Miso Ramen Recipe

Ingredients

For Ramen Soup:

• 1½ tsp garlic, (from 1 garlic clove), minced
• ½ tsp ginger, (from 1 knob of ginger), minced
• 1 shallot, minced
• 1 tbsp white sesame seeds, toasted
• 1 tbsp sesame oil, roasted
• ¼ lb ground pork
• 1 tsp doubanjiang, (spicy chili bean sauce/broad bean paste)
• 3 tbsp miso
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp sake
• 4 cups chicken stock, or broth
• 1 tsp kosher salt
• ¼ tsp white pepper powder

For Ramen and Toppings:

• 12 oz ramen noodles, fresh
• chashu
• bean sprouts, blanched
• ramen egg, (ajitsuke tamago)
• corn, frozen or canned, drained
• nori, (dried laver seaweed), cut a sheet into quarters
• green onions, or scallion, chopped
• scallions, white parts only, sliced into thin julienned strips

For Serving:

• la-yu, (Japanese chili oil)
• pickled red ginger, (beni shoga or kizami beni shoga)
• white pepper powder