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Yakisoba (焼きそば): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Yakisoba (焼きそば) is a Japanese food classified as Japanese noodles, fried noodle. Ingredients listed for it include noodle.

Name in Japanese焼きそば
TypeJapanese noodles, fried noodle
Main ingredientsnoodle
Background readingWikipedia (English)

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