Name: Homemade soy sauce (shoyu) ramen
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 5 persons
Ingredients: 650g pork belly; 1.2L + 1L water; green parts of a leek; fresh ginger (optional); 50ml cooking sake or cooking white wine; For the soy sauce soup base :; (A); 50ml vegetable oil; 1 tbsp sesame oil; 10cm leek - cut into small pieces; 1 tsp katsuo flakes; 3 garlic cloves - grated; (B); 100ml soy sauce; 3 tbsp cooking sake or cooking white wine; 2 garlic cloves - grated; 1/2 tsp balsamic vinegar; 1 tsp hondashi powder; 1/2 tsp sugar; 2 tbsp weipa, shantung, chicken stock powder; 1/2 tbsp oyster sauce; (C); 50ml soy sauce; 50ml mirin; 2 tbsp honey; 1 tbsp sugar; 1/4 tsp hondashi powder; For the topping : your choice,; leek - cut into julienne; egg - boiled

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Homemade soy sauce (shoyu) ramen

Persons

Prep Time

30 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Total Time

1 hour

Ingredients

650g pork belly
1.2L + 1L water
green parts of a leek
fresh ginger (optional)
50ml cooking sake or cooking white wine

For the soy sauce soup base :

(A)
50ml vegetable oil
1 tbsp sesame oil
10cm leek - cut into small pieces
1 tsp katsuo flakes
3 garlic cloves - grated
(B)
100ml soy sauce
3 tbsp cooking sake or cooking white wine
2 garlic cloves - grated
1/2 tsp balsamic vinegar
1 tsp hondashi powder
1/2 tsp sugar
2 tbsp weipa, shantung, chicken stock powder
1/2 tbsp oyster sauce
(C)
50ml soy sauce
50ml mirin
2 tbsp honey
1 tbsp sugar
1/4 tsp hondashi powder

For the topping : your choice,

leek - cut into julienne
egg - boiled
char siu - sliced
grated white sesame

Instructions

1. making the soup stock In a big cooking pot, add 1.2L water, pork belly, green parts of a leek and ginger. Heat over high heat and bring it to a boil. Once it boils, reduce the heat to low and simmer for about 30 min.
2. Remove from the heat. Take pork belly, leek and ginger out to a plate. Strain the stock with a sieve to another big cooking pot. Add 1L (another) water more into the stock, then set aside.
3. In a frying-pan, add all the ingredient (C) and bring it to a boil. Place boiled pork skin side down. Cook for all sides until a nice golden brown. Cut into slices and set aside.
4. making the soy sauce soup base
In a small heat-resistant bowl, add (B) and set aside. In a samll cooking pot, add (A) and bring it to a boil, simmer for 2 minutes. Immediately strain (A) into (B). Mix well until combined. Set aside.
5. Cook noodles according to the package instructions. Meanwhile, place some shoyu soup base in a serving bowl and pour the soup stock (boiled). Immediately place the cooked noodle into the soup stock. Topping as you like. Serve hot!

Notes

You can change the quantity of shoyu soup base you add depending on how you like it.
You can also add just boiled water to the soy sauce soup base, if you have already char siu or any topping on:)