
The Ultimate Yaki Ramen (Fukuoka-Style Stir-Fried Ramen)
Staple · Noodle · Washoku25 min(Prep 10 min + Cook 15 min) · 650 kcal per serving · 2 servings · Easy
A Fukuoka yatai-style stir-fried ramen that recreates the richness of tonkotsu broth using Chinese-style soup base (chuka-aji). Made with stick ramen (thin noodles) such as Marutai, stir-fried with pork belly, cabbage, and wood ear mushrooms, then coated in a thickened sauce of soy milk and water. Worcestershire sauce and grated garlic bring it close to the flavor of a street food stall, and it is finished with a generous topping of red pickled ginger. A dish that goes well with rice or as a drinking snack.
Instructions
- Soak the dried wood ear mushrooms in water to rehydrate them (hot water rehydrates them faster).
- Cut the cabbage finely. Since the noodles are thin, keeping the ingredients small helps them blend together.
- Cut the pork belly into bite-sized pieces. If you do not want to dirty your cutting board, you can cut it on top of the package.
- Slice the rehydrated wood ear mushrooms into thin strips so they blend with the noodles.
- Peel and grate the garlic. At the same time, start bringing water to a boil for cooking the noodles.
- While waiting for the water to boil, put 2 tablespoons of lard in a frying pan and heat it, season the pork belly with salt and pepper, and stir-fry until nicely browned.
- Add plenty of cabbage and stir-fry, then add plenty of wood ear mushrooms and stir-fry together.
- Turn off the heat once, add 2 and 2/3 teaspoons of chuka-aji, 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce, and 1 teaspoon of soy sauce, and coat the ingredients. Then add the grated garlic.
- Boil the noodles in the boiling water. Using 70g per serving as a guide, twist them as you put them in to boil them neatly. The package says 3 minutes, but for yaki ramen boil for 2 minutes (1 and a half minutes if you prefer them very firm).
- While the noodles are boiling, return the frying pan to the heat and cook off the acidity of the ingredients.
- Add the boiled noodles to the frying pan, pour in 2 tablespoons of soy milk and 1 teaspoon of water, and toss to coat. Add about 8 shakes of pepper and stir-fry over slightly high heat so the noodles take on the liquid.
- Serve on a plate and top with a generous (heaping) amount of red pickled ginger to finish.
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