Pork & Miso Ramen

Ingredients

• Ground pork

  96% lean / 4% fat, raw

  18 oz or 510g

• Noodles

  Egg, cooked, unenriched, with added salt

  4 cup or 640g

• Garlic

  Raw

  3 clove or 9g

• Scallions

  Spring onions or scallions (includes tops and bulb), raw

  2 medium or 30g

• Asparagus

  Raw

  25 spear, medium or 400g

• Cucumber

  With peel, raw

  1 cucumber or 301g

• Kotterin Mirin

  Kikkoman

  2 tablespoon or 200g

• Rice wine vinegar

  2 tbsp or 30g

• Mushrooms

  Shiitake, dried

  ½ oz or 14g

• Miso

  ¼ cup or 69g

Directions

1. Prepare the ingredients & marinate the cucumber: Heat a medium pot of salted water to boiling on high. Wash and dry the fresh produce. In a large bowl, combine the mushrooms and 4 1/2 cups of warm water. Cut off and discard the tough, woody stem ends of the asparagus; cut into 1-inch pieces on an angle, leaving the pointed tips intact. Peel and roughly chop the garlic. Cut off and discard the root ends of the scallions; thinly slice, separating the white bottoms and green tops. Cut the cucumber into 1/4-inch-thick rounds. In a medium bowl, combine the cucumber, half the mirin, and half the vinegar; season with salt and pepper. Set aside to marinate, stirring occasionally, for at least 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
2. Cook the asparagus: While the cucumber marinates, in a large, high-sided pan (or pot), heat 2 teaspoons of olive oil on medium-high until hot. Add the asparagus; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, 1 to 2 minutes, or until bright green and softened. Transfer to a plate. Wipe out the pan.
3. Cook the pork: While the cucumber continues to marinate, in the same pan, heat 2 teaspoons of olive oil on medium-high until hot. Add the ground pork (removing and discarding the paper lining from the bottom); season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally and breaking the meat apart with a spoon, 5 to 7 minutes, or until browned and cooked through.
4. Add the aromatics: Add the garlic and white bottoms of the scallions to the pan; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring frequently, 1 to 2 minutes, or until fragrant. Add the remaining mirin and remaining vinegar (be careful, as the vinegar may splatter); season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring constantly, 30 seconds to 1 minute, or until thoroughly combined. Turn off the heat.
5. Make the broth: Reserving the mushroom water, thoroughly drain the mushrooms and transfer to a cutting board; finely chop. To the pan of cooked pork and aromatics, add the chopped mushrooms, miso paste, and the reserved mushroom water. Season with salt and pepper. Cook on medium-high, stirring frequently, 6 to 7 minutes, or until slightly reduced in volume. Turn off the heat; season with salt and pepper to taste.
6. Cook the noodles & plate your dish: While the broth cooks, to the medium pot of boiling water, add the noodles, stirring gently to separate. Cook 2 to 3 minutes, or until tender. Drain thoroughly and divide among 4 bowls. Divide the broth among the bowls of cooked noodles. Top with the cooked asparagus. Garnish with the green tops of the scallions. Serve with the marinated cucumber on the side. Enjoy!
7. (source: https://www.blueapron.com/recipes/pork-miso-ramen-with-asparagus-marinated-cucumber)

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