Teriyaki Noodle Bowls
Equipment
- Wok or large skillet
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- ¼ cup water
- ⅓ cup reduced sodium soy sauce
- ¼ cup brown sugar, packed
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tsp ginger, freshly grated
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 cup water
- 1½ lbs sirloin beef, pork tenderloin or chicken breast, thinly sliced
- 16 oz Yaki-soba noodles, discard seasoning packets
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp sesame seeds
- 2 stalks green onion, sliced
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine cornstarch with ¼ cup water. Set aside.
- Combine the ⅓ cup soy sauce, ¼ cup brown sugar, 3 cloves minced garlic, 2 teaspoons freshly grated ginger root, 1 cup water, and 2 tablespoons honey in a saucepan.
- Heat the teriyaki sauce over medium high heat. Bring sauce to a simmer, stirring frequently.
- When sauce comes to a good simmer add the cornstarch slurry.
- Continue to cook over medium heat, stirring until sauce thickens and coats the back of a spoon.
- Remove sauce from heat, cover pan and allow sauce to come to room temperature.
- Once sauce has cooled off, place sliced meat in a 1 gallon ziplock bag.
- Reserve ½ cup of sauce and pour remaining sauce into ziplock bag with meat slices.
- Seal bag and marinate meat in the refrigerator for a minimum of 30 minutes or up to overnight. Turning bag occasionally as it marinates.
- Cook Yaki-Soba noodles in boiling water for 2 minutes, stirring to seperate noodles into individual strands. Drain well.
- Heat oil in a wok or large skillet over medium high heat.
- Drain off excess marinade from meat.
- When oil is hot, add meat strips and stir fry until browned and cook through, about 4-5 minutes.
- Remove cooked meat from the wok with a slotted spoon and keep warm.
- Add cooked, drained Yaki-Soba noodles to the wok along with the reserved ½ cup of teriyaki sauce.
- Stir fry until noodles are completely coated and have absorbed the sauce.
- To serve, place noodles in a bowl and top with strips of cooked meat.
- Garnish each serving with sesame seeds and sliced green onions if desired.
Notes
Yaki-Soba noodles are asian style ramen noodles. They can be found in the refrigerated section of most major supermarkets.