Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this video, I will show you how to make wafu butter shoyu pasta in 15 minutes, using three pantry staples and the Japanese nabe-hada soy sauce trick!
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📌 RECIPE DETAILS:
⏰ Time: 15 minutes
👥 Servings: 2 portions
🥕 Ingredients:
Pasta
- 180 g dry spaghetti 1.7-1.8mm
- 1600 ml water
- 1 tbsp salt (approx. 1% of water weight)
Main Ingredients
- 100 g Oriental spinach (cut into bite-size pieces, or whole leaves of baby spinach)
- 4 fresh shiitake mushrooms (about 100 g, sliced ¼-inch thick)
- 50 g bacon with visible fat (cut into short strips)
- 1 garlic clove (finely diced)
Sauce and Seasoning
- cooking oil (only if bacon is lean)
- 1 tbsp sake (or dry sherry/wine)
- ⅛ tsp dashi granules
- 1 tbsp Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu, divided: 2 tsp for the first stage, 1 tsp for the second stage)
- ½ tbsp mirin
- 4 tbsp pasta water (reserved from cooking)
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter (at room temperature)
Garnish
- lemon juice (a few drops)
- kizami nori (shredded nori, optional)
- chopped green onions (to taste)
- shiso leaves (optional, sliced thin)
- ground black pepper (to taste)
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📖 FULL RECIPE & INSTRUCTIONS WITH TIPS
Website: sudachirecipes.com/japanese-style-bacon-and-mushroom-spaghetti-recipe
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❓ COMMON QUESTIONS
Q: Can I use margarine instead of butter?
A: You can, but not recommended. The dish will taste noticeably different. Butter contributes diacetyl, the compound responsible for that rich, creamy aroma, and its milk solids participate in the emulsion that coats each strand. Margarine lacks both of these. If butter is not an option, use the best quality margarine you can find, but know that the sauce will be thinner and less aromatic.
Q: Can I use pre-minced garlic from a tube or jar?
A: You can, but fresh garlic is always better here. Tube garlic is preserved in citric acid, which dulls the sharp, pungent bite that fresh garlic develops when its cells are ruptured and allicin forms. In a dish this simple, every ingredient is exposed, and the difference between fresh and jarred is obvious.
Q: Can I use udon or soba instead of spaghetti?
A: Udon works well. Its thick, chewy texture holds the butter-shoyu sauce nicely, and butter-shoyu udon is a recognized dish in Japan (often stir-fried yaki-udon style). Soba is trickier. Buckwheat noodles are more fragile, and the delicate, earthy flavor of soba can get buried under rich butter. If you really want to try soba, reduce the butter and lean into the soy sauce and a squeeze of citrus to keep it balanced.
⏱ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:20 Prepping the Ingredients
0:41 Cooking the Spaghetti
1:16 Cooking the Bacon, Mushrooms & Garlic
1:58 Deglazing with Sake
2:22 Wilting the Spinach
2:29 The Nabe-hada Technique
3:15 Combining with the Spaghetti
3:42 Finishing with Butter & Shoyu
4:45 Plating & Serving
5:21 Ingredients Recap
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👨🍳 ABOUT SUDACHI
Sudachi (formally known as Sudachi Recipes) is a Japanese cooking media established in 2019 by Yuto Omura (Author of "Japan: The Ultimate Cookbook"). He was born and raised in Japan and lived in the UK for several years. Sudachi is located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, and aims to share authentic and modern Japanese recipes with the rest of the world.
📱 CONNECT WITH SUDACHI
➤Website: sudachirecipes.com
➤Free Cookbook: sudachi.kit.com/5c166f80ba
➤Instagram: instagram.com/sudachi.recipes
➤Pinterest: pinterest.com/sudachirecipes
Music: Ratatouille's Kitchen by Carmen María and Edu Espinal
#japanesefood #japanesecooking #japaneserecipe #wafupasta #buttershoyupasta #japanesepasta
In this video, I will show you how to make wafu butter shoyu pasta in 15 minutes, using three pantry staples and the Japanese nabe-hada soy sauce trick!
