Miso Ramen Japanese Soup Recipe

By Setsuko Yoshizuka

Updated 12/03/18

Miso Ramen Japanese Soup

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  • Total: 30 mins
  • Prep: 15 mins
  • Cook: 15 mins
  • Yield: 2 servings
Nutritional Guidelines (per serving)
797 Calories
18g Fat
129g Carbs
33g Protein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 2 servings
Amount per serving
Calories 797
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 18g 23%
Saturated Fat 3g 17%
Cholesterol 25mg 8%
Sodium 3814mg 166%
Total Carbohydrate 129g 47%
Dietary Fiber 10g 34%
Protein 33g
Calcium 295mg 23%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)

Miso ramen is a Japanese noodle soup with a broth seasoned with miso and served with a variety of vegetables and garnishes. The miso broth recipe for this dish is made from the chicken base, ground pork, and vegetables, while the noodles are fresh, pre-made chukamen-style Chinese noodles that cook quickly and taste quite good.

Some garnishes you may want to offer alongside the ramen include chopped green onion, hard-boiled egg (or soy sauce egg also known as shoyu tamago), fish cake (kamaboko) slices, roasted white sesame seeds, pickled bamboo shoots (menma), kikurage wood ear mushrooms, and boiled spinach.

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon canola oil
  • 1 clove garlic (minced)
  • 1 teaspoon ginger (fresh, minced)
  • 2 ounces ground pork
  • 5 ounces bean sprouts (rinsed)
  • 4 ounces cabbage (chopped)
  • 2 ounces carrot (cut into thin strips)
  • 4 cups water (warm)
  • 2 teaspoons chicken bouillon powder (or substitute with chicken base)
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 2 teaspoons soy sauce
  • 4 tablespoons miso paste
  • 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 2 (5-ounce) packages fresh chukamen Chinese style ramen noodles (or 2 3 ounce packages of dried ramen noodles; fresh is preferred over dried but either will work)
  • 2 cups water (for boiling noodles)

Steps to Make It

  1. Gather the ingredients.

    Ingredients for Miso Ramen
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  2. Heat canola oil in a large deep skillet or a wok over medium-high heat. Add minced ginger, garlic, and ground pork to the skillet and saute on medium heat until the pork is done.

    Meat, beans, and cabbage in a skillet
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  3. To the skillet with the meat, add carrot, bean sprouts, and cabbage and saute together for a few minutes until vegetables are tender.

    Sauteing ramen ingredients
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  4. Pour warm water into the skillet. Season with chicken bouillon powder or chicken base, sugar, and soy sauce and bring the soup to a boil. Turn down the heat to low, and melt miso in the soup. Add sesame oil last, and then turn off the heat.

    Pour warm water into the skillet
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  5. In the meantime, prepare the noodles. Boil water in a large pot. Put chukamen noodles into the boiling water and cook for a few minutes, until the noodles are al dente, or reach your desired firmness. Drain the noodles well and serve in two deep soup noodle bowls.

    Preparing the ramen noodles
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  6. Pour the hot miso soup mixture with pork and vegetables over the noodles.

    Pouring the miso soup over the noodles
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  7. Add optional garnishes.

    Adding garnish to Miso Ramen Japanese Soup
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  8. Serve and enjoy!

Tips

  • Substitute ground pork with ready-made, thinly sliced charsiu pork from the deli section of your local Japanese or Asian market. Other types of ground meat also work, for example, ground chicken, ground turkey, etc. If you like shredded chicken, this may be used as well.
  • For the miso paste, try white miso, or awase miso which is a mixture of red and white miso paste.
  • If a Japanese or other Asian grocery store is not available to you, try substituting the fresh chukamen noodles with the dried noodles for making instant ramen. If you opt to use dried noodles for this recipe, toss out the seasoned soup base enclosed with the dried noodles as you will be making a delicious miso broth instead.