Seafood Ramen

DIFFICULTY
Average Average
COOK TIME
Under 1 hr. Under 1 hr.
SERVES
1-2 1-2
Seafood Ramen
Main ingredients
  • Fish & Seafood
Ingredients
Method

Ingredients

  • 2 king prawns with shell
  • 2 handfuls of mixed seafood (squid, scallops, clams, mussels etc.)
  • 1 teaspoon ginger, grated
  • 1 tablespoon sake
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
Soup:
  • 300ml fish stock or Japanese stock ‘dashi’
  • 300ml soy milk (unsweetened)
  • 10cm x 10cm dried kombu (kelp)
  • ½ tablespoon tahini
  • 3 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon mirin
  • 2 tablespoon white miso
  • 2 tablespoon any chilli oil, Japanese chilli oil ‘La-yu’ or seven spice ‘Shichimi’or 1 Tablespoon of sesame oil (non- spicy option)
  • 180-190g ramen or egg Noodles
To Garnish/Toppings:
  • Two spring onions, chopped
  • White sesame seeds

  • Method

  • 1
    Place the fish stock and dried kelp “Kombu” into a bowl, then infuse for at least 30 minutes, ideally several hours for more flavour. If infusing for more than one hour, this must be refrigerated.
  • 2
    To cook the seafood, sauté in vegetable oil the king prawns and mixed seafood in thecasserole. Add the sake and the ginger and cook, covered with a lid, for another few minutes. Remove from the heat and put to one side.
  • 3
    Allow the seafood to cool down until you can remove the shells from the prawns.
  • 4
    Pour the soy milk, stock with kombu and prawn shells into the same pot that was used to cook the seafood. Do not clean the pot, as it contains plenty of flavour. Bring the soy milk to the boil and take out the kombu and prawn shells from the pan.
  • 5
    Add the tahini and soy sauce and mix well. Next, drizzle some of the la-yu or the sesame oil and mix well again.
  • 6
    To cook the noodles, follow the packet’s instructions; normally 3 minutes in boiling water before draining well. Place the noodles into a bowl, pour the soup into the noodle bowl quickly.
  • 7
    Top the dish with the cooked seafood and garnish, before serving.
  • 8
    Yuki’s Tips
  • 9
    Do not overcook the seafood and noodles. Timing is very important to have a tasty ramen!
  • 10
    You can experiment with different types of noodles, like a rice noodle (gluten-free) or buckwheat noodles.
  • 11
    If you cannot find dried kelp, ‘kombu’, you can also use dried shitake mushrooms, preparing them in the same way. Another option is to use powdered kombu, simply add 1 tablespoon of powdered kombu instead of the dried version.
  • 12
    Please make sure to use unsweetened soy milk.