Ultimate Guide to Ramen Broth

UMAMI DAYS Connie Veneracion

Shio broth has salt, shoyu broth has soy sauce and miso paste is added to make miso broth. Tonkotsu (not tonkatsu) is made with pork hock and trotters. But did you also know that, except for tonkotsu, the base of the broth can be meat, poultry or seafood?

Ramen noodles can be straight or wavy. They can be thin, thick or somewhere in between. They can be round, squared or flat.

Did you know that the correct way of eating ramen is to slurp the noodles? No, I'm not kidding.

Want to try making ramen at home? Keep watching to get the links to the recipes!

Cheese and kimchi ramen

Cook a pack of instant ramen, add mushrooms, pork slices and kimchi. Top with cheese slices and leave to melt. Get the recipe

Sweet soy sauce pork belly ramen

A variation of nikujaga, the Japanese beef and potato stew, thick slices of pork belly and instant ramen are used in this recipe. Get the recipe

Miso ramen with shrimp wonton and shiitake

Did you know that wonton and shiitake are great additions to basic miso soup? Get the recipe

Shrimp and fish ball ramen

When you just aren’t in the mood to cook, there’s such a thing as a pantry dish. This is one of them. Get the recipe

Ginger pork ramen

Two packs of instant ramen were combined with ginger pork, shiitake, bok choy, pickled ginger and sesame paste to make a full meal for two! Get the recipe

Quick and easy miso ramen

In this inspired hack, spinach, pork and seaweeds were added to a pack of instant ramen to make a delicious one bowl meal. Get the recipe