🖨 PRINT FULL RECIPE: sudachirecipes.com/japanese-style-bacon-and-mushroom-spaghetti-recipe
📖 GET MY FREE COOKBOOK: sudachi.kit.com/5c166f80ba
🔔 SUBSCRIBE HERE: tinyurl.com/b69ed7na
✨My First Printed Cookbook: amzn.to/4j512pZ
🧰Cooking Tools I Use: sudachirecipes.com/japanese-cooking-tools
📌 RECIPE DETAILS:
⏰ Time: 15 minutes
👥 Servings: 2 portions
🥕 Ingredients:
Pasta
- 180 g dry spaghetti 1.7-1.8mm
- 1600 ml water
- 1 tbsp salt (approx. 1% of water weight)
Main Ingredients
- 100 g Oriental spinach (cut into bite-size pieces, or whole leaves of baby spinach)
- 4 fresh shiitake mushrooms (about 100 g, sliced ¼-inch thick)
- 50 g bacon with visible fat (cut into short strips)
- 1 garlic clove (finely diced)
Sauce and Seasoning
- cooking oil (only if bacon is lean)
- 1 tbsp sake (or dry sherry/wine)
- ⅛ tsp dashi granules
- 1 tbsp Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu, divided: 2 tsp for the first stage, 1 tsp for the second stage)
- ½ tbsp mirin
- 4 tbsp pasta water (reserved from cooking)
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter (at room temperature)
Garnish
- lemon juice (a few drops)
- kizami nori (shredded nori, optional)
- chopped green onions (to taste)
- shiso leaves (optional, sliced thin)
- ground black pepper (to taste)
💡MY RECOMMENDED JAPANESE PANTRY ITEMS⬇️
sudachirecipes.com/top-20-japanese-ingredients
📖 FULL RECIPE & INSTRUCTIONS WITH TIPS
Website: sudachirecipes.com/japanese-style-bacon-and-mushroom-spaghetti-recipe
Latest Recipes: sudachirecipes.com/blog
iOS App: tinyurl.com/mtz9b85r
Android App: tinyurl.com/5n88bkku
❓ COMMON QUESTIONS
Q: Can I use margarine instead of butter?
A: You can, but not recommended. The dish will taste noticeably different. Butter contributes diacetyl, the compound responsible for that rich, creamy aroma, and its milk solids participate in the emulsion that coats each strand. Margarine lacks both of these. If butter is not an option, use the best quality margarine you can find, but know that the sauce will be thinner and less aromatic.
Q: Can I use pre-minced garlic from a tube or jar?
A: You can, but fresh garlic is always better here. Tube garlic is preserved in citric acid, which dulls the sharp, pungent bite that fresh garlic develops when its cells are ruptured and allicin forms. In a dish this simple, every ingredient is exposed, and the difference between fresh and jarred is obvious.
Q: Can I use udon or soba instead of spaghetti?
A: Udon works well. Its thick, chewy texture holds the butter-shoyu sauce nicely, and butter-shoyu udon is a recognized dish in Japan (often stir-fried yaki-udon style). Soba is trickier. Buckwheat noodles are more fragile, and the delicate, earthy flavor of soba can get buried under rich butter. If you really want to try soba, reduce the butter and lean into the soy sauce and a squeeze of citrus to keep it balanced.
⏱ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:20 Prepping the Ingredients
0:41 Cooking the Spaghetti
1:16 Cooking the Bacon, Mushrooms & Garlic
1:58 Deglazing with Sake
2:22 Wilting the Spinach
2:29 The Nabe-hada Technique
3:15 Combining with the Spaghetti
3:42 Finishing with Butter & Shoyu
4:45 Plating & Serving
5:21 Ingredients Recap
🎞️ RELATED VIDEOS YOU MIGHT LIKE
Japanese Noodle Recipes: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8lncWEfRxGfeBc21OC-N-ICjvRnUXSkY
Quick & Easy Japanese Recipes: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8lncWEfRxGc6WGlisc8At9b7oi2wXtSD
Yoshoku (Western Inspired Japanese Recipes): youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8lncWEfRxGero4ThQYdn7s6C5LN1iQRY
🍱 RECOMMENDED JAPANESE RECIPES
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8lncWEfRxGcmFWe2bDA9wLYRlzt8o0tg
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8lncWEfRxGcI0cEWQELxhd6si9tNtVaW
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8lncWEfRxGfY8aneIprLEn8_UbTriF7y
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8lncWEfRxGfT-K_Fv7ba25x7w6eAbgsD
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
👨🍳 ABOUT SUDACHI
Sudachi (formally known as Sudachi Recipes) is a Japanese cooking media established in 2019 by Yuto Omura (Author of "Japan: The Ultimate Cookbook"). He was born and raised in Japan and lived in the UK for several years. Sudachi is located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, and aims to share authentic and modern Japanese recipes with the rest of the world.
📱 CONNECT WITH SUDACHI
➤Website: sudachirecipes.com
➤Free Cookbook: sudachi.kit.com/5c166f80ba
➤Instagram: instagram.com/sudachi.recipes
➤Pinterest: pinterest.com/sudachirecipes
Music: Ratatouille's Kitchen by Carmen María and Edu Espinal
#japanesefood #japanesecooking #japaneserecipe #wafupasta #buttershoyupasta #japanesepasta
