Ramen

Ingredients

ramen noodles
soft boiled eggs
green onions
baby bok choy
mung bean sprouts
Pork Topping
200g —ground pork or bacon
—garlic
—ginger
½ tsp —sugar
1 tbsp —chile paste
1 tbsp —oyster sauce
1 tbsp —mirin
Seasoning Paste
2 tbsp —peanut butter
1 tbsp —chile oil
1 tsp —vinegar
2 tbsp —soy sauce
1 tbsp —mirin
—optionally sichuan peppercorns
Broth
1 cup —water
1 tbsp —chicken btb
1 tbsp —veggie btb
2 cups —unsweetened soy milk

Method

Prep

  • Crush the garlic
  • Grate the ginger
  • Chop green onions into small pieces
  • Cut bok choy into halves or quarters

Make the spicy pork topping

  • Mix sauce
  • Cook bacon
  • Add garlic, ginger, green onion
  • Turn heat to high
  • Add sauce and cook until caramelized

Make the the seasoning paste

  • Whisk together all ingredients in a small bowl

Make the Broth

  • Boil some water and add btb paste in a small pot
  • Mix well
  • Add soy milk
  • Bring to a boil

Blanch/boil

  • Blanch bean sprouts and bok choy
  • Boil noodles

Assemble

  • In each serving bowl
    • Add half of the seasoning paste
    • Add half of the broth
    • Stir together
    • Add noodles, spread widely
    • Place mung bean sprouts along the edge
    • Place bok choy next to it along the edge
    • Place pork topping in the middle
    • Place green onions
    • Place a soft boiled egg
    • Garnish with crushed peanuts, sesame seeds, chile oil, etc

Notes

Ramen Components

  • Broth
  • Noodles
  • Chashu
  • Soft Boiled Egg
  • Green Onions
  • Baby Bok Choy
  • Mung Bean Sprouts
  • Microgreens
  • Chile oil
  • Crushed peanuts, sesame seeds

References