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BLACK GARLIC RAMEN with PORK BELLY

Black Garlic Ramen, tasty noodles with crispy pork belly! (Stir-Fry style, so the pork belly stays crispy ;)
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Course: dinner, noodle
Cuisine: Asian, Japanese
Keyword: black garlic ramen, IS BLACK GARLIC RAMEN HEALTHY, Is pork loin or belly better for ramen?, ramen with pork belly
Servings: 4

Equipment

  • 1 roasting pan
  • 1 wok
  • 1 large saucepan
  • 1 knife
  • 4 serving bowls

Ingredients

  • 400 gms ramen noodles ready in minutes, wet noodles
  • 6 pork spare ribs
  • 1/2 teaspn five spice powder
  • 4 cloves black garlic finely sliced (on wet chopping board)
  • 1 bunch spring onions finely slice
  • 250 gms bean sprouts
  • 2 teaspn sesame seeds

Sauce

  • 2 tbspn dark soy sauce
  • 2 tbspn oyster sauce
  • 2 tbspn hoi sin sauce
  • 1 tbspn mirin

Instructions

  • place pork spare ribs in a large saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring to boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer 20 mins. Remove from water and cool.
  • combine all ingredents for the sauce.
  • place the pork in a large flat roasting pan, and sprinkle with 5 spice powder. Coat both sides of ribs with half the sauce.
  • roast in moderate oven 180C for 20 mins. Turn and baste ribs and cook further 20-30 mins until tender and crispy. Cut into 2 cm sections.
  • rinse ramen noodles in cold water and drain.
  • gently saute spring onions (white parts only) in wok for 1 min.
  • add ramen noodles with remaining sauce and heat through.
  • stir through finely sliced black garlic, bean sprouts, spring onions tops.
  • divide into serving bowls top with pork ribs and garnish with sesame seeds

Notes

For those of us who can remember the dinner parties of the 1980’s you will remember cooking Pork Spare Ribs, fast forward to the 2020’s and these spare ribs are now called Pork Belly and cooked whole and not cut into ribs.  I have used ribs in Black Garlic Ramen with Pork Belly as they are easier to cut and serve.
Black Garlic ramen noodles can be cooked in the same way as a stir fry as in this recipe.  But if you prefer a broth, deglaze the roasting pan with water then add to the noodles in the wok.
Do you want more vegetables, then I suggest mushrooms and snow peas.  However sometimes I like to keep the recipe simple and not confuse the dish with too many flavours and textures.