INGREDIENTS:
For the Stock:
- 8 cups dashi stock
- 6 dried shiitake mushrooms, rehydrated in 2 cups of boiling water
- 1 white onion, sliced
For the Noodles, Meat, and Vegetables:
- 400g ramen noodles (or any noodle of your choice)
- 150 g pork tenderloin, thinly sliced
- 300 g squid, sliced
- 10 pcs large shrimps
- 10 pcs mussels
- 1 kg clams
- 1 pc carrot, sliced into strips
- 4 stalks spring onions, sliced into 2-inch sections
- ½ head cabbage, sliced
- 1 small stalk leek, sliced into ½-inch sections
- 6 pcs white mushrooms, sliced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ thumb sized ginger, sliced
- 3 tbsp red pepper flakes
- 3 tbsp Gochujang (Korean red pepper paste)
- Patis, to taste
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- Cooking oil
- Sesame oil
HOW TO COOK:
For the Stock:
- Pour the dashi stock, onion, and shiitake mushrooms in a soup pot.
- Bring to a boil then gently simmer for 20 minutes.
- Stain the stock into another pot discarding the onions and mushrooms.
- Separate the discarded mushrooms then place it back into the pot.
For the Noodles, Meat, and Vegetables:
- Add- in the mussels, clams, and Gochujang into the strained stock.
- Bring it back to a boil then simmer until shellfish are cooked.
- Turn off heat then set aside.
- Add cooking oil in a wok then sauté garlic and ginger.
- Add- in the pork then continue to stir fry for 2 minutes.
- Add- in the cabbage, carrots, spring onions, leeks, mushrooms and continue to stir fry for 5 minutes.
- Add- in the hot pepper flakes, shrimp and squid then continue to stir fry for 5 minutes.
- Remove the shellfish on you soup then add it into the wok, mix it well then season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Back to your soup pot, add 4 cups of water bring it to a boil then add your noodles.
- Season your soup with patis and freshly ground black pepper.
- Do not fully cook the noodles, it should be chewy and it will continue to cook in the hot broth when served.
- Place noodles with soup into serving bowl, generously top it with stir fried vegetables and seafood, drizzle sesame oil on top then serve. Enjoy!
IMAGE: maangchi.com
Also try: Japchae (Korean Stir-Fried Noodles)
