chestnutrice
Assistant Cook
Hello all,
Ever watch Simply Ming on the HSN channel? I recently caught an episode where he had "Ramen King" Ivan Orkin on to make a "quick" version of his restaurant ramen. Long story short, in order to make it quick, he uses boxed chicken broth, which I don't see an issue with in itself. However, I'm aware ramen is a very rich and fatty dish and when I made it last I cooked down a pound of so of chicken wings. As a substitute (upon thinking, maybe this belongs on the substitute forum. Oh well...) he uses a significant amount of (canola) oil in the tare. In the show, it doesn't look like much, but in the recipe provided on Ming's site (https://www.ming.com/ivan-orkin), it calls for 1 cup + 3/4 cup of oil!!. And this is supposed to go in a tare of 6oz soy, 2 mirin, 2 sake. That just seems extremely oily! I understand he's compensating for the broth being virtually fat-free, given that it's based on a standard dashi and boxed chicken broth. But that just seems like waaaay to much oil. Maybe it's a typo...? I rendered some pork fat so I have plenty of delicious oils. Do you think I can skip all that extra (processed canola) oil? Thanks!
Ever watch Simply Ming on the HSN channel? I recently caught an episode where he had "Ramen King" Ivan Orkin on to make a "quick" version of his restaurant ramen. Long story short, in order to make it quick, he uses boxed chicken broth, which I don't see an issue with in itself. However, I'm aware ramen is a very rich and fatty dish and when I made it last I cooked down a pound of so of chicken wings. As a substitute (upon thinking, maybe this belongs on the substitute forum. Oh well...) he uses a significant amount of (canola) oil in the tare. In the show, it doesn't look like much, but in the recipe provided on Ming's site (https://www.ming.com/ivan-orkin), it calls for 1 cup + 3/4 cup of oil!!. And this is supposed to go in a tare of 6oz soy, 2 mirin, 2 sake. That just seems extremely oily! I understand he's compensating for the broth being virtually fat-free, given that it's based on a standard dashi and boxed chicken broth. But that just seems like waaaay to much oil. Maybe it's a typo...? I rendered some pork fat so I have plenty of delicious oils. