ramen with long green onion, char siu & boiled egg

ingredients:

• 2 packages ramen noodles or
• Chinese noodles
• 5 ounces Japanese-style
• char siu or ham
• 1 1/2 ounces white part of fresh
• long green onion (negi)
• 2 boiled eggs with soy sauce (optional; see recipe)
• 2 1/2 cups Chinese soup stock or chicken broth
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 quart water

step 1:

Slice the Japanese-style char siu (or ham) into strips lengthwise.

step 2:

Cut the green onion into 2 in. pieces. Then cut in half lengthwise. Then slice the open halves lengthwise into thin strips. Cut the eggs in half lengthwise.

step 3:

For boiling the noodles later, pour the water into a big pan and bring to a boil in advance. In a separate pan, bring the Chinese soup stock (or chicken broth) to a boil. Remove from the heat.

step 4:

Pour 1 tbsp. soy sauce into each serving bowl. Add the boiled Chinese soup stock (or chicken broth) to each bowl.

step 5:

Add the ramen noodles (or Chinese noodles) to the boiled water. Boil for 1 to 4 minutes (follow the cooking instructions on the bag). After boiling, drain the noodles in a colander and quickly add to the serving bowls.

step 6:

Place the Japanese-style char siu or ham, sliced green onion and eggs over the noodles.