Kimchi Ramen

Kimchi Ramen

A quick and easy recipe for a tasty bowl of kimchi ramen when you want something warm and comforting but don't want to rely on the packaged versions. For the base of the soup, you only need 5 ingredients from the pantry!

Preparation: 5 min.

Cooking: 20 min

Total: 25 min.

Recipe by Chloe Ting

Ingredients

Kimchi broth

• 80 g of kimchi
• 2 tablespoons of kimchi juice
• 480 ml of chicken broth
• 1/2 teaspoon of miso paste
• 1 teaspoon gochugar (Korean chili flakes)
• 1 serving of ramen
• 1 egg
• 2 shiitake mushrooms
• 1 bunch baby bok choy
• 2 tablespoons of grated seaweed
• 1 spring onion
• 1/2 teaspoon of oil
• Salt to taste
• White pepper to taste

Approach

1. Chop the shiitake mushrooms and spring onion. Cut the bok choy into quarters. Cut the kimchi into smaller pieces.
2. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Cook the egg for 6 minutes or according to firmness preference. Cool in a bowl of ice water, then peel and cut in half. Set aside.
3. Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Add the sliced shiitake mushrooms, season with salt and pepper, and cook until they begin to brown. Set aside.
4. In the same pan, add the kimchi, kimchi juice, chicken (or vegetable) stock, and gochugara. Let it cook slowly on low heat for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the miso paste.
5. Meanwhile, cook ramen according to package directions.
6. Drain the ramen and transfer to a bowl. Pour the broth over the ramen and add the shiitake mushrooms, egg, bok choy, seaweed and scallions. Enjoy!

Notes

• You can vary the toppings to your taste! Other ideas: enoki mushrooms, leftover roast chicken, tofu, smoked meat, fried egg, etc.
• You can adjust the amount of gochugar according to your spiciness preference.
• Gochugaru are Korean chili flakes found in Asian grocery stores. If you don't have them, you can substitute gochujang, cayenne or hot pepper.
• You can replace the chicken stock with vegetable stock and omit the egg to make this recipe suitable for vegetarians and vegans.

Source: Chloeting.com