Yakisoba sauce
焼きそばソース yakisoba sōsu
- Flavor and role
- A thin, sweet-and-sour Worcestershire-style sauce for stir-fried noodles. It coats the noodles evenly, giving a savoury taste and brown colour.
- Typical dishes and uses
- Yakisoba, yaki udon, teppan stir-fries
- Substitutes
- 2 tbsp yakisoba sauce = 1 tbsp tonkatsu sauce + 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce, or 1 tbsp Worcestershire + 1/2 tbsp oyster sauce + 1/2 tbsp ketchup.
- Storage
- Unopened: 1 year at room temperature. Opened: 1-2 months in the fridge.
- Main countries
- Japan
Updated 2026-10-10