Turned out decent.



Fried pork was bomb, cooked it in olive oil, sesame oil and then a touch of soy sauce.

Needed to cook the eggs for another 30 seconds and they would have been perfect.

Broth was the only thing I need to majorly improve on for next time. I just boiled water with 2 pieces of fresh ginger, 2 gloves of garlic, some soy sauce, sesame oil, and powdered chicken broth for like 10 minutes and then strained the soup.

Only ramen noodles i could find were packaged dried noodles. Those were meh. The jalepenos added a really nice touch. overall i'd rate it a 7/10

Input would be great.

i have problems finding a broth that tastes as good as this:


lately i've been using half the pack and some sodium free chicken boulion. but i cant replace the packet entirely. what will you do next time for your broth?

you might wanna add some spice other than just whole jalapeno peppers. chili powder or cayenne pepper or srirachi sauce. really helps with the flavour

This post was edited by carteblanche on Aug 24 2014 08:01pm

yea siracha and cayenne sounds like a nice idea.

I just saw a youtube video where the guy added mirin and rice wine vinegar. Gonna give that a shot as well.

-You should be able to find decent fresh noodle from your local chinese supermarket (or frozen)
-For ramen stock yeah powdered chicken stock is not gonna cut it, might as well take the packaged ramen... you need a pork stock (chicken or beef can be used also.. or both chicken and pork..) .. you can make big batches and then freeze them for multiple uses.
-Egg is all smashed? lol But i dont think its undercooked, maybe look a little over actually... one thing that can be cool and easier for ramen is onsen tamago... u can google it.
-Personaly i like my ramen with seaweeds

Cheers...

Not bad, looks pretty tasty.

-That's what I thought about noodles. went to a great local japanese market where i get my stuff for making sushi, and no luck on fresh noodles. Will have to keep looking around.
-Gonna work on making the fresh stock. Have never made my own before, just need to get some time to do it. Busy with school. On top of that, it needed flavor. gonna try + mirin and + rice wine vinegar
-Yea.. eggs haha... My first go ever at soft boiling an egg. Didn't look pretty, but tasted great. (i like my eggs less runny)
-Didn't think about adding seaweed, great idea.

i used to work in a japanese kitchen, a few of the things i found to like the most:

-noodles will be frozen or dry, you don't want fresh noodles for ramen you want to boil them fresh (at a hot temperature as fast as possible (dont put them in till the water is boiling)) you shouldnt have trouble finding those (i prefer the oodon noodles. so tasty)
-thin sliced fresh scallions on top were always essential... like a handful worth for a bowl that size
-egg looks fine, if anything lower them into the water slowly and add a little salt to the water will make them not crack in the future. boil for about 8min 30sec for a nice runny ramen egg
-as for the stock, at the restaurant i worked in they just bought these 5gallon buckets of ramen flavor? (tonkatsu, miso, shoyu were the flavors we sold) it was like jelly we would scoop out 2tbsp worth and add it to the boiling water... was tasty. i loved the tonkatsu one (japanese for pork) maybe you could find something similar?
-japanese people love white pepper on their ramen, i was never much of a fan

that look asm, ill try it

I would just buy a bag of chicken bones or if you wanna spend a bit more oxtail is good as well.
Make your own broth as you usually would: boil bones once and wash them + grilled onion and grilled ginger throw them all together and add in seasonings you like or make it plain so you can modify later
let it simmer for a few hours to let the flavors get into the broth!
I like cinnamon + star anis in mine and sometimes I would toss in cumin and turmeric for a curry style noodle
I like to mix up my noodles between thick pad thai + thick cut egg noodle and sometimes udon but if I am cutting down on carbs I would get yam noodles

for toppings I like minced green onions and coriander in 99% of my bowls
then I would add boiled/fried egg + boiled/fried hotdog or ham (cheap man version)
If i feel a little fancy, I would buy beef or pork briskets and grill that on the side while I make broth (I use char siu seasoning for the pork briskets and I usually just salt and pepper the beef)

that was the result