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sauce yakisoba; stir-fried noodles seasoned with Worcester-style sauce
The most common type of yakisoba in Japan, where stir-fried noodles are flavored with a thick, sweet-savory Worcester-style sauce and topped with ingredients like cabbage, pork, and pickled ginger.
昼ごはんにソース焼きそばを作った。
I made sauce yakisoba for lunch.
屋台のソース焼きそばは祭りの定番だ。
Sauce yakisoba from food stalls is a festival staple.
富士宮やきそばや横手やきそばなど、各地にソース焼きそばの名物がある。
There are famous sauce yakisoba specialties in various regions, such as Fujinomiya yakisoba and Yokote yakisoba.
The default style of 焼きそば in Japan. When Japanese people say 焼きそば without qualification, they almost always mean ソース焼きそば. The sauce used is a Japanese-style Worcester sauce (中濃ソース or 焼きそば専用ソース), giving the noodles a distinctive dark color and sweet-savory flavor.
COMMON TOPPINGS:
- 紅生姜: pickled red ginger
- 青海苔: green seaweed flakes
- 鰹節: bonito flakes
- 目玉焼き: fried egg
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- ソース焼きそばを作る: to make sauce yakisoba
- 屋台のソース焼きそば: food stall yakisoba
- ソース焼きそばパン: yakisoba bread roll
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 塩焼きそば: salt yakisoba — seasoned with salt instead of sauce; lighter flavor
- 焼きうどん: fried udon — similar dish but with thicker udon noodles