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RAMEN HOT POT
A Heart-Warming Comfort Food with a Modern Twist
RAMEN HOT POT <br> A Heart-Warming Comfort Food with a Modern Twist The winter season beckons gatherings for families and friends to seek shelter from the cold. What’s more perfect than laughter amongst friendly company exchanging cheers, and sharing a bubbling hot pot dish? Ishikari Nabe from Hokkaido Islands of the north, to Oden fish cakes in the backstreets of metro Tokyo, and Chanko Nabe from the Sumo world . . .

Now comes a contemporary twist: RAMEN HOT POT! In lieu of the traditional Kombu/ Hanakatsuo Dashi base and Udon noodles, Ramen soup and Ramen noodles transform the conventional communal meal into a modern-day, festive comfort food. Creamy Koji sauce further boosts the Umami volume up a notch, for an ultimate, satisfying meal to remember good times shared with friends.

SHIO KOJI TARE NIKOMI RAMEN NABE WITH CHICKEN

Soup Base:
1 part SOMI SHIO TARE, 10 parts water, 3 Tbsp Creamy Koji sauce, pinch of curry flake.

Ingredients:
Chicken (cut, marinate in Creamy Koji for 1 hour, sear lightly over high heat), Chinese cabbage, carrots cut into thin spears, Tofu blocks, Tokyo green onions cut on a diagonal, Shungiku garland chrysanthemum, Enokidake cheap trx mushrooms, Shiitake, Nikomi Ramen noodles (thick type).

To Serve:
Bring soup base to boil in hot pot. Add all ingredients except the Ramen, and return to boil, cook until replica handbags almost done. Add Ramen, continue cooking until done.


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FOOD AND BEVERAGES
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YUZU, a Japanese lemon - lime like citrus fruit, highly fragrant and pleasantly sour.

Most commonly the rind is used to flavor various dishes such as vegetables, fish or noodles. The Yuzu is difficult to find in the U.S. You can obtain bottled juice or dry, powdered yuzu.
 
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