Essential Ramen

Updated at: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 17:26:34 GMT

Step 1

The trick to making sure this is quick and easy to to make you make everything in the right order so start by filling the kettle and boiling the water

Step 2

Start by boiling the egg for 6 minutes roughly, but if you noodles are going to take longer than that start with the noodles

Step 3

In boiling water, place half the stock cube and add the noodles and cook until ready to serve and drain the water and set aside

Step 4

To make the ramen sauce, boil water and add all your sauces, soy, sesame oil, teriyaki, char siu, mirin and the remainder of the stock cube (this is very important)

Step 5

Get the sauce to boil and the add the thinly cut meat of choice, I like using the hot pot meat rolls as they cook quickly and you can crack them in to make small bitesize pieces

Step 6

Once the egg is ready, run under cold water so you can handle the egg safely to deshell

Step 7

Once everything is ready, place the noodles in a bowl and poor your ramen soup over the noodles (but do not over fill, fill just over the noodles), followed by the egg sliced in half

Step 8

To finish the ramen, sprinkle spring onion over the top, be generous as it is very flavourful and provides a crunch

Step 9

Try and go to an asian supermarket to look for proper noodles and avoid tesco style dry ones as they are often not very tasty I have found and take a lot longer to cook

Step 10

The char siu is to sweeten the broth, so you can replace it with sticky teriyaki, sugar, hoisin and more

Step 11

Oyster sauce can be a great addition if you like that fishy element

Step 12

Add more veg if you want such as bean sprouts

Step 13

Feel free to experiment and change ingredients or add more to your taste. With the meat, you can add ready cooked if you wanted a chicken breast for example, but remember this can't be cooked in the broth usually

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