Homemade Tonkotsu Ramen (Original video)

Ingredients:

• Pork bones
• Aromatics
• Chashu pork belly
• Soft-boiled eggs
• Soy sauce
• Mirin
• Water
• Dried anchovies
• Bonito dried fish flake
• Saké
• All-purpose flour
• Baked soda
• Vegetable oil
• Nori or dried seaweed
• Scallions
• Menma or fermented bamboo shoots

Instructions:

1. Boil pork bones and aromatics for 12 hours to make tonkotsu ramen broth.
2. Make chashu pork belly using sous vide or oven broiler.
3. Soft-boil eggs and marinate in equal parts soy sauce and mirin with water for 4-24 hours.
4. Heat vegetable oil in a pot and add dried anchovies to sear and create fond.
5. Deglaze with soy sauce and mirin, then add bonito dried fish flake and saké to make tare.
6. Bake baking soda at 250 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 hour to make alkaline salt.
7. Combine baked soda with water and all-purpose flour to make ramen noodle dough.
8. Roll out and laminate dough, then cut into noodles using a pasta press.
9. Boil noodles for 3 minutes and test for doneness.
10. In a warmed noodle bowl, add tare, broth, and noodles.
11. Top with chashu pork, soft-boiled egg, nori or dried seaweed, scallions, and Menma or fermented bamboo shoots.
12. Enjoy and slurp loudly!