Ramen Noodles
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Making your own ramen is a great quick meal and is also perfect for using up odds and ends of vegetables left in the fridge!
Ramen is a Japanese noodle soup using wheat noodles (ours are perfect for ramen as they don’t get too soggy in the soup) served in a broth, traditionally meat, but of course you can go fish or vegetable, often flavoured with soy sauce or miso and finished with various toppings.
The recipe set out below is for a basic ramen where you can swap out ingredients for what you have in the kitchen, all you need is some noodles!
You’ll need a saucepan, frying pan.
Serves 2
Ingredients (when in italics available from the van)
1 noodle nest (approx 45p)
750ml Broth/Stock (you can make your own or use 3 teaspoon veg bouillon with hot water, approx 20p)
To add to broth:
ginger 4cm piece grated
1 red chilli chopped
1 garlic clove, bashed
2 tablespoons miso paste
For toppings:
1 tablespoon vegetable oil (we like sesame for ramen)
mushrooms approx 100g
shredded greens, we like chard but pak choy, spring greens etc work well
1 carrot, finely sliced
teaspoon soy sauce
2 tablespoons sesame seeds (approx 10p)
Total cost from Incredible Bulk approx 75p / 38p pp
Method:
Add broth/stock, ginger, chilli and garlic to saucepan and heat to boiling. Once boiling reduce heat and add noodles to cook around 8mins.
While noodles cook prepare your topping, heating oil in frying pan and adding vegetables and soy sauce cook until soft and then add sesame seeds and cook for further min or two and then remove from heat.
Once noodles are cooked, take off heat and stir in miso.
Place broth and noodles in bowls and add toppings to serve.
Zero Waste Tips
This is a great dish to get creative with and to use up vegetables in the fridge.
Find miso and soy in reusable and recyclable glass containers.