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Bowl of Japanese Tonkotsu ramen with spoon and chopsticks
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Japanese Tonkotsu Ramen Recipe

Total Time30 minutes
Course: Main Course, Soup
Cuisine: Japanese
Keyword: ramen
Servings: 4 people
Cost: 35

Ingredients

  • 180 g Tonkotsu soup base (pork bone broth)
  • 12 oz Ramen noodles
  • 1 cup Kikurage mushrooms
  • 1 cup Corn (cooked)
  • 2 tbsp Sesame chili oil
  • 4 Sheets nori or seaweed snack
  • ¼ cup Sliced green onions
  • 1 tsp Togarashi spice
  • 4 Eggs
  • 2 cups Sauteed spinach (optional)

Proteins (choose one):

  • 6-8 oz Pork belly (thinly sliced)
  • 8-12 oz Sliced pork tenderloin (thinly sliced)
  • 8-12 oz Chicken breast (thinly sliced)
  • 12 oz Tofu (thinly sliced)
  • ½ lb Ground pork

Instructions

Make Tonkotsu Broth

  • Bring 8 cups of water to a boil in a large pot. Add tonkotsu soup base and stir until dissolved.
    Tonkotsu broth
  • Add kikurage mushrooms, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for at least 20-25 minutes as you continue with the recipe.

Prep Ingredients

  • (For the noodles & eggs) Fill a medium-large pot 3/4 full of water, cover, and bring to a boil on high heat.
    Recipe ingredients

(Optional) Cook Eggs

  • Gently lower eggs into the medium pot of boiling water and boil for 7-10 minutes (7 for soft, 10 for hard-boiled). Prepare an ice bath for the eggs by adding 1/2 ice and 1/2 cold water to a medium bowl. Important: keep boiling water for step 5!
    ramen eggs
  • When the eggs have cooked, place them in the ice bath for 2-3 minutes. Peel the eggs by cracking on a hard surface and rolling until shell becomes loose. Remove the shells and keep warm.

(Optional) Cook Your Protein

  • If adding your own protein, cook during this step, cut into thin slices, and keep warm.
  • If adding spinach, saute during this step and keep warm.

Cook Noodles

  • Add ramen noodles to the medium pot of boiling water from step 3 and cook for 3-4 minutes.
    ramen noodles
  • Drain using a colander and rinse the noodles under warm water.

Plate & Serve!

  • Divide cooked noodles between soup bowls, ladle the tonkotsu broth over the noodles, and add your favorite toppings: corn, green onions, nori (seaweed), sesame chili oil, and togarashi (spicy!).
  • (Optional) serve with halved eggs, prepared protein, and/or sauteed spinach.
  • Enhance your experience with a playlist (takeoutkit.com/playlists).