Hi guys!
Today I’m sharing EASY but packed with authentic flavors, Spicy Chicken Miso Ramen!
I’ve been sharing a couple of ramen recipes with you guys, but all of them are (even though I made it as most straightforward as possible) time-consuming, with lots of energy and effort required. So today, I decided to share an easy spicy miso ramen recipe with you! It takes only 1 hour to make, and boy, it tastes F’ing amazing!!!
For this easy spicy miso ramen broth, add garlic, onion, ginger, carrots, green onions, dried shiitake mushrooms, kombu, and dried seaweed in a large pot. Pour cold water and chicken stock and cover, bring it to boil and reduce heat to medium and simmer for 30 minutes.
30 minutes later, add chicken breast and sake into the pot, cover, and let it simmer an additional 20 to 25 minutes or until the chicken is fully cooked.
You could use 4 chicken thighs instead of 2 chicken breasts if you prefer dark meat.
Meanwhile, let’s make the flavored oil and the spicy miso tare!
In a saucepan, combine garlic, ginger, gochugaru the Korean red pepper flakes (you can substitute them to regular red pepper flakes or Thai chili powder) for the flavored oil and let it infuse the flavors over low heat for 8 to 10 minutes.
Remove from heat and let it cool.
In another saucepan, combine miso, sake, mirin, toban djan, garlic, and ginger. Whisk until smooth. Bring it to boil over medium-high heat and let it keep boiling for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
My favorite miso is yellow miso, as known as Awase Miso. It’s a mixture of white and red miso, SO GOOD!
Toban Djan is a chili bean sauce that is spicy, salty, and slightly tangly. You can find toban djan early nowadays at your local Asian groceries or online.
Now, remove chicken from the pot along with the shiitake mushrooms. Make sure to squeeze the shiitake because it soaks up lots of broth. Turn off the heat and remove all the solid ingredients from the broth as well.
Remove big chunky stuff with tongs first, then use a small strainer and take every tiny bit for nice and clean ramen broth! The broth is done and ready to rock and roll!
Let the chicken and shiitake cool (enough to handle with your hands), then slice the shiitake thinly and shred the chicken into bite sizes.
Drain the flavored oil into a separate bowl and set the clean oil aside. That chunky stuff left from the flavored oil, add into the chicken and shiitake. Make sure to get rid of the big chunk of ginger and garlic pieces, though.
Also, add 2 Tbsp soy sauce, 1 Tbsp sugar, and 1/4 tsp black pepper into the chicken. Mix everything and set it aside.
When you are ready to serve the ramen, bring a pot of water to boil to cook ramen noodles and bring the broth to boil.
Cook the ramen noodles by following the package you’re using. Drain completely.
Add 1/4 cup of spicy miso tare, 1 Tbsp flavored oil and 2 cups of boiling broth in a serving bowl.
Add the cooked noodles into the bowl and stir- so the noodles will be coated evenly with the broth.
Arrange kimchi, chicken mixture, chopped green onion, ramen egg, and nori. If you like to, sprinkle some shichimi.
Serve immodestly and enjoy!
EASY Spicy Miso Ramen
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 5 to 6 1x
Description
Ingredients
For the Broth
- 1 bulb garlic, cut into halves
- 1 medium size onion, peeled and cut into halves
- 2 oz ginger slices (approximately 3 to 4 thick large slices)
- 2 medium size carrot
- 4 green onions
- 5 dried shiitake mushrooms
- 2 sheets 5”x5” kombu, dried seaweed
- 8 cups cold water
- 5 cups chicken stock
- 1/2 cup sake
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breast or 4 boneless skinless chicken thighs
For the Flavored Oil
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 3 thin ginger slices
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 1/2 Tbsp gochugaru, Korena red pepper flakes (you can substitute to regular red pepper flakes orthai chili flakes)
- 2 Tbsp Katsuobushi, dried and smoked bonito flakes
For the Spicy Miso Tare
- 1/2 cup yellow miso
- 2 Tbsp Toban djang, chili bean paste
- 1/2 cup sake
- 1/2 cup mirin
For the Seasoning, noodles and toppings
- 2 Tbsp soy sauce
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- Fresh, frozen, dry or instant ramen noodles
- Chopped green onions
- Ramen egg
- Kimchi
- Toasted nori sheets
- Shichimi, 7 spices
Instructions
- In a large pot, add all ingredients for the borsht accept sake and chicken breast. Cover, bring it to boil and reduce heat to medium and simmer for 30 minutes.
