Tonkotsu Ramen
norecipes.com · 2009
Against 492 ramen recipes
Tonkotsu ramen, with 3 of the 3 usual parts.
What's in it
10 parts read from its 22 ingredient lines and its title.
- Broth base
- Pork bone (tonkotsu) “2 pig trotters ((cut in half lengthwise))”
- Chicken “1.5 pounds chicken bones”
- Tare and seasoning
- Sesame paste or tahini “1 tablespoon tahini”
- Mirin “1 teaspoon mirin”
- Aroma oil
- Black garlic oil (mayu) “2 teaspoons mayu ((from recipe above))”
- Lard or back fat “2 tablespoons fatback (finely minced (salted pork fat))”
- Sesame oil “1/4 cup toasted sesame oil”
- Noodles
- Fresh ramen noodles “1/2 batch fresh ramen noodles”
- Toppings
- Chashu “sliced chashu”
- Scallion or negi “2 scallions (finely chopped)”
Against the usual Tonkotsu
It has 3 of the 3 parts of the usual Tonkotsu ramen: pork bone (tonkotsu), chashu and scallion or negi.
Less usual for the style: sesame paste or tahini (in 14% of Tonkotsu recipes) and black garlic oil (mayu) (in 21% of Tonkotsu recipes).
A cloudy, rich broth of pork bones boiled for hours, usually with thin noodles, chashu and scallion, and often wood ear mushrooms, a marinated egg or black garlic oil.
Ingredients as published (22)
Tonkotsu Base ( makes 10-12 cups of stock)
- 2 pig trotters ((cut in half lengthwise))
- 1.5 pounds pork leg bone ((cut into several pieces))
- 1.5 pounds chicken bones
- 2 inch knob fresh ginger ((sliced thin))
- 1 small head garlic ((trimmed but whole))
- 1 large onion ((sliced thinly))
- 1 teaspoon white peppercorns
Mayu (black garlic oil)
- 1/4 cup toasted sesame oil
- 5 cloves garlic (grated)
For soup
- 3 cups Tonkotsu base ((from recipe above))
- 1 tablespoon tahini
- 1 tablespoon strained braising liquid from chashu
- 2 cloves garlic (finely grated (not pressed))
- 1 - 2 teaspoons kosher salt ((to taste))
- 1 teaspoon mirin
- 1/8 teaspoon ground white pepper
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds (coarsely ground)
- 2 tablespoons fatback (finely minced (salted pork fat))
To serve
- 1/2 batch fresh ramen noodles
- 2 teaspoons mayu ((from recipe above))
- sliced chashu
- 2 scallions (finely chopped)
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