もやしラーメン Ramen Noodles and Soup with Stir Fried Pork and BeanSprouts

もやしラーメン Ramen Noodles and Soup with Stir Fried Pork and Bean Sprouts, a photo by naotakem on Flickr.

Wasn't sure if I should include this here as it doesn't require a lot of cooking and relies on store-bought ramen noodles and soy sauce flavored soup (the refrigerated uncooked kind, not the fried and dry variety) to a great extent, but this photo on Flickr was getting a lot of views so I figured it merited a writeup.

料理と言えるほどの手間も掛からず、また手間の大半も市販の生ラーメンと醤油スープをそのまま作るだけ、なのでここに上げようかどうか少し迷いましたが、Flickrに上げた写真の閲覧数が妙に多かったので一応書き残しておくかな、と思った次第です。

Cut pork slices (doesn't have to be any premium meat as long as it's thin and has some fat - I used the 'economy' cut from a Japanese supermarket) into narrow strips, place in a bowl, season and marinate with small amounts of soy sauce, sake, salt and pepper, set aside. In a pan, sauté some chopped garlic in vegetable oil and when it becomes aromatic, add the pork and cook through. Add some chopped green onions, a teaspoon or so of Chinese hot bean paste, mix some, then add washed and well-drained bean sprouts, and continue to stir fry. When the sprouts are crisp-tender, add a small amount of potato starch dissolved in water to the pan and toss well until there is some thickness to the pork-vegetable mix. Simultaneously, prepare the ramen noodles and soup following its instructions and place in a bowl. Serve the pork-sprout mix over the noodles and eat quickly.

豚肉は脂が多少乗って薄切りでありさえすれば特に良い部位を使う必要はなく、ここでは近所の日本食スーパーの「お買い得品」のコマ切れを使いました。細切りにして、醤油、日本酒、塩コショウを少量振りかけ、軽く混ぜて少しの間おいておきます。フライパンに植物油を熱し、ニンニクを加えて香りが立ったら豚肉を入れ、火を通します。ネギのみじん切りと豆板醤を小さじ一杯ほど加え、さっと混ぜ合わせたら洗って水気を良く切ったもやしを投入し、もやしの歯ごたえを少々残す程度まで炒めます。仕上げに水で溶いた片栗粉でとろみを出し、同時進行で袋の指示通りに作って丼に盛ったラーメンとスープに載せて出来上がり。これはさっさと食べます。