10 Minute Cheat's Tonkotsu Ramen

What's in it

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

Broth base

• Chicken “2 tbsp Chinese-style chicken bouillon powder (based on 1 tsp = 200ml soup ratio, scale to your brand's strength)”
• Seafood or dashi (kombu, bonito, niboshi) “1 tsp dashi granules”
• Soy milk “320 ml unsweetened soy milk (unsweetened)”

Tare and seasoning

• Soy sauce (shoyu) “2 tsp Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu)”

Aroma oil

• Lard or back fat “1 tbsp lard”

Noodles

• Ramen noodles, kind not stated “2 portions ramen noodles”

Toppings

• Chashu “pork chashu”
• Pork (other cuts) “pork chashu”
• Marinated egg (ajitama) “ramen eggs”
• Menma (bamboo shoots) “seasoned bamboo shoots (menma)”
• Nori “roasted seaweed for sushi (nori)”
• Scallion or negi “finely chopped green onions”
• Wood ear mushroom (kikurage) “boiled wood ear mushrooms (thinly sliced)”
• Sesame seeds “ground sesame seeds”
• Pickled red ginger (beni shoga) “red pickled ginger (benishoga)”

How it is served

• Served in soup from the method

Against the usual Tonkotsu

It has 2 of the 3 parts of the usual Tonkotsu ramen: chashu and scallion or negi. Not on it: pork bone (tonkotsu).

Less usual for the style: soy milk (in 14% of Tonkotsu recipes), nori (in 21% of Tonkotsu recipes) and sesame seeds (in 14% 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.