This article will talk about how to make noodle sauce called teriyaki. This classic Japanese sauce is a dark thick syrup (sometimes diluted to a liquid state), which is considered universal, as it fits almost all dishes. Meat, fish, vegetable and mushroom dishes - all this can brighten teriyaki. Next, let's talk about the features of cooking and the combination with noodles.
What is he like?
Japanese sauce can make any food spicy and juicy, it gives it a peculiar sweet and at the same time salty taste, as well as an attractive look. On its basis, you can cook marinade, in which even the toughest meat becomes tender and soft in just two hours. Although the name scares many amateurs, cooking teriyaki sauce is extremely simple.
How to cook?
It may seem unbelievable, but the ingredients for the sauce can easily be found in the store.
A classic sauce is prepared in this way: soy sauce, spices, sugar, honey, water, wine and previously dissolved starch are mixed in a frying pan.
Usually, noodle sauce is prepared on the basis of soy sauce, cane (brown) sugar, Japanese rice wine called mirina or sake. But since Japanese alcoholic beverages are a rare commodity, it would be logical to replace them with dry or dessert wine, vermouth, sherry or wine vinegar (1 tablespoon is enough).
In the cooking process, teriyaki is added to potato / corn starch, garlic, honey, ginger, vegetable oil of your choice. Some recipes recommend adding chicken or vegetable stock, pineapple, pepper, orange, sesame, greens and various spices.
There are various ways to prepare teriyaki, but since we are interested in the noodle sauce, in the sequel you will find the most common recipe intended specifically for this dish.
Teriyaki sauce is an expanse of culinary creativity, where you can vary the ingredients as you wish, change the processing and sequence of the bookmarks as you wish.
Cooking at home
Since the cost of store sauce can cause a surge of indignation, we suggest you cook it yourself.
We will need:
- 1 tbsp. spoon of white wine vinegar (1%);
- 200 ml of soy sauce;
- 3 teaspoons dried ginger;
- 3 teaspoons potato starch;
- 3 teaspoons dried garlic;
- 10 cubes or 5 teaspoons of cane sugar;
- 4 teaspoons of honey;
- 2 tbsp. tablespoons of refined vegetable oil to choose from;
- 150 ml of water;
- glass container with a lid.
The cost of all products will amount to 300 rubles.
Cooking time will take no more than 15 minutes.
Step by step cooking noodle sauce
First you need to turn on the middle flame under a frying pan or stewpan. Then gradually pour and pour in the necessary ingredients.
First, pour 200 ml of soy sauce, add sugar, ginger, garlic, one tablespoon of wine vinegar, 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil to choose from, 4 teaspoons of honey.
We mix everything. Continuing to stir, make sure that sugar does not stick to the walls of the dishes. It remains to wait until the noodle sauce boils.
Next, stir 3 teaspoons of starch without a slide with 100 ml of water and mix. Thanks to these manipulations, you can get rid of lumps.
Add dissolved starch to boiling sauce. Mix well and turn off the heat.
If suddenly you think that the sauce is not thick enough, do not worry. You just need to wait 5-10 minutes, then it will have time to thicken and become denser.
Our sauce is ready! When it cools, pour it into a glass container with a lid and store in the refrigerator. Typically, teriyaki prepared with this recipe is usable for one week.
Everyone who has tried this recipe says that the taste is excellent, but not everyone is happy with the shelf life - not every day there is noodles! Therefore, you need to cook in the quantities that you really need, otherwise it is just a waste of time and products.
Replace the ingredients
Instead of wine vinegar, you can take 100 ml of mirin (sweet rice wine) or dry white wine in the same amount.
Cane sugar can be replaced by ordinary. Instead of dried ginger and garlic, foods can be used. Then they will have to be chopped finely, added to the pan with the rest of the ingredients, and after the sauce is ready, teriyaki will need to be filtered through a sieve.
If desired, the amount of starch can be changed. If you want to get a thick sauce that goes well with noodles, prepared dishes and salads, then it is better to add three to four tsp. spoons (without slide). If you need liquid sauce for marinade or roasting ingredients, you can add only 1-2 tsp. starch or completely abandon it.
Next, let's talk about how to cook chicken with noodles in teriyaki sauce.
