I've been pretty overwhelmed/underwhelmed since Thanksgiving, when I sort of burned myself out on good food and food quests. So here's a lazy post. I just found this forgotten image from August this year of a chorizo ramen I made when presumably my inspiration/desire for a grandiose meal was at an ebb, but I had some nice Spanish chorizo on hand, plus some ... ? I don't know what the greens are, maybe spinach? Kombu?
For this I sliced up the chorizo in thin slices and sauteed with garlic and probably thin-sliced onion in the pot I would boil the noodles in. Once the meat had a nice browning/blackening, you might remove this to a bowl; or just say fuck it, it's ramen, I'm hungry. Either way, add about 2-3 cups of water per ramen block (
carefully: oil + water, etc.), and then add the ramen -- this was two ramen discs. Bring to a boil and then simmer. Duh.
I've been buying cases of ramen that have a super spicy stock that I can't eat. But their noodles are really nice and they come in pot-friendly round cakes, so I just reserve the spice packets. About $1.09 each. There are many more cheaper varieties, but these have a good enough noodle texture for me.
So, if you've got good noodles and cook up some simple flavorful meat you like, you can be in business in minutes.
I've never tried that meat before. Sounds good though.
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ReplyDeleteI Check Out Your Bread And Approve! Hardcore browning on that thing. I prefer braided to plaited, since I have a stake in that kind of thing with my beard, which is now old enough to drink alcohol in Europe and some parts of the US.
ReplyDeleteI love plaited breads, even filled one with cinnamon, butter and sugar. Not sure what you mean by hardcore browning, but it was the crust texture I wanted, along with a nice soft crumb.
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