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17 noodle soups in Soupmap Recipes, including Shoyu ramen, Phở bò and Kitsune udon. Tested recipes with honest timings, a servings scaler and timers.
17 recipes
Japan · Noodle soups
Shoyu ramen
A clear chicken-and-dashi broth, a sharp soy tare, rolled braised pork belly and jammy marinated eggs. Tokyo's classic bowl, done properly at home.
Photo: Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Vietnam · Noodle soups
Phở bò (Vietnamese beef noodle soup)
A clear, gently spiced beef broth simmered for hours and poured boiling over rice noodles, brisket and paper-thin raw beef. Hanoi-leaning: spare, savoury and fragrant.
Photo: Andy Li, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Japan · Noodle soups
Kitsune udon
Thick udon in a pale, fragrant Kansai dashi, topped with fried tofu simmered sweet until it brims with juice. Osaka's gentlest classic.
Photo: 毒島みるく, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Japan · Noodle soups
Chicken paitan ramen (tori paitan)
Chicken bones boiled hard for hours into a thick, milky broth, with a clean salt tare and juicy poached breast. Creamy ramen without a drop of cream.
Photo: Totti, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Japan · Noodle soups
Curry udon
Thick udon in a glossy curry sauce built on dashi, with tender slices of beef or pork and plenty of spring onion. Japan's noodle-shop comfort food, made from scratch.
Photo: Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Japan · Noodle soups
Hōtō (Yamanashi miso noodle stew)
Thick, flat noodles cooked straight in a miso broth with kabocha and root vegetables until the pot turns velvety. Yamanashi's winter one-pot, from a simple homemade dough.
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Jungle assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Japan · Noodle soups
Kake soba
Buckwheat noodles in a hot, deeply savoury broth of strong bonito dashi and a soy kaeshi left to mellow overnight. Japan's simplest soba bowl, done properly.
Photo: 毒島みるく, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Japan · Noodle soups
Miso ramen
Sapporo-style miso ramen: pork and vegetables seared in a very hot wok, a garlicky blend of red and white miso, thick wavy noodles, and butter and sweetcorn if you like.
Photo: Andy Li, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Japan · Noodle soups
Shio ramen
A pale, see-through chicken, pork and kombu broth seasoned with a salt tare. Hakodate-style shio ramen, and the purest test of a good stock.
Photo: Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Japan · Noodle soups
Tantanmen (sesame and chilli ramen)
Japanese-style tantanmen: chicken stock made creamy with toasted sesame paste and ringed with chilli oil, sweet-savoury spiced pork, bok choy and toasted sesame.
Photo: Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Japan · Noodle soups
Tonkotsu ramen
Hakata-style pork-bone ramen: trotters and bones boiled hard for up to 12 hours into a creamy, ivory broth, with thin noodles cooked firm and the classic toppings.
Photo: Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Japan · Noodle soups
Tsukemen (dipping ramen)
Thick, cold-rinsed noodles with a hot, intense pork, chicken and dried-fish dip, finished by thinning the last of it with dashi into a soup.
Photo: Douglas Perkins, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Taiwan · Noodle soups
Taiwanese beef noodle soup
Beef shank red-braised with chilli bean paste, soy and star anise until spoon-tender, over chewy wheat noodles with bok choy and pickled mustard greens.
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
China · Noodle soups
Wonton noodle soup
Shrimp-and-pork wontons with a clean snap, thin springy egg noodles and a clear pork broth deepened with toasted dried flounder. The Cantonese classic, at home.
Photo: T.Tseng, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Malaysia · Noodle soups
Curry laksa (Malaysian coconut curry noodle soup)
A from-scratch spice paste fried until its oil splits, simmered with chicken-and-prawn stock and coconut milk, then poured over two kinds of noodles with tofu puffs and sambal.
Photo: brown_colour, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Vietnam · Noodle soups
Phở gà (Vietnamese chicken noodle soup)
A whole chicken poached gently in a broth of charred onion, ginger and toasted spice, then torn over rice noodles with herbs, lime leaf and lime. Lighter than beef, done in an afternoon.
Photo: Nowforever, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
United States · Noodle soups
Chicken noodle soup
A whole chicken simmered gently into real stock, soft carrots and celery, egg noodles cooked on the side and lemon at the end. The American classic, done properly.
Photo: Eli Hodapp from Naperville, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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