Japanese · Dinner
Creamy Pork Bone Noodle Soup
Tonkotsu Ramen
A from-scratch Hakata-style tonkotsu ramen, milky pork bone broth simmered until deeply rich and opaque.
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30 minsPrep
3 hrs 30 minsCook
4 hrsTotal
HardLevel
Nutrition per serving
820Calories
52gProtein
38gFat
68gCarbs
5gSugar
2gFiber
1580mgSodium
285mgChol
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Instructions
1
Prep
Blanch pork trotters and neck bones in boiling water 10 minutes, drain, rinse thoroughly. Halve garlic head crosswise. Slice ginger. Chop spring onion whites and greens separately. Roll pork belly tightly, tie with twine at 3cm intervals. Boil eggs 6.5 minutes exactly, ice-bath 3 minutes, peel. Mix soy sauce, mirin, sake, sugar in a small saucepan.
2
Simmer
Return cleaned bones to pot with 750ml cold water, ginger, spring onion whites. Bring to vigorous boil over high heat, maintain rolling boil 2.5–3 hours, adding water to keep submerged, until broth turns opaque white and creamy.
3
Braise
Meanwhile, heat soy-mirin mixture over medium heat to simmer. Add pork belly roll, cover, braise over low heat 1 hour, turning every 20 minutes, until tender and glazed. Cool in braising liquid, then slice. Marinate peeled eggs in braising liquid at least 1 hour.
4
Skim
Strain broth through fine sieve over a clean pot. Season with soy sauce and salt to taste until rich, creamy, intensely porky.
5
Boil
While broth simmers, cook fresh ramen noodles in boiling salted water 1.5–2 minutes until just tender. Drain and divide into 2 warmed deep bowls.
6
Finish
Ladle 150–175ml hot broth over noodles in each bowl. Top with chashu slices, halved ramen egg, bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, spring onion greens, nori half. Drizzle black garlic oil and sprinkle sesame seeds.
7
Plate
Serve immediately while broth steams and noodles are hot.
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Serves
2 portions ·
2 adults, 0 over 10, 0 under 10
Ingredients
- 250g (8.8 oz) pork trotters
- 125g (4.4 oz) pork neck bones
- 225g (7.9 oz) pork belly, skin-on
- 20ml (1 tbsp + 1 tsp) soy sauce
- 15ml (1 tbsp) mirin
- 25ml (1 tbsp + 2 tsp) sake
- 0.5 tbsp sugar
- 150g (5.3 oz) fresh ramen noodles, thin straight
- 2 large eggs
- 0.5 whole head garlic
- 5g (0.2 oz) fresh ginger
- 20g (0.7 oz) scallion
- 0.5 tbsp black garlic oil
- 0.5 tbsp sesame seeds
- 1 sheet nori
- 25g (0.9 oz) bamboo shoots
- 40g (1.4 oz) bean sprouts