Chicken and Noodles with Japanese Sauce
The meat dish is designed for 5-6 servings. Preparation and cooking will take the hostess about 40 minutes in total.
You will need the following ingredients for making noodles with chicken and vegetables in teriyaki sauce:
- 300 grams of soba noodles;
- a pound of chicken;
- 8 teaspoons teriyaki sauce;
- 2 pieces of sweet bell pepper;
- 1 piece of leek;
- 1 bunch of green onions (for decoration);
- 1 piece of onion;
- 3 tbsp. tablespoons of sesame;
- 4 garlic cloves;
- 1 tbsp. a spoonful of dried or a slice of fresh ginger;
- 3 tbsp. tablespoons of refined vegetable oil.
The cost of such a dish will be about 700 rubles.
Cooking Chicken Teriyaki Noodles
The vegetable ingredients in this recipe can vary depending on taste preferences.
The dish is cooked quite quickly. The result is excellent.
If you want to get an aesthetically beautiful dish, take peppers of different colors. A bright and interesting dish will delight you and your loved ones!
Experienced cooks advise using wok for frying, as dishes prepare easier and tastier in it.
So! We start cooking.
Cut the leek in half, rinse inside, because often in its layers there are pieces of earth. By the way, only the light part of leeks should be taken for slicing.
We put a pot of salted water on the fire. Finely chop the garlic, onions, ginger, shred the leek, peppers, chop the chicken.
We put a wok or pan on a strong flame. Pour a couple of tablespoons of sesame seeds on a dry surface, fry them for 2-3 minutes, stir until the color starts to change. Pour it into a separate bowl. Pour oil into the pan.
Next, add garlic and ginger to fry, according to the teriyaki sauce noodle recipe. If dried ginger, then it is better to fill it up at that moment when chicken is added according to the recipe.
Fry spices for one minute and add pieces of chicken. Slightly salt. Fry and stir until the moisture has completely evaporated, and the chicken is covered with a golden crust (usually it takes about 5 minutes with medium heat).
Then add the peppers. Mix. Throw leek, onion. Mix. Fry still for five minutes.
If it suddenly starts to burn, we correct the situation by adding vegetable oil.
Next, we start cooking soba noodles. As soon as the water begins to boil, we add soba noodles into the pan, having previously checked the cooking time indicated on the package (usually within 3-5 minutes).
Each bunch of noodles is equal to one serving.
Next, add a couple of spoons of teriyaki sauce to the pan. Mix everything thoroughly, taste it. If there is not enough salt in the dish, add a spoonful of soy sauce, if the filling overlaps teriyaki, add two more tablespoons of soy sauce.
Sprinkle sesame seeds to your taste. Continue to fry until the noodles are cooked. Reduce the heat to medium.
Next, send the finished noodles to a colander and back to the pan, if the pan does not fit it. Pour pasta into the pan and mix thoroughly over low heat for several minutes.
So our noodles with soy sauce and chicken are ready.
Turn off the fire. Cut a little green onion, get a plate, prepare a fork. We put as much as you like and fly in! Bon appetite!
Teriyaki noodles for vegetarians
If for some reason you don’t eat meat, the following recipe will be an excellent main course for you, which will charge you with energy for the whole day.
To prepare noodles with vegetables with teriyaki sauce, we need the following list of ingredients:
- 1 pack of wheat noodles (udon);
- 1 piece of red bell pepper;
- 100 grams of frozen green beans;
- 1 piece of carrots;
- half a white stem of leek;
- 75 ml teriyaki sauce;
- 75 ml of soy sauce;
- vegetable oil for frying in the required quantities.
Cooking
Cut into strips pepper, leek and carrots. We heat the pan with high sides and pour olive oil into it. We take frozen beans, wash it in cold water, put it in a frying pan, fry, stirring, for 3-4 minutes on low heat.
Add carrots to the beans, lightly fry, then add sweet pepper, leek and soy sauce, fry for three minutes. Then pour teriyaki sauce and mix, simmer for another 1-2 minutes.
Boil the noodles until cooked, drain the water and immediately add to the hot cooked vegetables, mix and turn off the stove. Before serving noodles to the table, if desired, you can sprinkle the dish with sesame seeds. Our noodles with vegetables and teriyaki sauce are ready! What would you add?