Spicy pork ramen
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- + overnight chilling
- Easy
- Serves 4
Ingredients
- 500g piece pork belly, skin and excess fat removed
- 100ml soy sauce, plus a splash
- 100ml mirin
- 1 pack ramen noodles (around 270g)
- 4 handfuls young spinach
- 4 hard boiled eggs, to serve
- a handful beansprouts
- ½ bunch spring onions, finely sliced
SPICY BROTH
- ½ bunch spring onions, chopped
- 6 slices ginger
- 1 red chilli, halved
- 1 clove garlic, halved
- 1.5 litres chicken stock
- a splash sesame oil
Method
- STEP 1
Heat the oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3. To make the pork belly, put the pork in a small baking dish it will fit snugly. Mix the soy, mirin and 200ml water, and pour this over the pork belly.Add a little more water, if needed, to just cover the meat. Cover tightly with foil and bake for 3 hours. Pour away the cooking liquid. Cool the pork for 30 minutes, then wrap it in clingfilm and weight down with a heavy chopping board. Chill overnight, or for at least 6 hours to set the shape.
- STEP 2
To make the broth, put the spring onions, ginger, chilli and garlic on a chopping board and bruise them all with a rolling pin. Put it into a pan, add the chicken stock and simmer gently for 15 minutes. Strain out all the solids and discard them.
- STEP 3
Slice the pork into neat slices and reheat it in the broth, adding a splash of soy and sesame oil for flavour.
- STEP 4
Cook the ramen following the packet instructions, and drain and divide the noodles between 4 warmed bowls.Add a handful of spinach to each bowl, then pour over the simmering broth. Top with a few slices of pork, egg halves, beansprouts and spring onion.
