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Tonkotsu ramen

Kyushu, and across Japan · also called 豚骨ラーメン

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.

Recipes

14

of 492 in the atlas

Sites

13

most from ramenkaonashi.com

Languages

5

English, French, Dutch

Usual build

2 of 3

parts in the median recipe · 6 have all

Tonkotsu ramen, by the usual definition

  1. Pork bone (tonkotsu)
  2. Chashu
  3. Scallion or negi

6 of 14 published recipes have every part; the median recipe has 2 of 3. Where the rest depart: no chashu (5), no pork bone (3), no scallion (3).

Each recipe against each part of the usual build
RecipePork boneChashuScallion
justonecookbook.comEasy Tonkotsu Ramen Recipe●●●
honestcooking.comHomemade Tonkotsu Ramen●●●
norecipes.comTonkotsu Ramen●●●
ramenkaonashi.comTonkotsu Ramen●●●
cuisine.journaldesfemmes.frTonkotsu ramen : la véritable recette●●●
recipe.rakuten.co.jp激ウマ濃厚！自家製豚骨ラーメン●●●
sudachirecipes.com10 Minute Cheat's Tonkotsu Ramen○●●
ramenkaonashi.comGyokai Tonkotsu Ramen●●○
chefsimon.comTonkotsu ramen●●○
ohmyfoodness.nlTonkotsu Ramen●○●
orwhateveryoudo.comTonkotsu Ramen●○●
dinnerbydennis.comSapporo Style Tonkotsu Ramen●○○
ichkoche.atTonkotsu ramen japanische nudelsuppe○○●
wayoframen.comTonkotsu(ish) Ramen from Instant Ramen○○●
Recipes with it11911

● has it · ◐ something else stands in · ○ left out

Everything its recipes use

The share of Tonkotsu recipes naming each component, by kind, with the share of all ramen bowls as a tick.

Broth base

Tare and seasoning

Aroma oil

Toppings

How it is served

What sets it apart

  • Wood ear mushroom (kikurage) in 5 of 14 recipes (35%), against 3% of all ramen bowls: more than ten times as common.
  • Pickled red ginger (beni shoga) in 4 of 14 recipes (28%), against 2% of all ramen bowls: more than ten times as common.
  • Lard or back fat in 9 of 14 recipes (64%), against 6% of all ramen bowls: 10 times as common.
  • Pork bone (tonkotsu) in 11 of 14 recipes (78%), against 8% of all ramen bowls: 9 times as common.
  • Chashu in 9 of 14 recipes (64%), against 13% of all ramen bowls: 5 times as common.
  • Menma (bamboo shoots) in 7 of 14 recipes (50%), against 12% of all ramen bowls: 4 times as common.

The 14 Tonkotsu recipes

Each names the style in its title. Beside each, how much of the usual build it has.

Plain ramen bowls that look like it

2 recipes that name no style but whose components match Tonkotsu more than any other style. They are not counted above.

Styles most like it

By what their recipes use more often than ramen bowls in general.