This is such an easy recipe. Just 20mins and here’s dinner (not Jonnie). You will just need Japanese mayonnaise (Kewpie or Kenko etc.) and soy sauce. There’s lots of Yaki-Udon recipes on the Internet using different ingredients and I am sure they are good, but, this is just simple and soooo easy to make. This time I didn’t any meat but if you want you can add chicken, pork, or whatever you want into your Yaki-udon.
The roots of Yaki-udon are in Ogura in the North of Kyushu. After the second war, a guy had a restaurant called “Daruma-Dou” and he couldn’t get noodles for Yaki-soba, which uses the same noodles as ramen, due to a food shortage. So he tried using dried udon, people loved it, and Yaki-Udon was born. This shop is still in Ogura and I want to go there one day. 🥰
Ogura town is very proud of yaki-udon and there is a particular definition of what it should be.
- Use dried noodles.
- Use cabbage from Wakamastu.
- Use pork back ribs sliced.
- Bring out the onion’s sweetness when you cook.
- Study about the secret sauce.
- Use shaved horse mackerel or mackerel.
- Finish with Ogura sake for the right aroma.
I was looking map of Ogura and there’s a lot of Yaki-udon shops. There is a lot of different versions that have developed over the years but my version is simple and so easy. It was one of the most popular dishes when I had my restaurant. You can buy already cooked Udon from Coles, Woolworths, or Asian shops, but before add Udon into a pan you will need boil the Udon lightly to loosen them so they don’t become dry.
Everybody loves Japanese mayonnaise🥰 and it goes so well with a little bit of soy sauce. You can buy Yaki-Udon sauce at supermarkets but all you need is a bit of soy sauce and Japanese mayo! When I feel lazy or don’t have time to making dinner, I make Yaki-Udon 😙
このレシピはめちゃくちゃ簡単なのです。色々と焼うどんのレシピがインターネットで検索すると出てきますね〜。これはシンプルですが本当に美味しいです。
たった１５分程度で、できてしまいます。特別な材料も入りません。ほとんどの家にあるものです。マヨネーズ、醤油とうどんと余り野菜で十分です。もちろんお肉や海老などお好きなものを入れても結構です。今回は冷蔵庫で眠っていたあまり野菜で作りました。たまに仕事の後に買い物も面倒だな〜、夕飯は簡単でいいや〜という時によく作ります。今回はお肉等を入れていませんが、もちろん鳥肉、豚肉、海老等を入れても構いませんよ〜。人暮らしの方にも使えるレシピですね！
茹でうどん、冷凍うどんでもどちらでも構いません。野菜も家のあるもので冷蔵庫のお掃除できますね〜。
Yaki-Udon (Grilled Udon)
Ingredients
- 400 g Udon (ready cooked pack) 200g x 2
- 250 g Chinese cabbage or cabbage
- 1 each Onion 150g
- 50 g Carrot
- ½ tsp Salt
- ⅛ tsp Pepper
- 2 tbsp Rice oil
- 3 tbsp Japanese mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp Soy sauce
Instructions
- Wash all vegetables.
- Slice the onion.
- Cut the carrot
- Cut the Chinese cabbage
- Boil water and add the 2 pack of udon. Once the noodles have separated turn off the heat but leave them in the water until when your frypan is ready.
- In a frypan heat 2 tbsp of rice oil over a high to mid heat.
- Add the onion and carrot and cook until soft stirring constantly.
- Add the Chinese cabbage into the frypan, stir, then add ½ of salt and ⅛ tsp of pepper. Stir well.
- Once vegetables are soft, strain the hot water from the udon then add the noodles into the frypan. Add 3tbsp of mayonnaise and 2tbsp of soy sauce and stir well.
- Serve your Yaki-Udon on a plate.
Video
マヨネーズを使った焼うどん
Ingredients
- 400 g 茹でうどん（又は冷凍うどん） 200×2
- 250 g 白菜又はキャベツ
- 1 つ 玉ねぎ 150g
- 50 g 人参
- ½ 小さじ 塩
- ⅛ 小さじ 胡椒
- 2 大さじ 米油
- 3 大さじ マヨネーズ
- 2 大さじ 醤油
Instructions
- 野菜は洗う。
- 玉ねぎはスライス。
- 人参は斜めぎり。
- 白菜は食べやすい大きさに切る。
- 沸騰したお湯に茹でうどんを入れて麺をほぐしておく。ほぐれたら火を消してそのまま麺はフライパンで炒めるまで入れとおく。（この間同時進行でフライパンで野菜等を炒め始めるといいでしょう）
- フライパンに油を入れて熱し、玉ねぎと人参を炒める。
- 白菜を入れて、塩と胡椒を追加して白菜が柔らかくなるまで炒める。
- うどんをザルに開けて、炒めた野菜の上にのせる。
- マヨネーズと醤油を追加してよく野菜とうどんにからめる。
- 皿に移す。
