{"id":158,"date":"2015-08-24T02:24:17","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T02:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegreenkat.com\/?p=158"},"modified":"2015-09-09T00:32:56","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T00:32:56","slug":"tonkotsu-ramen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thegreenkat.com\/?p=158","title":{"rendered":"Tonkotsu Ramen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever tried \u201creal\u201d ramen before? No, not that Styrofoam stuff in a cup called \u201cnoodles\u201d. My first time having real ramen was in New York City at Menchanko-tei on 131 E 45th<\/sup> St. The bowl of shoyu ramen was heavenly and ever since having that first beautiful bowl of soup, I\u2019ve been hooked. I\u2019ve never been able to eat that horrible cup of noodles since and I hope with this post you\u2019ll see that there are better, and tastier, ways of making ramen even if it is not from scratch.<\/p>\n

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You can find several brands of prepackaged ramen imported from Japan at some of your local oriental markets or some supermakets. Instant ramen noodles have been around for as long as I can remember having them back in high school. When you go your local oriental market or some supermarkets, there are many choices from traditional ones, weird flavors, and some with pretty packaging. Myojo brand ramen are my favorite. They\u2019re the closest thing to \u201cgood\u201d ramen without the 12-18 hour hassle of making it from scratch. But if you have nothing better to do but wait around 12-18 hours here\u2019s my home made tonkotsu ramen story.<\/p>\n

So I have a really bad habit of staying awake until the wee hours of the night on the weekends. Earlier in the week I got the bright idea to attempt making tonkotsu ramen from scratch. It\u2019s two o\u2019clock in the morning and I\u2019m pulling out piggy trotters, piggy tails and ham hocks all which are part of a good base for the broth. There\u2019s something about creating things from scratch that makes you realize what actually goes into most of the things you eat. You can find the website I used to make the broth in the recipe below. I also did a bunch of research from multiple websites but found this one to be to my liking.<\/p>\n

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The one problem I came across when handling the piggy parts was that I couldn’t fully clean them because I didn\u2019t have a sharp enough knife to cut them into smaller sections. The website I referenced said to ask your butcher to cut them for you. I purchased mine from the supermarket and the piggy trotters were already pre sliced lengthwise and once I blanched all the parts I couldn\u2019t clean all the bones out properly. So in the end my broth wasn\u2019t as light colored looking as you would see in a proper ramen. However, the flavors were pretty darn close to what you get in a ramen shop, I think with a few more tweaks I could have it down. Plus, it gives me an excuse to make ramen! The broth also saves well, mine only lasted a day because it made such a good lunch. When you save the broth it does form into a slight gel, which is pretty neat!<\/p>\n

This whole process took about 12-18 hours just for the broth. So make sure you have plenty of time that day and start early! Since I started around 2 in the morning I put it on a low setting so the water wasn’t boiling but was simmering. By the time I woke up I was able to put it on a higher setting to get it to that rolling boil. <\/p>\n

Here are my additional posts on the toppings including Ramen Eggs, and Chashu Pork<\/a>, please go visit!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever tried \u201creal\u201d ramen before? No, not that Styrofoam stuff in a cup called \u201cnoodles\u201d. 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