Japanese ramen noodle recipe
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 4
Ingredients
- 1.4 litres fresh chicken stock
- 100g miso
- 2 pak choy, cut into quarters
- 150g bean sprouts
- 4 tsp sesame oil
- 4 portions ramen noodles, (dried is good; instant is better; fresh is best)
- 50g parmesan, finely grated (optional)
- 4 soy-marinated eggs, halved
SPICY MISO PORK MINCE
- 1 leek, washed and trimmed
- 40g red or barley miso
- 1 tomato, roughly chopped
- 1/2 onion, roughly chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, peeled
- 1 red chilli, roughly chopped
- 2 tsp dried chilli flakes
- 2cm piece (unpeeled) ginger, finely sliced
- 1/2 tbsp sesame seeds, toasted
- freshly ground to make 1/4 tsp black peppercorns
- freshly ground to make 1/2 tsp Szechuan peppercorns
- 2 anchovies in olive oil (optional)
- 250g pork mince
- for frying vegetable oil
- 50g butter
Method
- STEP 1
Put the chicken stock into a large pan and bring to a simmer. Add the miso and whisk to dissolve.
- STEP 2
For the spicy miso pork mince, cut the leek in half and roughly chop the green part. Finely shred the white part of the leek and soak in iced water.
- STEP 3
Put the green leek, red miso, tomato, onion, garlic, fresh and dried chilli, ginger, sesame seeds, black and szechuan peppers and anchovies, if using, into a food processor and whizz to a coarse paste. Tip into a large bowl along with the pork mince and mix well.
- STEP 4
Heat a wok to very hot with 2 tbsp of vegetable oil. Carefully add the pork mixture and cook for 10 minutes, stirring regularly, until dark brown. Remove from the heat, stir in the butter and keep warm.
- STEP 5
Bring a large pan of water to the boil and blanch the pak choy for 1 minute. Remove with a slotted spoon to a bowl. Blanch the bean sprouts for 20-30 seconds and remove with the slotted spoon to the same bowl. Pour over the sesame oil and mix well.
- STEP 6
Cook the noodles in the same boiling water following pack instructions and drain well.
- STEP 7
Divide the miso-chicken broth between four deep bowls and add the noodles and divide half of the pork mince to each and stir well. Taste the broth and adjust the seasoning with salt or soy.
- STEP 8
Top each with the remaining pork mince, parmesan, if using, drained shredded white leek, pak choy, bean sprouts and marinated eggs. Enjoy piping hot, and don’t forget to slurp!
