This teriyaki soba noodles stir-fry makes a great easy weeknight dinner that is both filling and delicious! Comes together in 30 minutes and only requires a handful of simple ingredients. Chewy noodles and crunchy veggies are all combined with a flavorful sauce that your family will love!
If you are craving something quick yet tasty and satisfying, the teriyaki soba noodles is right up your alley! Love serving it with this cabbage tofu stir-fry to make a heartier meal.
💚Why you will love this recipe
- Packed with flavor, delicious, and incredibly satisfying to have
- Healthy and is a tasty way to get in your daily serving of vegetables
- An easy to fix one pan meal that is ready in 30 minutes
- Versatile and high customizable - feel free to add anything that sounds good!
🍜What you will need
📃Notes / substitutions
- Soba noodles - You can swap it with other kinds of dried noodles like ramen, udon, or rice noodles. Spaghetti will work too!
- Teriyaki sauce - For a quicker version, feel free to use store-bought teriyaki sauce. But if you have some time on hand, I highly recommend giving my homemade vegan teriyaki sauce a try! It tastes so much better and is healthier than store-bought ones.
🔪How to make
Heat up a tablespoon of oil in a cast iron skillet or non-stick pan. Once heated, add garlic and ginger. Saute for 1-2 minutes until fragrant.
Next, add bell pepper and carrot. Cook for 3-4 minutes until slightly softened.
Then, add in mushrooms and cook until all veggies are tender.
Lastly, stir in noodles and edamame together with teriyaki sauce. Give it a taste and add more sauce, if needed. Serve and enjoy your teriyaki soba noodles while warm!
✔Helpful tips
- Slightly undercook your noodles - This will prevent them from turning mushy and sticky when stir-frying. For me, I will cook them a minute or two less than the suggested cooking time on the package.
- Rinse noodles under cold water after cooking - This especially holds true for soba, as it tends to clump together more easily. Rinsing will remove excess starch that causes noodles to stick together, and also stop them from cooking further.
- Use a large enough pan - This will help prevent ingredients from leaping out from pan during cooking.
- Gluten-free - Make sure to use soba that is made from 100 percent buckwheat. Some brands use a blend of buckwheat and wheat flour, hence do check the ingredient label before purchasing.
- Oil-free - You can use ¼ cup of water or broth to saute in place of oil. Highly recommended to use a good non-stick pan or wok.
🌶Variations/add-ins
- Add a source of protein - I love adding some chopped seitan chicken breast, baked tofu, tempeh, or even slices of vegan bologna.
- Veggies - Feel free to change up the veggies used to whatever you have on hand, or veggies that are in season. Cabbage, mushrooms, broccoli, and snap peas are some vegetables that will work in this teriyaki soba noodles.
- Spicy - If you like yours to be spicy, throw in some chili flakes or drizzle on some hot sauce before serving.
🥢How to serve
Here are some dish that pairs particularly well with teriyaki soba noodles -
- Toppings - toasted sesame seeds, chopped green onion, chopped parsley, chili flakes, furikake
- Appetizers - Japanese tofu salad, wakame salad, vegan egg rolls
- Side dishes - This gochujang tofu and sweet and sour chickpeas are my go-to!
- Stir-fries - Yasai Itame (Japanese stir-fry noodles), bok choy tofu stir-fry
❔Commonly asked questions
No, this teriyaki soba noodles is not spicy, and is kid-friendly. However, you can make it spicy by adding a pinch of red chili flakes. Other than that, you can drizzle on some hot sauce or sriracha before serving!
If your soba noodles turned out to be mushy, chances are you have overcooked them. As we will be using them for stir-frying, it is important that you slightly undercook them. You can do so by reducing the cooking time by 1-2 minutes from what is suggested on the package.
You should also rinse them in a colander under cold water immediately after cooking for 1-2 minutes. This is to halt them from cooking further and to remove excess starch that causes them to clump together.
If you do not have any soba noodles on hand, you can use other Asian dried noodles like udon, ramen, or rice noodles instead. Spaghetti will also work in this teriyaki stir-fry noodles.
Place leftover teriyaki soba noodles stir-fry in a sealed container and it will last in the fridge for 3-4 days. It is not recommended to freeze them as noodles might turn mushy upon thawing.
🍽More vegan noodles
If you did make this recipe, do leave a rating and comment down below, we love hearing from you! Subscribe to My Plantiful Cooking to get new recipes delivered straight to your inbox! Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest to get the latest updates. 😉
📖 Recipe
Teriyaki Soba Noodles
Ingredients
- 7 oz dried soba noodles *
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon minced ginger
- 1 medium carrot julienned
- 1 medium red bell pepper julienned
- ½ cup shelled edamame
- 5-6 mushrooms sliced
- ¼ - ⅓ cup teriyaki sauce **
Instructions
- Bring a pot of water to a boil and cook noodles until al dente.7 oz dried soba noodles
- Heat up a tablespoon of oil in a cast iron skillet or non-stick pan. Once heated, add in garlic and ginger. Saute for 1-2 minutes until fragrant.3 cloves garlic, 1 tablespoon minced ginger
- Next, add in bell pepper and carrot. Cook for 3-4 minutes until slightly softened.1 medium carrot, 1 medium red bell pepper
- Then, add in mushrooms and cook until all veggies are tender.5-6 mushrooms
- Lastly, stir in noodles and edamame together with teriyaki sauce. Give it a taste and add more sauce, if needed. Serve an enjoy your teriyaki soba noodles while warm!¼ - ⅓ cup teriyaki sauce, ½ cup shelled edamame
Notes
- Slightly undercook your noodles - This will prevent them from turning mushy and sticky when stir-frying. For me, I will cook them a minute or two less than the suggested cooking time on the package.
- Rinse noodles under cold water after cooking - This especially holds true for soba, as it tends to clump together more easily. Rinsing will remove excess starch that causes noodles to stick together, and also stop them from cooking further.
- Use a large enough pan - This will help prevent ingredients from leaping out from pan during cooking.
- Storing - Leftovers can be stored in the fridge for 3-4 days.
Nutrition
Nutrition info calculated is just a rough estimate and is provided as a courtesy. Bear in mind that value will vary based on variables like specific brand or type of product used. To obtain the most accurate representation, it is highly recommended that you calculate it on your own with the actual amount and type of ingredient used.
Join the discussion !