INGREDIENTS
4
whole dried shitake mushrooms + 1/2 cup hot water
14 oz
skin-on pork belly
30
whole garlic cloves, peeled
1/2 cup
sake, or rice wine
2 tbsp
soy sauce
1/2 tbsp
mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine)
1/2 tsp
salt
1/8 tsp
freshly ground black pepper
14
whole garlic cloves, finely minced or sliced
1/2 cup
canola oil
1/2 tsp
ground white pepper
1/8 tsp
fine sea salt
1/4 cup
garlic oil (from frying the garlic)
1/4 cup
toasted sesame oil
1 tbsp
togarashi chili powder
1 tsp
chili flakes
1/2 tsp
black sesame seeds
1/2 tsp
ground coriander
5 cups
(1180 grams/ml) chicken stock, see note*
1/4
medium-size onion, peeled
1 1/4 cups
unflavoured unsweetened soymilk, see note**
2 tbsp
bonito dashi granules (this is what gives it the bonito-flavour so don't skip!)
1 tsp
sea salt
4
servings of ramen noodles
4
soft-boiled eggs
1 cup
finely diced scallions, green parts only
1
sheet of Japanese dried nori/seaweed