Buta Yasai Itame (Japanese Vegetable Stir Fry with Pork)

Name: Buta Yasai Itame (Japanese Vegetable Stir Fry with Pork)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 50 g carrot (peeled and julienned); 15 g ginger root (julienned); 2 cloves garlic (thinly sliced); 50 g onion (thinly sliced); 50 g bell pepper (thinly sliced); 100 g green cabbage (roughly chopped); 30 g garlic chive(s) (cut to 5cm in length); 50 g shimeji mushrooms (or any sliced mushroom of your choice); 100 g bean sprouts; 1 tsp cooking oil (neutral, high smoke point); 100 g thinly sliced pork belly (shabu-shabu/yakiniku cut; or chicken thigh); 1 pinch salt; 1 tbsp cold water (to make slurry); 1 tbsp potato starch (katakuriko) (or cornstarch, to make slurry); 1 tsp Chinese-style chicken bouillon powder (or vegetable bouillon); 100 ml hot water; 2 tsp oyster sauce (or mushroom "oyster" sauce alternative); 1 tsp Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu); ½ tsp salt; 2 tsp sugar; toasted sesame oil; toasted white sesame seeds; chili threads

Instructions

Prep:10minCook:10min

Buta Yasai Itame is a fragrant Japanese stir-fry dish made with thinly sliced pork, and a variety of vegetables cooked in a savory, umami-rich sauce. It's the perfect way to use up leftovers!

Updated at: Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:33:20 GMT