Ramen

Miso ramen with shrimp wonton and shiitake

Do you like Japanese miso soup? We do! It is great in its simplest form — with just tofu and wakame — but did you know that wonton and shiitake are great additions to basic miso soup?

Cook time: 8

Servings: 1 bowl

Ginger pork ramen

Sweet salty meat with a little heat, broth made richer with ground toasted sesame seeds, lightly chewy shiitake bursting with umami, and a touch of tang from pickled ginger. All that in a bowl of instant ramen.

Cook time: 10

Servings: 2 people

Sweet soy sauce beef ramen

Salty sweet broth, greens, beef, noodles, kamaboko and raw egg. Think sukiyaki but simpler because this instant ramen hack has fewer ingredients. Mushrooms (shimeji and enoki, especially) are good additions.

Cook time: 10

Servings: 2 people

Quick and easy miso ramen

Making traditional miso ramen is multi-step process that involves ingredients that aren't always available outside Asia. In this quick and easy recipe, spinach, pork and seaweeds were added to a pack of instant ramen to make a delicious one bowl meal.

Cook time: 5

Servings: 1 person

Shrimp and fish ball ramen

A quick and easy lunch or dinner. Egg noodles topped with frozen fish balls, shrimps, bok choy and scallions are served in dashi. A marriage of Chinese and Japanese cuisines.

Cook time: 10

Servings: 4 people