Thai-style pork and peanut ramen

Name: Thai-style pork and peanut ramen
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 1.75 litres/3 pints/7½ cups chicken or pork stock; 15–30ml/1–2 tbsp red miso; 15 ml/1 tbsp dark soy sauce; 400 g/14 oz fresh ramen noodles; 400 g/14 oz pork fillet/tenderloin; 15 ml/1 tbsp mirin; pinch of salt; 10 ml/2 tsp Thai red curry paste; 10 ml/2 tsp fish sauce; 30 ml/2 tbsp dark soy sauce; 15 ml/1 tbsp smooth peanut butter; large handful of fresh beansprouts; drizzle of sesame oil; freshly ground black pepper; juice of 1 lime; 2–3 spring onions/scallions, green parts only, finely chopped; large handful of fresh coriander/cilantro leaves; 2 limes, halved; handful of roasted peanuts, chopped; 1 fresh red chilli, seeded and finely sliced

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 30

Appears in

Ramen

By Heather Whinney

Published 2018

About

This is a fusion of cuisines and is full of gutsy flavours. Chicken stock is used as the broth but you can switch to a heavier pork one if you prefer. The pork is tender and lean and tastes wonderful paired with fresh beansprouts and a zing of lime.

Ingredients

For the base

1.75 litres/3 pints/7½ cups chicken or

Asia
Japan
Thailand
Main course
Soup
Southeast Asia

Method

Preheat the oven to 190°C/375ºF/Gas 5.
To prepare the Thai pork, mix all the ingredients together except the sesame oil. Smother the mixture all over the pork to cover, then heat the sesame oil in a frying pan, add the pork and sear it on both sides un