Quick and Easy Homemade Ramen

What's in it

17 parts read from its 15 ingredient lines, its title and its method.

Broth base

• Chicken “4 cups vegetable broth (bone broth or other meat based broths work as well)”
• Vegetable or mushroom “4 cups vegetable broth (bone broth or other meat based broths work as well)”

Tare and seasoning

• Soy sauce (shoyu) “2 tablespoons soy sauce”
• Miso “1 tablespoon white or yellow miso paste”
• Vinegar “1 teaspoon rice vinegar”

Aroma oil

• Sesame oil “1 tablespoon sesame oil (toasted or regular)”

Noodles

• Instant noodles “2 3 oz packs ramen noodles ((discard seasoning packets if using instant))”

Toppings

• Boiled or soft egg “2 soft-boiled eggs (optional for vegetarians, omit for vegan)”
• Nori “Optional toppings: sesame seeds (nori strips, tofu cubes, corn, or extra mushrooms)”
• Scallion or negi “2 green onions (sliced)”
• Sweet corn “Optional toppings: sesame seeds (nori strips, tofu cubes, corn, or extra mushrooms)”
• Mushrooms (shiitake, enoki, shimeji) “Optional toppings: sesame seeds (nori strips, tofu cubes, corn, or extra mushrooms)”
• Spinach “1 large handful baby spinach or bok choy”
• Bok choy “1 large handful baby spinach or bok choy”
• Sesame seeds “Optional toppings: sesame seeds (nori strips, tofu cubes, corn, or extra mushrooms)”
• Tofu “Optional toppings: sesame seeds (nori strips, tofu cubes, corn, or extra mushrooms)”

How it is served

• Served in soup from the method

Why it looks like Vegan

It names no style, but it has 3 of the 3 parts of the usual Vegan and vegetarian ramen: vegetable or mushroom, tofu and mushrooms (shiitake, enoki, shimeji).

Ramen with no meat or bones: a broth of kombu, mushrooms, vegetables or soy milk, with tofu, mushrooms and vegetables in place of chashu.