2Eggland's Best eggshard boiled and peeled, then sliced thinly
1canbamboo shoots
2/3 cupraw baby carrotssliced into tiny sticks
1smallgreen pepperde-seeded and sliced into thin strips
4 ripe plum tomatoescut into chunks and sliced thinly (this is my addition; never actually saw Naruto eat tomatoes on his ramen)
2/3cupsliced green onion tops
6ouncesmushroomsstir-fried in cold pressed olive oil
1cupraw bean sprouts
1to tastesoy sauce
Instructions
Cook curly noodles (see photo) by boiling gently for about 5 minutes, until just tender.
Remove immediate from heat and rinse noodles in just enough cool water so they can be handled but not so much that the noodles are cold. Set aside.
Simmer spring water. Add 4-8 tsp Honzukuri Red Miso Paste, depending on taste, and stir in.
(I use miso paste rather than instant miso soup because the paste is much less expensive for the volume of soup you'll get. I like the Honzukuri brand of miso paste the best because of its full flavor and because it contains only all-natural ingredients: soybean, rice, salt, rice koji, and water. And, because it's made in Japan, its full of authentic Japanese flavor.)
Add precooked chicken to miso broth for 2-3 minutes to allow chicken to warm.
In each of two large ramen noodle bowls, place 2 cups of the prepared miso broth. Add 1/2 cooked curly noodles to each bowl.
Arrange toppings in sections around the bowl, with the chicken in the middle.*
Serve immediately, along with soy sauce for additional seasoning (if desired) and chopsticks for eating.
Notes
Notes and Optional Ingredient Substitutions:Naruto never mentions eating his ramen this way, but I love to add about 4 tsp hot pepper sauce to the miso broth. De-lic-ious! But this is a matter of taste, and depends on whether you're in the mood for something spicy. My 10-year-old son enjoys the ramen this way, as well.Instead of sliced cooked chicken breast, you can easily substitute cooked shrimp or thinly slivered cooked pork. Instead of Red Miso paste, you can easily substitute Honzuriki White Miso Paste or Better Than Bullion Chicken base. On occasion, I have used half of the Red Miso paste and half of the Better than Bullion, and it's awesome. One ingredient I did NOT include in my recipe is fish cake. Naruto would often be seen with a slice of of fish cake looking like a pinwheel -- ironically, also known as naruto -- on top of his ramen. But because this food is pretty hard to find here in the United States -- and because it likely won't sit well with what most Americans are used to eating -- I'm omitting it from this recipe. But if you can find it, you could certainly give it a try! The tomatoes are my own substitution, and not commonly eaten by Naruto on his TV series, as far as I know. I just couldn't resist adding the tomatoes to my own ramen, though, because they taste so awesome in the miso broth. I always use Eggland's Best brand eggs because of their increased nutrition levels -- and because they taste the best of any egg I've eaten.
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