Ramen is Japanese comfort food, and it’s especially delicious with rare Aussie beef. Customize your bowl with any number of garnishes to make it so much better than plain instant noodles.
Alternate cuts:
Sauce:
Stock:
Preparation:
Soak the seaweed in 6 cups of water overnight.
For the sauce:
In a small bowl, stir together the soy sauce, sake, and mirin. Refrigerate until ready to use.
For the stock:
The next day, season the beef with salt and pepper. Preheat a large skillet over HIGH heat and add the oil. Once it begins to smoke, add the beef and sear it on all sides until golden.
Add the beef, scallions, carrots, garlic, ginger, bonito, and stock to a large crock pot. Cook it on LOW, uncovered, for 4 hours, or until the stock has reduced by half.
Drain the seaweed and reserve the water. Remove the beef from the pot and stir in the sauce and seaweed water. Discard the seaweed.
Season the stock with salt and pepper and strain, if desired. Keep it warm or cool and refrigerate until ready to use.
Next, very thinly slice the beef. Cook the noodles as directed on the package. Drain.
To serve:
Place some of the cooked noodles in a large bowl and top with 2 cups of stock and some sliced beef. Garnish as desired.