diff --git a/.DS_Store b/.DS_Store new file mode 100644 index 0000000..54909df Binary files /dev/null and b/.DS_Store differ diff --git a/dinner/.DS_Store b/dinner/.DS_Store new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4fca1ca Binary files /dev/null and b/dinner/.DS_Store differ diff --git a/dinner/miso-ramen.html b/dinner/miso-ramen.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c789197 --- /dev/null +++ b/dinner/miso-ramen.html @@ -0,0 +1,380 @@ + + + + + + Midnight Miso Ramen + + + + + 味噌ラーメン · 深夜の一杯 + +

Midnight Miso Ramen

+
A bowl for 2 a.m. and long deadlines
+ +
+
+ Prep + 15 min +
+
+ Cook + 25 min +
+
+ Serves + 2 +
+
+ Difficulty + Easy +
+
+ +

Ingredients

+
+
3 tbsp white miso paste
+
1 tbsp sesame paste (tahini works)
+
4 cups chicken or vegetable broth
+
1 cup water
+
1 tbsp soy sauce
+
1 tsp toasted sesame oil
+
1 tbsp neutral oil
+
4 cloves garlic, minced
+
1 tsp fresh ginger, grated
+
1 tbsp gochujang (optional, for heat)
+
2 portions fresh or dried ramen noodles
+
2 soft-boiled eggs
+
2 stalks green onion, sliced
+
1 sheet nori, cut into strips
+
handful corn kernels (canned is fine)
+
1 tsp sesame seeds
+
+ +
+ Soft-boil trick — Bring water to a full boil, lower eggs in gently, cook exactly 6 min 30 sec, then ice bath. Peel under running water. Marinate in 2 tbsp soy + 1 tbsp mirin + water overnight for ramen eggs. +
+ +

Instructions

+
    +
  1. Whisk together miso paste, sesame paste, soy sauce, and gochujang (if using) in a small bowl until smooth. Set aside — this is your tare.
    2. +
  2. Heat neutral oil in a medium pot over medium heat. Add garlic and ginger and stir constantly for about 90 seconds until fragrant but not browned.
    3. +
  3. Pour in broth and water. Bring to a gentle simmer (not a hard boil) over medium-high heat.
    4. +
  4. Turn heat to low. Whisk the tare into the broth until fully dissolved. Taste — adjust with more miso for depth, more soy for salt. Finish with sesame oil and keep warm on low.
    5. +
  5. Cook ramen noodles in a separate pot of boiling water per package directions. Drain and rinse briefly under hot water.
    6. +
  6. Divide noodles between two bowls. Ladle hot broth over the noodles. Arrange toppings: halved soft-boiled egg, green onion, corn, nori strips, and a pinch of sesame seeds.
    7. +
+ + +
+
Food Critic Review
+

★ A Credible Midnight Achievement ★

+ +
+ ★ + ★ + ★ + ★ +
+ +
+

+ I arrived, as one must, suspicious. A home ramen recipe — how optimistic of us. + The amateur's delusion that broth complexity can be coaxed from a pot in under thirty minutes + has produced more disappointment than any other culinary fantasy this decade. + And yet. +

+ +
+ "The tare — whisked with something approaching actual conviction — lands the bowl squarely + in the territory of the quietly competent." +
+ +

+ The miso base is, against my better expectations, not watery. The sesame paste introduces + a roundness that one normally associates with the kind of ramen that requires a two-hour + train ride and a twelve-person queue. The gochujang, deployed optionally but wisely, + contributes a low, persistent warmth that I found myself returning to with + something resembling enthusiasm. +

+ +

+ The corn is, of course, extremely informal. I shall say nothing further about the corn. +

+ +

+ My primary objection is the phrase "canned is fine" appearing in a recipe that is otherwise + trying sincerely. It is not fine. It is acceptable. These are different things, + and we should be honest with ourselves about which one we are doing at 2 a.m. +

+
+ +
+ — Reviewed by R. Pemberton-Huxley III, The Midnight Table Quarterly +
+
+ + + diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 4c39b6a..8f37d20 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -93,7 +93,6 @@

Breakfast

  • Breakfast Bagel
  • Cereal
  • Peanut Butter Rice Cakes
    • -
  • Simple Omlette
  • Protein Oatmeal
  • Hong Kong Style Macaroni Soup
  • Peanut Butter Jelly Sandwich
    • @@ -168,6 +167,7 @@

    Dinner

  • Cacio e Pepe
  • Texas BBQ
  • Loaded Baked Potato
    • +
  • Miso Ramen