Japanese Mazesoba Ramen Noodles

Mazesoba means â€œMixed noodlesâ€ in Japanese. It is originated in Nagoya, Japan and it is a popular broth-less ramen dish, comes with ground pork, chives, green onions, corn and onsen egg.Â Stir everything together before eating.

What is Mazesoba?

Mazesoba (ã¾ãœãã°) often call the Taiwanese Mazesoba or sometimes Mazemen (commonly found in the US), translates to â€˜mixed noodlesâ€™ in Japanese. It is a broth-less or soup-less ramen originated in Nagoya city.

Soba is a thin Japanese noodles that is made from buckwheat.

This ramen is consisted of chewy buckwheat noodles, ground pork mixture and a variety of toppings such as green onions, chives, minced garlic, furikake, corn, nori seaweed and egg yolk. If you enjoy dry noodles, this recipe is right for you!

Why you will love this recipe?

These dry noodles are tasty, so easy to make and packed with so much flavour! It has a creamy texture and savoury flavouring that makes this a delicious meal

And it is perfect for lunch or dinner!

What Ingredients you'll need?

These Mazesoba recipe are so easy to make at home and tasty! Here is what you'll need for the recipe:

For the ground pork:

Ground pork: you can substitute to minced beef or chicken for halal option
Light soy sauce
Dark soy sauce
Sugar
5-spice powder
Brown onion: diced
Garlic: minced
Black pepper
Slurry: 3 tablespoon of cold water + 1 tablespoon of cornstarch

For assembling

Tare sauce

Chicken broth: warmed
Light soy sauce
Rice vinegar

Toppings

Green onions: sliced
Chives: chopped
Furikake: a dry Japanese condiment that used as an ingredient in onigiri
Garlic: minced
Corn
Shichimi togarashi: Japanese 7 Spice Blend
Egg yolk
Nori seaweed

How to make it?

Cook the ground pork:

Heat up the oil over medium-high heat and add in the onion and garlic.

SautÃ© the onion and garlic for 1-2 minutes or until fragrant and then, add in the ground pork.

Cook the ground pork until it is perfectly browned.

Then, add in light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, sugar, five spice powder and pepper. Give it a stir.

In a small bowl, combine the corn starch and water.

Pour the corn starch slurry and bring the pork mixture to a boil.

Give it a final mix and set aside.

Assemble:

To a bowl, add in the tare sauce.

Add 1 serving of Japanese soba noodles.

Garnish with green onions, chives, furikake, garlic, corn, ground pork and nori seaweed.

Sprinkle the ground pork with Shichimi Togarashi.

Top the ground pork with 1 egg yolk.

Poke the egg yolk, give the noodles a good mix and enjoy

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