This is a cheat/quick way of making Ramen as the reallllllllllllllly good stuff take hours and I know you don’t have that as you are busy saving lives. SO here we go an easily achievable dinner, fairly light on Kcals too so you have a hope of fitting into that Jenny Packham in few months 🙂 This is a version of version I tried from Olive Magazine but there are literally hundreds of way to do this so you don’t have to follow this too closely and it will still be good.

Ingredients

• Frying / minute steak or fancier steak if you have the dollar – Sirloin works well (approx 300g – fat trimmed)
• Ginger (thumb-sized sliced)
• Garlic (1 clove, crushed)
• Ramen noodles 200g
• Other veg (could be carrot peeled and shredded, been sprouts, spinach, baby corn, pak choi, etc.)
• Spring onions (2 sliced)
• Coriander (small bunch to serve)
• Beef stock (1 ltr)
• Sesame oil
• Mirin /Japanese rice wine vinegar (1 Tbsp)
• Soy sauce (3 Tbsp + more for serving)

Method:

1. Cover the steak in the soy sauce, mirin and oil and fry on a griddle or hot frying pan for 2 mins each side then set aside.
2. In a pot / wok heat the stock and add the ginger, garlic, simmer for 5 mins.
3. Add the noodles and any other veg you are using
4. Season with soy sauce, bring to the boil and simmer for 2 mins more
5. Divide between bowls, sprinkle with coriander and spring onions.
6. About 400 Kcals?

I STRESS this is an approximation of the real thing – you don’t get the deep flavour in the broth that you should from a Real Ramen, but sometimes you just need an approximation of the real thing. Wednesdays, that’s what this is good for.