Tonkotsu Ramen - Japanese-Korean Recipe

Tonkotsu Ramen

🌍 Japanese-Korean, Japan / Fukuoka Difficulty: ●●●○○

Ingredients

• 2kg pork trotters + neck bones
• 300g chashu pork belly
• 4 soft-boiled eggs (soy-marinated)
• 400g fresh ramen noodles
• 4 cups bean sprouts
• nori
• bamboo shoots (menma)
• 2 tbsp sesame seeds
• tare (2 tbsp soy, 1 tbsp mirin, 1 tsp salt)
• scallions
• black garlic oil

Method

1. Step 1 — Blanch bones; drain; simmer 10–12 hrs with fresh water until broth is milky white.
2. Straining — Strain broth; season with tare.
3. Marinating — Marinate eggs in soy/mirin/water 4 hrs.
4. Braising — Braise pork belly in soy/mirin/sake/sugar 2 hrs; slice.
5. Cooking — Cook noodles; place in bowl.
6. Adding — Add hot broth; top with chashu, egg, sprouts, menma, nori, scallions, black garlic oil.

Tags: pork trotters + neck bones, chashu pork belly, soft-boiled eggs, fresh ramen noodles, bean sprouts · Source: Brittani's Almanac