comment icon 200 more comments Thanks for coming, end of story, goodbye, see you next time! Okay, I’m kidding – but I really almost feel like I could just leave it at that “Homemade Ramen is Lyfe” statement and there would be nothing more that would need to happen here except you grabbing a big bowl, piling it high with slippery ramen noodles, pouring that spicy miso broth over the top, adding a scoop of seared tofu or a soft boiled egg, drizzling everything with sesame or garlic oil, tossing in a handful of scallions, and going to town with your chopsticks to the delight of your little ramen-loving heart. Amiright?
How To Make Our Spicy Ramen (1 MIN):
Since there are quite a few things to note about today’s spicy ramen recipe, let’s just dive in.
Spicy Ramen Note #1:
This is not necessarily a super authentic spicy ramen recipe. Because, like, I don’t really know my way around authentic ramen. This is more like one of those times when you go to an adorable Japanese bistro and have LIFE-CHANGINGLY-DELICIOUS spicy house-made ramen, so you go find an authentic-looking recipe online, and then just make a less-authentic version of it using whatever you can get your hands on without running around to 12 different grocery stores. Yes. That is our ZONE today. Spicy Ramen Note #2: Here are the products I recommend ordering for this recipe, in order of importance. There is a good chance you can find miso paste at the right grocery store, and the tofu press is sort of just an extra fun thing. But the ramen noodles. WHOA BABY those ramen noodles are yummy. They are dry, like the regular pasta that we buy all the time, but they are at least five steps up on the food scale from the small 20-cent packages of ramen that you might otherwise be tempted to use (I only say it because I’ve been there).
Spicy Ramen Note #3:
It’s actually kind of hard to make a soft boiled egg. But it’s worth trying, and it’s still worth serving an egg with your ramen even if it looks like someone clawed it apart in a moment of uncontrolled hunger. That is all.
Spicy Ramen Note #4:
If you are overwhelmed by the idea of this spicy ramen but kind of intrigued to try something similar-but-easier, I have just the thing for you and it’s called QUICK HOMEMADE RAMEN. Now you have no excuses. None. Grab chopsticks or a fork, or really, just a straight up shovel, and get this in your mouth stat. PST! Last thing – today at 12pm CST we are opening registration for our first ever Spring Session Food Photography Workshops in the new studio! To get on the list for workshop announcements and registration links, click here! 4.6 from 62 reviews Along the same lines, for the spicy miso paste in step three – if you dump the whole thing directly into the soup, it will make the soup very thick. Not good. You cannot use just white miso for this recipe (too sweet) but you could use just red miso. We made a version that used just red miso and it worked out okay. To make this vegetarian and/or vegan, omit the eggs and/or swap chicken stock for vegetable stock.
