Pork Yakisoba – sort of

This dish was an attempt at a version of a Japanese dish – Pork Yakisoba.  It actually ended up quite tasty so I'll be experimenting along these lines again.

Ingredients:

Fresh noodles (Asian, bought from a specialty store)

Minced pork

Fish Sauce

Grated Ginger

Canola/sesame oil

Dashi stock (you get a sachet of powder and make it up with hot water)

Worcestershire sauce

Soy Sauce

Tomato paste

1 tsp sugar

Tonkatsu sauce

Chinese Cooking Wine

Zucchini slices

Cherry tomatoes

Small amount of chopped red onion

½ red chilli

Bonito flakes for garnish

Method:

When doing a dish like this which only has a short cooking time, I like to prepare all the ingredients in advance and lay them out on the bench.

Fry off your pork mince and onion in the oil mixture then when it has browned add the zucchini and cherry tomatoes.  After about a minute add your noodles.  (Because my ones were fresh they didn't need to be boiled first)

When everything is almost cooked (say 2 minutes) then add your sauce ingredients – the dashi stock, fish sauce, ginger, a splash of Chinese Cooking Wine (which does make almost anything taste better), Worcestershire, Soy, tomato paste and sugar.  Finally some Tomkatsu sauce (which is quite strong so taste before you add too much).

Once all is nice and hot it is ready to serve with a garnish of bonito flakes and chopped chilli.