yakisoba

Japanese food is probably my favourite type of food.  It could be that my husband and I first started dating when we were both living on Okinawa.  Or it could be that it's delicious! Today, I decided to make yakisoba and luckily I had some ingredients in the freezer.  The asian food store in the town where we live has a yakisoba kit that has the noodles and sauce.  Last time I was there I made sure to stock up on it.  You can find yakisoba sauce at any Japanese food store and most asian food stores.

In Okinawa the most common ingredients for yakisoba are cabbage, onion, carrots and spam.  You can also add bell peppers, bean sprouts, water chestnuts or pretty much anything.  It's such a popular dish in Okinawa that it's what there are generally yakisoba vendors at festivals and fairs.

Today, I decided to just add cabbage onion and carrots.

I actually only ended up using one of the carrots since I only made two servings.  I used half the onion, thinly sliced and maybe a cup of cabbage, also thinly sliced.  

Saute the veggies in a large frying pan with tbsp of oil for a few minutes, until they're about half cooked.  Remove from the pan and heat another tbsp of oil with 1/4 cup of water and the noodles.  Cook the noodles until they are heated through and not sticking together.  Add the veggies and yakisoba sauce back into the pan and cook until veggies are done and sauce is mixed through.  

Yum!