This comforting Japanese inspired noodle soup that is on our weekly rotation. Here's how to make our simple ramen at home. 

Ingredients

Serves 2

• A free range chicken breast
• 1 x Leek sliced
• 1 x brown onion, roughly chopped
• 2 x garlic cloves, crushed with the back of a knife
• 1 x big tbsp of Miso Paste
• Egg noodles or another starchy ramen noodle
• 1 x Sachet of dashi (can be found at any asian grocer)
• 1 x little red chilli (optional)
• 1L of water
• Sesame seeds
• Sesame oil 
• Knot of ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
• Asian Greens of choice (we used bok choi)

Method

01

In a large saucepan drizzle a bit of sesame oil and add onion, chilli, garlic + 3/4 of the leek and fry off lightly

02

Add heaped spoon of Miso paste and stir

03

Meanwhile, stir in dachi powder to the 1L of water

04

Once fragrant, add full chicken breast to saucepan and pour water over top

05

Bring to the boil and then turn down heat and simmer for around 25 mins (until chicken is poached through)

06

Once chicken is cooked, remove it from the broth and put it on a plate to cool

07

Take the broth off the stove and with a strainer over a heat-proof bowl pour the liquid into it, making sure all the veggie and sediment gets caught in the strainer. It's important to get as much liquid out of the veg as possible so use the back of a spoon to put down on the onion and leek mixture so any excess broth ends up in the bowl

08

Disregard the strainer and pour broth back into saucepan and put back on heat

09

Meanwhile, put a good dash of sesame oil in a small frypan and once it's hot add the rest of the leek in and fry off until crispy. Add sesame seeds right at the end so they don't burn.

10

While that cooks, add your egg noodles to the broth (make sure you read the back of the packet at how long they should cook for)

11

Put crispy leeks on some paper towel to get the excess oil off. With two forks pull apart the chicken breast

12

Throw in your Asian greens  to broth - you want them to wilt but be crunchy so this shouldn't take very long

13

Evenly dish out the noodles and green between two bowls, divide the chicken breast into them and then pour broth over 

14

Finally, add crispy leek and sesame mix to the top

Ramen is served in our Khaki Bowl, using the hinoki chopsticks and chopstick rests.