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6 Easy Ramen Recipes To Make At Home

Miso Ramen

These are 6 delicious homemade ramen recipes you can try at home. Scroll down to see the links to all of the recipes including video instructions.

Ramen (ラーメン) is one of the most popular Japanese foods. Chinese style noodles are served in a savory broth and topped with sliced meat and vegetables. Common flavors of the soup are soy sauce, miso, and Tonkotsu (pork bone broth). While there are many ramen specialty restaurants in Japan and around the world where you can have delicious bowls of ramen noodles, making good ramen at home is not that hard as long as you have the right ingredients.

There are roughly three types of ramen noodles you can get at Japanese or Asian markets: semi-dried noodles, dried Chukamen, and instant ramen. If you have a Japanese market nearby, you can probably find semi-fresh ramen noodles in the refrigerator section. They normally come with packets of concentrated soup. Semi-fresh noodles have great texture, and they taste closer to restaurant-style ramen. Another good choice for noodles is chukamen or dried Chinese style wheat noodles. They are similar to dried spaghetti noodles. You can just follow the instructions in the package and boil the chukamen noodles separately before serving with the broth.

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Last but not least, the easiest of all ramen is an instant ramen that you can find at any grocery stores at reasonable price. Instant ramen noodles have evolved over the years, and there are some great choices that are worth keeping in the pantry. You can add some vegetables, eggs, meat, or seafood, and make it a hearty meal.

We hope you try making a delicious bowl of ramen noodle at home following our recipe!

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Chocolate Truffles

Chocolate Truffles

Chocolate truffles (トリュフチョコレート)are a French confection and are very popular in Japan too, especially around Valentine’s Day, which is deeply connected with the custom of giving chocolate gifts. Many people there create homemade concoctions in their own kitchens. Chocolate truffles usually consist of a soft filling (ganache) and a coating of chocolate (couverture) around the filling. It’s very easy to make if you’re not tempering chocolate to coat the ganache. Our recipe simply involves rolling the ganache into balls and coating them with cocoa powder, without any intricate skills needed. Mix two ingredients and chill them long enough, and most of your job is done! If you want to flavor them with some liqueur, go ahead. We used Grand Marnier, but rum or bourbon will work well too. If the chocolate feels too soft when you’re handling it, chill it in the fridge at any point, and that should help. Try making these easy but delicious Chocolate Truffles for your Valentine this year!

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Miso Soup with Onion Pork Belly & Tofu

Miso Soup with Onion Pork Belly & Tofu

Today’s miso soup features a delightful combination of onion, pork belly, and tofu. The natural sweetness from the onion, combined with the savory miso taste, complements the rich flavor of the pork belly. With the addition of quality protein from tofu, this soup becomes a hearty and satisfying dish. As with many of our other miso soups, this recipe is quick and easy to prepare. Consider making extra for dinner and enjoying the leftovers for breakfast. Pairing this miso soup with steamed rice and pickled vegetables creates a simple yet fulfilling morning meal. Give it a try, and we hope you enjoy the wonderful blend of flavors in this miso soup!

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Tuna Mayo Rice Bowl

Tuna Mayo Rice Bowl

Tuna-mayo is a simple tuna salad that consists of canned tuna and Japanese mayonnaise, and tuna-mayo rice bowl (ツナマヨ丼) is an easy donburi rice bowl dish with tuna-mayo placed on a bowl of steamed rice. Tuna-mayo is one of the most popular fillings for Onigiri rice balls sold at any convenience stores in Japan. Creamy yet a bit tangy and salty Japanese tuna salad goes really well with steamed rice, and the flavor combination of tuna, mayo, rice, and nori seaweed is somewhat addictive. While Tuna Mayo Onigiri can be an excellent grab-and-go lunch in Japan, sadly not everyone is lucky to have convenience stores that sell such Onigiri nearby (certainly not where we live in the U.S.)

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12 Best Miso Soup Recipes That Are Easy To Make

Miso Soup with Pork Meatballs

Miso Soup (味噌汁) is a traditional Japanese soup, and it’s served with any Japanese meal at any time of the day. Tofu and wakame seaweed miso soup is probably the most well known and popular, but the possibilities of ingredients are endless. You can use all sorts of meat, seafood, eggs, and vegetables that you already have in your fridge at home.

If making Dashi stock from scratch sounds too much work, you can use instant dashi packet or powder that are readily available online and at supermarkets. They are very convenient and flavorful, and we use it, too, on a regular basis. Most of our miso soup recipes are ready in 15 to 20 minutes! Hope you can try one of our simple and easy recipes below, or you can come up with your own combinations of ingredients. 

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Miso Glazed Eggplant (Dengaku)

Miso Glazed Eggplant

Miso Glazed Eggplant (Nasu Dengaku, 茄子田楽) is grilled eggplant rounds topped with a sweet miso sauce. It makes for a great appetizer alongside your favorite drinks such as sake and beer. Additionally, it serves as a delicious main dish that pairs well with steamed rice. The robust flavor of the miso sauce complements the freshness of the juicy eggplant. Feel free to use any kind of miso you prefer, adjusting the amount of sugar and Mirin accordingly. This dish is also vegan-friendly. We hope you give it a try!

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