Ramen is probably the most popular and famous type of Japanese noodle. They are delicious and filling, no wonder there is always a que in front of any ramen shop in Brisbane
Certain areas of Japan having their own speciality ramen. There are so many different variations on ramen flavours and toppings, my personal favourite being miso ramen, followed closely by shoyu ramen. Shoyu ramen has a soy sauce (shoyu) based soup with a light flavour. It’s super delicious and a classic Japanese comfort food!
There are four main types of ramen: shoyu (soy sauce), shio (salt), miso, and tonkotsu. Shoyu and shio are light and clear soups while miso and tonkotsu are much heavier and cloudy. The prefecture I am from in Japan is called Wakayama, which is famous for this shoyu ramen. Whenever I’m back in Japan, I always like to go out and eat this ramen somewhere in Wakayama. However, you don’t have to go to a ramen restaurant to eat it, you can buy it ready-made from grocery stores in Japan and just cook it easily at home yourself. You can buy packets of ramen and soup from Japanese/Asian grocery stores wherever you live as well since it has become a popular food outside of Japan. If you can only find noodles and no soup then you can easily make it at home yourself by making a broth from vegetables and chicken bones from your local butcher.
Ramen is definitely not a food that you can make and eat the next day. It has to be eaten immediately after serving, otherwise the noodles soak up the soup, which changes the texture of the noodles and makes them stretch. It also tastes the best when it’s hot and fresh!
Usually, ramen is topped with cha siu pork, naruto (fish cake), menma (bamboo), and shallots. Other common ingredients are corn,egg, seaweed, and bean sprouts. You can choose whether or not you want to add these toppings, my daughter prefers it with nothing but shallots and my son loves the naruto. You can most likely find all these at your local grocery store or Japanese/Asian store. You can also make your own cha siu pork from scratch by following this recipe. I hope you try this recipe and enjoy delicious Japanese ramen!
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Miso Eggs for topping
Basic Ramen Broth for those who want to make everything from scratch.
Ingredients
- 2 cups Basic Ramen Broth
- 1.5 tbs soy sauce
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 ramen noodles packets
- Toppings of your choice
Instructions
- In a small sauce pan, bring the ramen broth, soy sauce, salt, and sugar to boil on high heat.
- Once the soup has boiled, divide it into two large bowls.
- While the ramen soup is coming to a boil, fill a large pot with water and bring that to boil.
- Add the noodles to the water and leave to cook for as many minutes as written on the packet.
- Drain the water and add the noodles to the bowls of soup.
- Top with the toppings of your choice.
Nutrition
What a gorgeous bowl of ramen. I always love the mix of raw vegetables with the noodles and meat.
Thank you Christie:D. Yes, any meat and vegetables go with ramen well all the time!
This is absolutely adorable! My husband usually gets stuck with the packaged ramen noodles haha! I’ll have to try this for him!
Thank you Cynthia, not packaged ramen for your husband for this coming Valentines day:D
Love Ramen! This looks like a perfect bowl for all the cold weather we are having lately!
Me too Ramona:D and yes it is the best comfort food for cold winter. I drink all soup too.
I think I could live off of ramen! This is such a gorgeous bowl and shoyu ramen is one of my favorites too! Great broth recipe recipe too – can’t wait to give it a try!
Thank you Kathleen. Me too, I can live off of ramen. Nowadays you can buy packaged ramen and condensed soup pack but still home made soup is the best as you know what’s in it:D
What a colorful and delicious bowl of ramen! Love it! Pinning! Your photos are amazing!
Thank you Mira:D
Great recipe!. I’ve always wondered what is the little white thing with the pink spiral on it. Thanks 🙂
Hi Lisbeth,
That is Naruto. I am not sure if your know any anime. There is a famous one called Naruto named after the food and often Ramen is featured in the anime 😀
wonderful and delicious thank you !
thank you for your sweet comment!
Where can I find the fish cakes you use? I feel like I’ve searched everywhere!
Where do you live Nikki? Is there any Asian or Japanese grocery stores nearby? They are fish cakes so they are NOT available online usually.