In our country, it is rare to find properly brewed ramen soup. Possible only in appropriate institutions. But if you master the technique, purchase products and know the peculiarities of the cuisine, then you can easily learn how to cook the dish at home.
Recipe content:
- Ramen soup - a classic recipe
- Ramen soup with chicken and egg noodles
- Video recipes
Japanese ramen soup is a popular first course among Korean and Chinese gourmets. It is very satisfying, at the same time it is quite inexpensive, but the taste is simply unforgettable. It is a dish of instant wheat noodles with all kinds of additives, the main of which are meat (bone beef, pork, chicken or vegetable broth), eggs, cabbage, vegetables, pickles. Although there are many varieties of the classic dish, a number of additional ingredients are allowed. These can be: shiitake mushrooms, bean sprouts, different types of algae, all kinds of vegetables. The soup is seasoned with soy sauce, special miso paste, or just salt.
In addition, the noodle preparation scheme is directly different. It is made most often from wheat flour, water, salt and kansui (special mineral water). However, some cooks add eggs. Ramen noodles are also different in shape. For example, it can be thick, thin, wavy, ribbons … There is freedom of creativity.
You can buy special dry ramen noodles in stores in the Japanese food section or on the Internet. Also, some housewives cook it on their own. Then the Japanese soup will be exactly what is served in restaurants. However, there is one drawback - pulling the noodles. This is a very laborious process that requires a lot of culinary skills. Having decided to do this, you need to make a dough from flour, eggs and water, and then cut into strips, which are pulled into the finest threads.
In this article, you will learn some interesting recipes for ramen soup. However, in order for you to be able to experiment with this dish in the future, you need to know the main classic version of its preparation.
Ramen soup - a classic recipe
Ramen soup owes its wide popularity to its ease of preparation at home, cheap ingredients, high energy value and excellent taste. Real ramen is very thick with lots of noodles, meat, vegetables, herbs, and a little broth.
- Calorie content per 100 g - 55 kcal.
- Servings - 5
- Cooking time is about 5 hours, but it takes 4 hours to cook the broth
Ingredients:
- Pork - 1 kg
- Ramen noodles - 0.75 kg
- Salt - 1 tablespoon
- Sugar - 1 tablespoon
- Soy sauce - 200 ml
- Melted pork fat or lard - 1 tablespoon
- Fresh ginger - 1 tablespoon
- Ground cinnamon - a pinch
- Greens - a bunch
Step by step cooking:
- Wash the pork, cut into small pieces across the fibers, cover with cold water and cook for half an hour. Then remove the meat, and strain the broth by pouring it into another saucepan and salt.
- Peel the ginger and grate to make a tablespoon of chopped pulp.
- Pour the ginger and cinnamon into a saucepan and distribute evenly over the bottom.
- Spread the pieces of boiled meat on top and pour in the broth so that it only covers the food. Bring to a boil, pour in soy sauce and add sugar.
- Set the oppression on top of the meat and continue to cook the ingredients for another 4 hours over low heat. If the broth boils over, add it.
- In another large saucepan, pour in the water, bring to a boil and boil the noodles for 5 minutes. Discard the ramen in a colander so that the glass is water and evenly place in 5 deep bowls.
- In a clean saucepan, boil 1 liter of water, add the broth, bring to a boil again and add the lard.
- Pour the liquid over the noodles, add the pork slices and garnish with chopped herbs.
Note: the Japanese cook will definitely put slices of hard-boiled chicken eggs and pickled shoots of young bamboo in real ramen soup.
Ramen soup with chicken and egg noodles
Japanese noodle soup with chicken and egg noodles is not cooked for a long time, but it turns out to be hearty and tasty. The broth is rich and transparent. Fans of Japanese cuisine will definitely appreciate the rich and tart taste of the dish with tender chicken meat. Ingredients:
- Chicken - 300 g
- Carrots - 2 pcs.
- Onions - 2 pcs.
- Soy sauce - 50 ml
- Lard - 1 tablespoon
- Egg noodles - 200 g
- Chicken broth - 1 l
- Garlic - 2 cloves
- Ginger root - 1 cm
- Ground nutmeg - 0.5 tsp
Step by step cooking:
- Wash the chicken and cut into small pieces.
- Peel and grate the carrots.
- Peel the onion and chop it into half rings.
- Pass the garlic through a press.
- Dissolve the lard in a skillet and fry the chicken with carrots, garlic and onions. Season with herbs and add soy sauce.
- Boil the noodles for 5 minutes until tender.
- Mix the broth with the soy sauce until it turns dark brown.
- Divide all ingredients into portions. Putting noodles on the bottom of the bowl, then carrots with onions and chicken. After that, fill everything with broth and serve for dinner.
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