Tonkotsu Ramen at Home

Tonkotsu Ramen at Home

Tonkotsü ramen is an excellent introdüction to Japanese noodle soüps. Deeply flavoüred tonkotsü pork broth, ramen noodles and chashü pork belly come together to create comfort in a bowl.

Coürse: Main

Cüisine: Japanese

Servings: 4 bowls

Ingredients

Tonkotsü ramen

·         8 cüps tonkotsü pork broth - recipe link below

·         12 oz good qüality dried ramen noodles

·         4 large or extra large eggs

·         2-3 oz enoki or other müshrooms

·         thinly sliced green onions

Chashü pork belly

·         2 lb pork belly - rolled and tied

·         1/4 cüp soy saüce

·         1/2 cüp sake

·         1/2 cüp mirin - sweet Japanese wine

·         1/4 cüp sügar

·         2-3 cloves garlic - left whole

·         2 green onions - coarsely chopped

Soy bacon tare

·         2 slices bacon - üse good qüality bacon here

·         1/4 cüp soy

·         2 Tbsp mirin

·         2 Tbsp sake

·         4 Tbsp shiro miso

Miso Tare

·         1/2 cüp shiro miso

·         1/4 cüp sake

·         1/4 cüp mirin

·         pinch shichimi togarashi (optional)

·         1-2 tsp kosher salt - depending on how salty yoü like yoür ramen.

Instrüctions

Chashü pork belly

1.      Combine the soy, sake, mirin, sügar, garlic and green onions in a ziploc bag large enoügh to hold the pork belly. Stick a straw in the bag and seal the ziploc bag üp against it (so the straw is the only opening). Sück as müch of the air oüt as yoü can and seal.

2.      Soüs vide the pork for 10-11 hoürs at 170F.

3.      Remove pork from the ziploc bag. Discard the bag and marinade.

4.      Let the chashü pork belly cool completely.

5.      Slice across the chashü pork (so yoü get bacon like slices) - into 8-12 slices aboüt 1/8 to 3/16 inches thick. Reserve. Yoü won't need all the pork for 4 servings.

Soy bacon tare

1.      Combine all the ingredients in a small saüce pan. Simmer at the lowest setting for aboüt an hoür. Top üp with a bit of chicken stock if needed.

2.      Remove the bacon.

Miso tare

1.      Combine all ingredients in a small saüce pan and simmer at the lowest setting for aboüt 5 minütes.

Mediüm boiled eggs

1.      Boil large eggs for 6 minütes 30 seconds. If üsing extra large eggs boil them for 7 minütes 30 seconds. Yoü may have to adjüst yoür times slightly depending on the exact size of yoür eggs büt this shoüld get yoü pretty close.

2.      Sübmerge the eggs in cold or ice water to chill. This stops the egg yolks from continüing to set üp. Peel. Cüt in half.

Assemble the tonkotsü ramen

1.      Boil the ramen noodles in plenty of water as directed by the packaging. If there's no translation on the packaging üsüally its 4 minütes. Yoü don't need to salt the water.

2.      Cook the müshrooms along side the noodles - yoü jüst want them softened.

3.      Gently fry the chashü pork in a non-stick skillet üntil lightly browned.

4.      Place 1/4 of whichever tare yoü are üsing in the bottom of foür bowls.

5.      Ladle in aboüt 1/2 cüp of the tonkotsü broth into each of the bowls and stir to mix.

6.      Add the noodles. Poür in another 1 1/2 cüps of the tonkotsü broth per bowl.

7.      Top with the egg, müshrooms, pork and green onions.

Recipe Notes

I've provided 2 different tare recipes. Üse one or the other or come üp with yoür own.

If yoü üse the miso tare, yoü can salt yoür broth directly. That is easier than güessing how salty yoü want yoür tare.

If yoü aren't üp for making chashü pork yoü can sübstitüte roasted pork shoülder. It woüld be an awesome üse of leftover pork roast...

Source: http://glebekitchen.com/2017/04/24/tonkotsu-ramen-home/

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