We all think that ramen is a distinctly Japanese recipe, but the truth is that it is a dish of Chinese origin . In Japanese cities, in restaurants serving Chinese food in Shanghai and Canton, around 1900 they served a plate of noodles in a broth flavored with pork bones and salt. The noodles were cut rather than separated by hand, and many Chinese street vendors offered these soup and dumplings to the workers.
But it is after the Second World War that ramen takes hold of Japan, and with such force that today everyone believes that it is a Japanese dish; in fact, every Japanese region has its own ramen recipe . Even in Taiwan they believe that it is an absolutely Japanese elaboration. It was Momofuku Andō, founder of Nissin Foods, a Japanese company that makes instant ramen , who first created the first instant noodle soup in 1958. From there, it’s history.
Ingredients:
How to prepare ramen:
- Put the water in a large saucepan and when it reaches 65 ° C add the kombu seaweed . Leave for 30 minutes.
- Strain half the water and reserve it .
- Leave a liter in the saucepan and put it on a high heat.
- Add the tuna powder, cook for 5 minutes and remove from heat. Reserve the broth.
- With the previously reserved water , put it in another saucepan over the fire. Bring to 40 ° C, add the cleaned mushrooms and cook for 30 minutes. Remove from the fire.
- In a pressure cooker put the mushroom broth, the shiitake mushrooms, the tuna and seaweed broth, strained , the bones, the shredded chicken, the carrots, the chives, the ginger, the pepper, the coriander, the salt, the sauce soy, Thai fish, mirin and sake .
- Close the pressure cooker and put it on the fire. Cook for two hours.
- Let cool and store the broth in the fridge overnight (the fat solidifies and is easier to remove).
- Once the broth is prepared and defatted, reheat it .
- Besides, cook the eggs for no more than 6 minutes , remove them from the heat and put them under cold water to stop cooking. Peel them and dip them in soy sauce while preparing the rest of the ingredients .
- Cut the Chinese chives into slices and reserve.
- Cook the Chinese noodles according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Reserve.
- In a wok, lightly fry the pork loin meat.
- To assemble the dish, serve the broth very hot in bowls, add to each bowl an egg, halved, a slice of loin, noodles and sprinkle with chives .
It is preferable that you prepare the ramen broth the day before, as the flavors intensify. Enjoy a very popular Asian dish.
