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Ramen Recipe

Easy Ramen Recipe

This ramen recipe is our take on an easy ramen recipe that is full of flavor, vegetables, and ready in an hour!
Prep 30 minutes
Cook 20 minutes
Total 50 minutes
Fat 19
Carbs 18
Protein 18
Yield 4

Ingredients

Ramen Eggs

  • 6 large eggs
  • 6 cups water
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce or tamari, for gluten free option
  • 2 teaspoons fresh grated ginger
  • 2 teaspoons fresh grated lemongrass
  • 2 teaspoons garlic chili sauce
  • 1 teaspoon fish sauce
  • 2 black tea bags
  • 2 ginger tea bags

Quick Pickled Mushrooms

Ramen

  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 4 green onions white and green parts separated
  • 2 tablespoons minced garlic
  • 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
  • 2 baby bok choys quartered
  • 1 large red pepper sliced
  • 2 medium carrots cut into matchstick
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 4 cups chicken broth or vegetable broth
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons sriracha
  • 1 teaspoon fish sauce
  • 8 oz. Japanese-style ramen noodles 4 servings

Optional Toppings

  • Thai Basil
  • Cilantro

Instructions

Ramen Eggs

  • Bring 4 cups of water to a boil in a medium saucepan and then remove from heat. 
  • Add the soy sauce, ginger, lemongrass, and fish sauce to the saucepan and whisk them together. 
  • Then, add tea bags to the saucepan and let the tea bags steep. Set aside.
  • In a separate saucepan bring 5 cups of water to a boil and carefully add 6 eggs. 
  • Allow the eggs boil for 5 minutes and then place eggs in an ice bath for 5 minutes. 
  • Carefully remove the eggshells from all of the eggs and place them in the black tea mixture. 
  • Let the eggs sit in the tea mixture while you prepare the mushrooms and the ramen (the longer the eggs soak, the better). Whatever you do, do NOT discard the black tea broth. This will be used later in the recipe! 

Mushrooms 

  • Place rice vinegar, apple cider vinegar, red pepper flakes, and salt into a medium sized bowl and whisk ingredients together. 
  • Add the mushrooms to the bowl and stir mushrooms into the vinegar mixture. 
  • Set mushrooms aside while you prepare ramen. 

Ramen 

  • Heat a large 5-qt. Dutch oven or pot over medium/high heat. Add olive oil. 
  • When olive oil is fragrant add just the white parts of the green onions to the pot (the green parts are used as a fresh topping) and sauté for 1 minute. 
  • Add the minced garlic and grated ginger to the green onions and sauté for 2 minutes. 
  • Next, add the quartered bok choy to the dutch oven and toss all the ingredients together until the bok choy is coated with oil. 
  • Turn heat down to medium and cover the dutch oven and let the bok choy steam for 4-5 minutes. 
  • Remove the bok choy from the dutch oven (leaving any garlic and onion in the dutch oven) and set aside. 
  • Add the red pepper and matchstick carrots to the pot and sauté the vegetables for 2-3 minutes. 
  • Carefully remove the ramen eggs from the liquid and set them aside for later and discard the tea bags. The remaining liquid is going to help flavor the broth of the ramen.
  • Pour the black tea mixture through a fine sieve to remove any loose tea. 
  • Then, add the black tea mixture to the dutch oven with red pepper and carrots. Stir to combine. 
  • Finally, add the chicken broth, soy sauce, sriracha, and fish sauce to the pot and whisk everything together and bring the broth to a boil. 
  • Once the broth is boiling, add the ramen noodles and cook for 5-7 minutes or until al dente.*
  • When the noodles are ready, add the bok choy and ramen eggs back into the Dutch oven to warm up (about 2-3 minutes)
  • Serve the ramen in large bowls and serve with pickled mushrooms, chopped green onion, thai basil, and cilantro. 

Tips & Notes

  • We suggest preparing this soup exactly how we write it out in the recipe card. There are certain parts of this recipe that need to be completed before you can move on to the next.
  • If you are not serving this meal right away we would recommend preparing the noodles separately.

Nutrition Facts

Calories: 304kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 19g | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 7g