SPICY MISO RAMEN Yield: 4 Servings Prep Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Total Time: 30 mins
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Fresh ramen noodles 4 cups water 4 Tbsp white miso paste 3-4 tsp S&B La Yu or chili oil 1/2 tsp hondashi 2 hard-boiled eggs Half 15 oz can corn kernels 1 narutomaki Japanese fish cake with a pink swirl 1 stalk scallion finely chopped 1 Tbsp white sesame seeds pound with mortar and pestle until fine Light soy sauce to taste Some seasoned roasted seaweed cut into thin strips
DIRECTIONS: 1. Bring the water to boil and then add in the hondashi, eggs, and finely ground sesame seeds. Bring the soup base to boil and reduce to 3.5 cups. Add in the miso paste, stir with a ladle of chopsticks until well dissolved. Add in the chili oil and light soy sauce to taste. 2. Blanch the ramen noodles in a pot of boiling water until they are cooked. Rinse with cold running water, drain, and set aside. 3. In a serving bowl, add the noodles and then topped with the hard boiled egg (sliced into half ), narutomaki, corn kernels and chopped scallion. Pour the miso soup into the bowl and add the roasted seaweeds. Serve immediately.
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