Kitakata Ramen

What's in it

10 parts read from its 9 ingredient lines and its title.

Broth base

• Pork bone (tonkotsu) “3 cups pork broth”
• Seafood or dashi (kombu, bonito, niboshi) “2 tbsp dried sardines ((optional))”

Tare and seasoning

• Soy sauce (shoyu) “2 tbsp soy sauce”
• Mirin “1½ tbsp mirin”

Noodles

• Other noodles (udon, soba, egg, rice, zoodles) “2 servings udon noodles ((bundles))”

Toppings

• Chashu “0.50 lbs pork belly ((char siu))”
• Pork (other cuts) “0.50 lbs pork belly ((char siu))”
• Menma (bamboo shoots) “½ cup menma ((fermented bamboo shoots))”
• Scallion or negi “½ cup scallions”
• Naruto or kamaboko fish cake “4 slices naruto fish cake”

Against the usual Kitakata

It has 4 of the 4 parts of the usual Kitakata ramen: soy sauce (shoyu), pork bone (tonkotsu), seafood or dashi (kombu, bonito, niboshi) and chashu.

A clear pork and dried-sardine broth seasoned with soy sauce, with wide, flat, curly noodles and plenty of chashu.