome. Haven't need to get it resharpend! I love the different attachments that came with it too, cutting my prep times by more than half. Alright I'm starting to sound like a commerical...but I love this slicer!

Here are the ingredients: Cabbage, some olive oil, Yaki-soba sauce, fresh soba, carrots, green onions, sliced beef, and bonito flakes.
**For vegetarians omit the bonito flakes and meat**
I will show you how to cook the vegetarian dish and our student will show you the meat dish.

Heat up a little bit of olive oil in a sauce pan and fry the beef until you see no red. Then add the vegetables and let them steam cook in the pan. Add ground black pepper to taste if you like the peppery taste.

Vegeterian version, stir fry the vegetables with olive oil until it sweats and on the verge of burning. At the last minute I went out to our backyard garden and picked some broccoli to add more vegetables to this dish. Then add black pepper if you like.

Add soba (noodles) and mix well on med-heat. The noodles are already cooked and all you need is to heat it up. Then add the Yaki-Soba sauce, just pour all around, add more or less to taste.

For the meat version you'd want to add bonito flakes before serving. Yumm!

Vegetarian serve without Bonito flakes.

I think everyone enjoyed this dish. Yummy Yaki-Soba.

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