Spicy Tonkotsu Ramen Recipe

Ingredients for one bowl

• 2 tablespoons shoyu tare
• 2 tablespoons of bacon mushroom salt
• 1 tablespoon of karemiso
• 1 tablespoon of aromatic chilli oil
• 100 ml bacon dashi
• 300 ml tonkotsu broth
• 1 brined soft-boiled egg
• 1 slice of pork shoulder
• 1 square of nori
• palmful of spring onions
• 100 grams of ramen noodles

Assembly

1. Warm you bowl with some hot water and then add the tare, mushroom salt, karemiso, and 100ml of bacon dashi and mix everything together.
2. Boil noodles, drain and add to bowl immediately.
3. Add 300ml piping hot tonkotsu stock and fold noodles over to create a bed for toppings.
4. 1 tablespoon of aromatic chilli oil.
5. Assemble remaining toppings.

Shoyu tare

• 1 cup sake
• 1 cup mirin
• 4 cup soy sauce
• 20g dried prawns
• 20g dried anchovies

Bacon mushroom salt

• 100g mushrooms, sautéd with 8 tablespoons on mirin for 30 minutes, dried in the oven then powdered.
• 200g bacon, fried, dried out and then powdered.
• 40g dried shiitake, powdered
• 20g rock salt
• 20g smoked paprika

Karemiso

• 1 part sugar

• 2 parts soy sauce

• 2 parts sake

• 2 parts garlic

• 2 parts ginger

• 6 parts gochujang

• Aromatic chilli oil recipe https://youtu.be/OxkFofFLNGY

• Bacon dashi recipe https://youtu.be/V2xYtH5zejw

• Tonkotsu broth recipe https://youtu.be/F-TQjevcOf4

• Pork shoulder recipe https://youtu.be/83zf7vHiXUo

• If you want to make homemade ramen noodle, here's a good beginners recipe https://youtu.be/_8rsTkOsI2M

• I like my soft-boiled eggs cooked to 4 minutes but here's a video to help you pick your preference (https://youtu.be/HzIdk8UHHUU). Use the leftover braising sauce from the pork shoulder to pickle the eggs for at least 2 days. If you're not planning to pickle the eggs then I like to cook the eggs for 5 minutes.

Enjoy 🍜