Sara Udon (Kata Yakisoba)

Name: Sara Udon (Kata Yakisoba)
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 2 dried shiitake mushrooms; 350 ml water; 150 g thinly sliced pork (I used pork belly); 1 tsp grated ginger root; 1 tbsp sake; ⅛ green cabbage (or Napa cabbage, about 125g/4.5oz); ½ carrot (thinly sliced); 5 slices kamaboko fish cake (roughly cut); 1 clove garlic (finely diced); 1 thumb ginger root (finely diced (approx 1 tbsp)); 2 ptns ramen noodles (or store-bought fried sara udon noodles); 2 tbsp toasted sesame oil; 100 g bean sprouts; 6 quail eggs (pre-boiled); 1 tsp cooking oil; 1 pinch salt and pepper; ½ tbsp toasted sesame oil (to finish); shiitake dashi (leftover from soaking shiitake mushrooms); 2 tbsp sake; 1 tbsp Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu); ½ tbsp oyster sauce; 1 tsp sugar; 1 tsp Chinese-style chicken bouillon powder; ¼ tsp dashi granules; 1 tbsp potato starch (katakuriko) (to make slurry); 3 tbsp water (to make slurry)

Instructions

Prep:35minCook:15min

Sara Udon is a unique dish made with crispy noodles topped with a variety of meat, seafood, and vegetables coated in a glossy savory sauce. When it comes to texture and flavor, this one ticks all the boxes!

Updated at: Thu, 08 Jan 2026 20:02:32 GMT