What’s your favorite easy-ish Ramen recipe (that doesn’t take days)? I love Tonkotsu, but doing that for real takes forever.

  • First, I have to recommend Way of Ramen’s YouTube channel; he makes great videos, and I use several of his recipes in my Ramen.

    I make WoR’s super simple Shio tare to start Ingredients:

    • 450ml Water
    • 70g Sea Salt
    • 25ml Hon Mirin
    • 7.5ml rice Vinegar
    • 25ml Usukuchi shoyu
    • 5g caster sugar
    • 2.5g (1/2tsp) msg
    

    Directions:

    • Bring 450ml of water to a simmer
    • Add salt, stir to dissolve
    • Add mirin, sugar, shoyu, vinegar, 1/2tsp MSG Stir, then let cool and store

    The bowl of ramen contains the following:

    • 36ml Shio Tare
    • 1Tbsp Chicken fat
    • 400ml Hot water (or chicken stock or any good soup you have on hand)
    • Pre-made noodles (look up Hakubaku or j-basket, both should be on Amazon or in your local Asian market)
    • Toppings:
    
    • Green onions
    • Sautéd Red Bell pepper (skip if I’m not in the mood)
    • 1/2lb. Fried chicken tenders (the stuff from Publix is magic if you’ve got one near you)

    This can all be done in one day, but the tare recipe makes enough for at least a dozen bowls, so you’ll just warm it up later.