Quick & Easy Homemade Ramen

This is possibly the meal we are generating most usually at our residence proper now. It all began back when Trey and I the two acquired sick about two months ago. I was way a lot more sick, not that it is a competitors. 🙂 Anyway, we got into a ramen habit. This was Trey’s thought, and it was genius. Warm, salty, brothy soup with comforting noodles floating amongst a couple of vegetables—sounds ideal essentially anytime it truly is cold outdoors, but it specially hits the spot when you are not feeling properly.

Of program, when you don’t come to feel properly, or if you are getting house late from perform and truly feel pressed for time, then it can be straightforward to reach for a packet of instant ramen noodles. Honestly I believe element of the appeal for me is it really is one thing I ate in substantial school and college a great deal, so there is a nostalgia element going on. But guy, there is fairly much ZERO nutrition in a meal like that. Which is no good if you prepare to eat it typically. 

So this is my homemade hack version. It truly is way better for you considering that it really is quickly made from scratch and really contains true foods like spinach, garlic and ginger. But it really is even now super fast to make, and you can completely customize primarily based on what veggies you have on hand. 

Fast &amp Easy Homemade Ramen, serves two.

one tablespoon sesame oil
4-5 cloves of garlic, minced
2-three teaspoons peeled, chopped ginger (most likely about 1/three of what is pictured over)
1/two oz dried mushrooms (I genuinely like porcini but shiitake are fantastic as well)
four cups vegetable or fish stock (lower sodium is preferred right here)
one/2 to one cup water
one-2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon miso paste
four oz Chinese noodles (typically offered in eight oz packages, so you get two meals out of it)
one cup packed spinach
one-two tablespoons chopped green onion
one/eight to 1/four teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional, but do it)

Initial sauté the garlic and ginger in the sesame oil in a large pot above medium/higher heat for three-4 minutes until finally quite fragrant. Add the stock, water and mushrooms. Minimize the heat to reduced/medium. Stir in the miso paste and soy sauce. I typically start off with 1 tablespoon soy sauce here and I will taste toward the finish and include a lot more if I consider it demands it. Cover and let that cook for four-five minutes. This will soften the mushrooms a fantastic deal. 

Uncover, turn up the heat and add in the noodles. These will cook rather speedily, typically in four-5 minutes. Towards the end of this cook time, toss in the spinach and green onions. You can completely change out the spinach right here for chopped kale or bok choy. You could also choose to add more veggies like matchstick carrots, bean sprouts or corn (between other items). Taste and include much more soy sauce or the red pepper flakes if you want to include some heat. 

Serve immediately as the noodles will proceed to soak up stock. You can serve this alongside some scorching tea, or, if you are striving to demonstrate off for close friends, some sizzling sake. (I did this final month, so I’m sort of just generating exciting of myself here—thanks for bearing with me). There are SO several techniques you can modify it up to make it your own. This is just how we make it most frequently proper now. Thanks for letting me share! xo. Emma

Credits // Writer and Photography: Emma Chapman. Photographs edited with A Beautiful Mess actions.