Japanese

Ichiraku miso chashu ramen (Naruto)

A generous bowl of Ichiraku-style miso ramen, featuring a deep broth, springy noodles, melt-in-your-mouth chashu pork, a marinated egg, and iconic toppings. True to Naruto's beloved classic, yet designed for a well-equipped home kitchen without specialty commercial gear.

10 servings45 min prep150 min cook
10 servings

Ingredients

fresh boneless pork belly800 g (1.8 lb)prepared_component
kitchen twine1pantry
Japanese soy sauce180 ml (3/4 cup)pantry
mirin120 ml (1/2 cup)pantry
cooking sake120 ml (1/2 cup)pantry
light brown sugar30 g (1.1 oz)pantry
fresh ginger30 g (1.1 oz)pantry
garlic3 clovespantry
scallions1 bunchgarnish
eggs4garnish
low-sodium chicken broth1.5 l (6 1/4 cups)base
water500 ml (16.9 fl oz)base
dried kombu kelp1 leafpantry
katsuobushi (bonito flakes)20 g (0.7 oz)pantry
red miso paste80 g (2.8 oz)base
white miso paste40 g (1.4 oz)base
toasted sesame oil2 tbsppantry
toasted sesame seeds2 tbspgarnish
tahini sesame paste1 tbsppantry
Japanese chili paste or sriracha1 tsppantry
fresh ramen noodles600 g (1.3 lb)base
frozen narutomaki (fish cake)8 slicesgarnish
seasoned menma bamboo shoots120 g (4.2 oz)garnish
drained sweet corn120 g (4.2 oz)garnish
nori seaweed sheets2garnish
fine sea saltto tastepantry

Steps

  1. Roll and tie the pork belly with kitchen twine, then sear it on all sides until the fat smells nutty and the surface is deeply browned.
  2. Simmer the pork with soy sauce, mirin, sake, sugar, ginger, garlic, and scallion greens until a skewer inserts easily and the sauce coats the back of a spoon.
  3. While the pork rests in its sauce, soft-boil the eggs, shock them in cold water, peel, and marinate until the whites take on an amber hue.
  4. Steep the kombu and then the katsuobushi in hot water, strain, combine with the chicken broth, and hold at a gentle simmer with a clean, savory ocean aroma.
  5. Whisk the misos with a ladle of hot broth, then stir in sesame oil, tahini, chili paste, and a splash of soy sauce until smooth, glossy, and highly fragrant.
  6. Warm the toppings separately, slice the chashu, halve the eggs, and arrange the sliced scallions, narutomaki, menma, corn, nori, and sesame seeds for quick assembly.
  7. Boil the fresh ramen noodles in a large pot of boiling water until tender yet springy with a slight bite, then drain thoroughly without rinsing.
  8. Whisk the miso tare into the piping-hot broth without letting it come to a rolling boil, taste, and adjust with a pinch of salt only if the flavor needs extra punch.
  9. Divide the noodles among warm bowls, ladle in the miso broth, and arrange the chashu, eggs, narutomaki, menma, corn, nori, scallions, and sesame seeds to recreate Ichiraku's hearty bowl.
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