Ramen is one of my favorite dishes but I had never tried to make it because I thought it would be really hard. Oh how I was wrong! This dish was so easy to make and the flavors were all spot on. I used my cast iron pot and the oven to slow cook this, however, you can use a slow cooker if you have one – simply cook on low for the required time. Ingredients
Pork roast (roughly two kilograms) Three to four cups of bone broth (or low sodium chicken stock) Half a cup of soy sauce A quarter cup of rice vinegar Two tablespoons of fish sauce Two tablespoons of sesame oil Two tablespoons of ginger – grated or sliced One tablespoon or Sriracha chilli sauce (or other chilli sauce) Juice of one lime One teaspoon of cinnamon One teaspoon of star anise One teaspoon of black pepper Two chillies – sliced in half length-ways Two packs of ramen noodles Optional – two soft boiled eggs, baby pak choy, bean sprouts For crackling Boiling water Olive oil Salt Method Pre-heat oven to 120 degrees Celsius Prepare pork by carefully removing the skin (for crackling) with a knife and set skin aside. Mix soy sauce, vinegar, fish sauce, sesame oil, ginger, Sriracha, lime juice, cinnamon, star anise and pepper in a bowl Place pork and bone broth into a large cast iron pot or slow cooker Pour liquid and spice mix over the pork and add chillies Place cast iron pot into the oven with the lid on and cook for seven to eight hours Check the ramen after a few hours to baste it with the ramen soup – you can also add more water if need be About ten minutes before the ramen is done, prepare ramen noodles as per packet instructions Once the ramen is done, remove the pot from the oven and increase the oven temperature to 200 degrees Celsius Take the pork skin and pour boiling water over it Once cooled a little, slice skin into smaller pieces – this helps with the ‘crackling process’ – and rub oil and salt into the skin Place pieces onto a tray and put into the oven on the highest shelf for seven to ten minutes Keep an eye on the crackling as it can go from perfect to burnt very quickly! To serve the ramen, add cooked noodles into a bowl and pour over some of the soup Shred pork with two forks and add this on top – you can add any other toppings at this point, including the crackling Garnish with some fresh chilli and there you have it Although it seems like a difficult recipe to make, it really is so simple. Just chuck everything into a pot/slow cooker and a few hours later you’ll have a tasty, warming ramen with tender pork and crispy crackling. Perfect.
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