Over the last month I tried various different ramen variations. The beef based version is my favorite so far. Especially the combination with broccoli and carrots does fit perfectly.

Ingredients

Beef Stock

• 450g beef bones
• 3l water
• some soup vegetables

Ramen

• 500g beef stock
• 1tsp miso
• salt & pepper
• broccoli
• carrots
• two half boiled eggs
• ramen noodles
• dash of ginger spring-onion oil

Instructions

Beef Stock

Note: You will need ca 250g of beef stock per serving. Though stock has to cook for several hours so I would suggest making a lot of it and freeze the rest in 500g portions afterward. Cook the bones for about 6 hour before adding the soup vegetables and letting it cook for two more.

I usually collect and serve the meat that falls of from the bones during cooking with the ramen. The meat does not have that much taste left, though the texture is very nice and it fits perfectly for this dish.

Ramen

Mix the stock and miso in a pot. Heat water in another pot. Use this to blanch the broccoli and afterward to cook the eggs. To ensure that the eggs do not crack during boiling you can let them sit in luke warm water for a few minutes up front. Let them cook in boiling water for 4.5-5 minutes before letting them cool down in cold water.

In the meanwhile slice the carrots thinly. Best use a peeler to get a very thin and equal slices. Last but not least cook the ramen noodles.

Serve the dish in a smaller bowl and sprinkle some ginger spring-onion oil on top.

Tips

Don’t stick to the recipe too much. Try different combinations of vegetables or seasoning. I found that broccoli and carrots do work very well with the beef stock, though I do normally use whatever vegetables I have at hand.

Next Time:

For this version I cooked 300g beef bones in 3l water for about 6 hour before adding the soup vegetables and letting it cook for two more. The result was a nice soup, though the flavor could have been a bit more intense, so reducing the water to 2l or increasing the amount of bones might be a good option. Updated recipe