When I was in college, Ramen noodles were pretty much a food group in my apartment. The thing is, I never grew out of this stage. I regularly chow down on Ramen noodles when I’m craving salt or soup (which is often). As much of a craving crusher that Ramen soup is, I still always feel guilty about the amout of sodium that those little packets contain. A typical package of Top Ramen contains over 1,800 mg of sodium—that’s almost the fully daily recommended amount of sodium in one little seasoning pouch! In this recipe, I toss the Ramen seasoning packet in the garbage and use coconut aminos to flavor the broth. Coconut aminos taste like a slightly sweeter soy sauce, and they contain 90 mg of sodium per teaspoon, while traditional soy sauce contains about 280 mg of sodium per teaspoon. While I wouldn’t call this recipe ‘low sodium’ I am confident in saying it won’t taste like the broth is straight from the dead sea like my college Ramen noodles did!
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Easy Homemade Ramen Bowls
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound shiitake mushrooms
- 3 packets ramen noodles, seasoning packet reserved (1 packet per person)
- 2 large carrots, sliced
- 2 onions (yellow or red)
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- 2 tbsp fresh minced ginger
- 1 clove garlic, pressed or minced
- 1 bunch scallions, sliced for garnish
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup coconut aminos (or low sodium soy sauce)
- 1 tbsp hoisin sauce
- 1 tsp garlic chili paste
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp sesame oil or olive oil
- 1 15oz can of corn
- 2 eggs
- scallions and sesame seeds for garnish
Instructions
Instructions for soft boiled egg:
- Boil water in a pot, and add the eggs, without breaking (you can do this by placing the egg on a spoon and slowly lowering the spoon into the pot). Boil for 7 minutes, then drain and place eggs in a bowl filled with ice water. Let sit 10 minutes.
Instructions for Ginger Ramen Soup:
- Fill a pot with water (enough to cover noodle packets), and place over burner on high. This will be for cooking your ramen noodles.
- Heat oil in deep pot. Toss in onions, carrots and celery and cook about 5 minutes. Add shiitakes and cook until onions are translucent, about 5 more minutes.
- Toss in minced ginger and garlic into the pot and stir until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
- Now add the chicken broth and 1/2 cup of water. In a separate bowl or measuring cup, mix together coconut aminos, garlic chili paste, hoisin and rice vinegar. Add to the broth and stir to combine. Bring soup to a simmer and lower to low.
- Drain the liquid from your can of corn and rinse the corn. Toss into your soup and continue to heat the soup on low heat.
- *Once the water you started at the beginning of the recipe is boiling, toss in your ramen noodles. I recommend using 1 pack per person. Cook until fully cooked, about 4 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water. Toss with sesame oil to keep from sticking.
- Now ladle your broth into a bowl and place your noodles on top. Assemble your bowl with 1/2 of a soft boiled egg, sesame seeds and chopped scallions. Enjoy!
Notes
- Coconut aminos taste like a slightly sweeter soy sauce, and they contain 90 mg of sodium per teaspoon, while traditional soy sauce contains about 280 mg of sodium per teaspoon. I like the flavor of the coconut aminos, but if you only have soy sauce, that’s fine!
- If you don’t have shiitake mushrooms, don’t worry about it! Use what you have. That is the beauty of soups, you can add pretty much whatever you want! A can of peas would also go great in this.
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