Looking for an easy homemade chicken ramen that’s brimming with flavor and can be customized to your taste? Then this is the recipe for you!
A comforting, vibrant, flavor-packed easy ramen recipe to make at home that elevates your ramen bowl to a whole new level!
Japanese ramen is a type of noodle soup that is widely popular in Japan and in ramen shops throughout the world. Although the origins of ramen (noodles in a soup broth) are rooted in China, and Chinese immigrants that settled in the country in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it’s a distinctly Japanese dish today with all its toppings, flavorings, and variations.
While it’s mainly popular as a fast, inexpensive, convenient meal in Japan, ramen can also be a surprisingly intricate dish with layers of exquisite flavors.
With this weeknight ramen, we’re aiming for a middle ground: bowls filled with chewy noodles, flavorful store-bought chicken stock, a few vegetables, a soft-cooked egg, and slices of chicken. If you are a good planner, cook a couple of chicken breasts early in the week so they’re ready for the soup.
Main components of ramen
- Broth and flavoring. A hearty ramen bowl is nothing if not for the flavorful broth or soup base. The ramen broth is usually a combination of chicken or pork stock, plus dashi. Dashi being the soup stock that is rich in umami flavor and is the backbone of the ramen broth. The additional flavoring (or tare) is the seasoning that primarily defines the type of ramen (as mentioned below) that you are served.
- Noodles. The ramen noodles are typically made with wheat flour (or a high protein flour that lends it some bite and texture), salt, water, and an alkaline mineral called kansui. These ingredients come together to give the ramen noodles their characteristic chewy texture and color. These noodles come in different shapes and thicknesses as I’ve mentioned below.
- Toppings. This is where variety is the name of the game, but traditional Japanese ramen toppings include sliced meat (chicken in this recipe, but also pork belly), bean sprouts, nori (dried seaweed), scallions, bamboo shoots, and ramen eggs.
Why you will love this shoyu ramen recipe
- This is a classic chicken shoyu ramen bowl, with a delicious soy sauce chicken broth, topped with caramelized soy chicken, a ramen egg, and other flavorful toppings.
- So, it’s an incredibly flavorful ramen bowl that tastes like an authentic shoyu ramen. This chicken ramen recipe has been developed to be as accessible as possible for home cooks, while retaining authentic flavors.
- You can easily adapt this ramen bowl to use ramen ingredients you have at home. And I show you how.
- You can use store-bought stock, but add additional flavor. I’ll be showing you how to add extra umami flavor to your shoyu broth too!
- This ramen looks amazing with the lacquered chicken served on the side.
- You can make this upgraded chicken ramen version with the chicken cooked separately, OR make it easier by cooking the chicken IN the shoyu broth.
- Top it with a classic ramen egg that completes the authenticity of this shoyu ramen.
If you love classic homemade chicken ramen, that is simple to make, but can still customize to your taste – then this chicken ramen recipe is for you!
My easy pork ramen has been a hit with my readers, but I realized that I’ve never shared my easy chicken ramen recipe with you guys! So here I’ll fix that with this flavor-packed easy ramen recipe.
I show you how to make a delicious bowl of ramen that tastes like an authentic shoyu ramen bowl, plus I’ll share shortcuts to make this homemade chicken ramen even easier.
The easy version of this recipe can be made in 30 minutes, and the more elaborate version (with the caramelized chicken) can take about 45 minutes.
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FAQ
Does chicken in ramen taste good?
What is ramen with chicken called?
Can you put meat in ramen?
Can you eat Chicken Ramen plain?
Creamy Cheesy Chicken Ramen is so rich, delicious, and crammed full of flavor that you may never eat ramen plain again. Add the ramen noodles to your ramen noodle cooker and fill with water (if you don’t have one, cook them the usual way you do) and the spice packet.
Is it healthy to have ramen noodles?
Though instant noodles provide iron, B vitamins, manganese, they lack fiber, protein and other crucial vitamins and minerals. Additionally monosodium glutamate and high content of sodium may negatively affect health. Such as by increasing the risk oh cancers, heart disease and metabolic syndromes. Hence they are not recommended on a regular basis.
Can You cheese up Chicken Ramen?
Creamy Cheesy Chicken Ramen is full of chunks of chicken, creamy cheese sauce and cheddar cheese, the perfect easy dinner in minutes. Sometimes the little flavor packet that comes with the ramen just isn’t enough. Sometimes, you’ve got to cheese up your chicken ramen to make it even more delicious.
What to add to Chicken Ramen?
For chicken ramen, we recommend soft-cooked eggs, green onions and sesame seeds for toppings. Not a fan of soft-boiled eggs? No problem! Learn how to cook eggs to your preferred level of doneness, then add them here, instead. Other toppings can really elevate your ramen. Nori or dried seaweed adds a nice crunch to ramen.