The third article of this brilliant-interesting-helpful series! Today’s article deals with RAMEN.
Everyone knows about this so flavorful dish, coming from China or Japan, depending of the part of History you trust; here’s a quick reminder if needed:
Ramen are very thin-long-wavy noodles, only made of wheat flour, salt and water. (if you want to make ramen by yourself you’ll need to add sodium carbonate to the mixture to get a firm texture. Sodium carbonate can be obtained by heating sodium bicarbonate in the oven during one hour above 100°C / 212°F )
In everyday speech, ramen designates the whole dish with the noodles, often served in a large bowl: a soup with ramen noodles of course, but you can also find some additional elements to it:
-the stew: it is the base of the dish, it gives all the direction concerning the flavor. The stew can be made with vegetables, meat, soja sauce… Even though i advise you to try to make your own combinations, to find the stew that fits your tastes.
-toppings: to add some color to your bowl, to make it looking fantastic and taste even better, you just have to add toppings:
- boiled eggs cut in half
- meat: often pork, but don’t be stuck in the tradition, you can put whatever meat you want, or no meat at all if you don’t want 🙂
- mushrooms
- ginger
- corn
- vegetables: thin cut carrots, cabbage…
-oil: you may wonder why I’m now talking about oil… A rizzle of oil in your ramen bowl will add a perfect touch of fat all dish need. You can use use the “classique” olive oil, but if you are obsessed by better taste, you may try to make you own flavored oil: just put oil (olive for example) in a little jar, and then add what you want: thyme, chilli pepper for a hot touch… Oil is not so cheap so don’t feel forced to put it in your ramen, just put butter, it works perfectly!!!
If you want to learn more about amen and ow to make them, you can visit Alex’s Youtube channel, where he dedicated a complete series about making ramen.
His series about ramen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyZjoJcvHvE&list=PLURsDaOr8hWXGHjXPa3nTFZnbqJcAfs4N
His channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/FrenchGuyCooking/featured
Hope you enjoyed this article, see you soon!