Ramen: It's What's for Dinner

Reprinted with permission from Orange Bicycle

This one goes out to our friends over at So So Deep.

The first step is to buy good ramen, not that ten-for-a-buck Top Ramen crap. My favorite is Sapporo Ichiban Miso or Original flavor (available at Anzen or Uwajimaya), but I also enjoy going to any Southeast Asian grocery and picking at random. Then you end up with fun flavors like sour soup, tonkatsu, chinese onion, tom yam, and also stuff you never end up recognizing.

Then, clean and slice up some vegetables that you like. My favorite combination is carrots, spinach and green onions. Bring the noodle brick to a boil in water to cover. Add any hard vegetables which need to cook (like carrots) at this point too.

When the noodles and veggies are done, drain them almost all the way, then dump them back in the pot. Mix in the cleaned spinach and sliced green onions and the flavor packet. When these are all mixed together, turn the heat back on to low, then add one egg and mix well until just cooked. Serve topped with toasted sesame seeds.

This only takes a few minutes longer than regular ramen, but it's much better! It's what I had for dinner tonight.