- minutes later, add the chicken breast and the sake into the pot, cover and let it simmer additional 20 to 25 minutes or until the chicken is fully cooked.
- Meanwhile, let’s make the flavored oil and the spicy miso tare!
- In a sauce pan, combine all the ingredients for the flavored oil and let it infuse the flavors over low heat for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let it cool.
- In another sauce pan, combine all the ingredients for the spicy miso tare and whisk until smooth. Bring it to boil over medium high heat and let it keep boil for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Now, remove chicken from the pot along with the shiitake mushrooms. Make sure squeeze the shiitake because it soaks up lots of broth. Turn off the heat and remove all the solid ingredients from the broth as well. Remove big chunky stuff with tongs first then using a small strainer and take every small bits for nice and clean ramen broth!
- Let the chicken and shiitake cool (enough to handle with your hands) then slice the shiitake thinly and shred the chicken into bite sizes.
- Drain the flavored oil into a separate bowl and set the clean oil aside. Those chunky stuff left from the flavored oil, add into the chicken and shriitake. Make sure get rid of the big chunk of ginger and garlic pieces though. Also add 2 Tbsp soy sauce, 1 Tbsp sugar and 1/4 tsp black pepper into the chicken. Mix everything together and set aside.
- When you are ready to serve the ramen, bring a pot of water to boil to cook ramen noodles and bring the broth to boil. Cook the ramen noodles by following the package you’re using. Drain completely.
- In a serving bowl, add 1/4 cup of spicy miso tare, 1 Tbsp flavored oil and 2 cups of boiling hot broth. Add the cooked noodles into the bowl and stir- so the noodles will coated evenly with the broth.
- Arrange kimchi, chicken mixture, chopped green onion, ramen egg and nori. If you like to, sprinkle some shichimi. Serve immodestly and enjoy!
- Cook Time: 1 hour
17 comments
Looks amazing! Can’t wait to try it when the weather cools down. Do you have any tsukemen recipes?
PS love the choker and the T-shirt. You always look so nicely put together!
This spice looks amazing! I’m sure the miso flavor is great too. Thank you for sharing! Can’t wait to try this at home.
I like your recipies and will definitely try this one too. I often like to prep food on the weekend for two or three days in advance. Do you have any tips for storing the broth, oil and tare?
I made this and it was incredible. I often use your recipes when I cook for my Korean girlfriend and they always turn out amazing. We both appreciate you, thanks for all your hard work!
Hi. If I want to make this not spicey can I just leave out the bean paste? My son loves miso ramen but has IBS and can not do spicey. Thank you.
Made this tonight and it was so delicious! Thank you for sharing!
Is there an alternative to Toban Djan? I cannot find it but dont want to make this recipe without it unless there is an alternative
Mixture of miso and sambal will do!
This was AMAZINGGGG!!! I just made finished and I want more. It was so easy to make! Thank you!!!
YAY Camille~!!!!!
Just made it today and it turned out amazing. Thank you so much.
Made this today. It was good but it tasted a little sweet to me. What would have made it taste that way? I added very little sugar. Not even what the recipe called for.
Absolutely amazing! I made this recipe today and my whole family loved it and so did I! Do not hesitate and please make this!!
Can I use gochujang in place of miso? I really love the flavor.
I tried this last year or maybe 2 years ago and the recipe worked really great for me! I want to make it again but I don’t have sake nor do I want to go out just to buy 1 thing. Is there any replacement? Thanks.
You can use rice wine vinegar or just plain rice vinegar:)))
This ramen can also add mirn and dashi that’s even more traditional but I tried it really good like your in a ramen restaurnt but half of the time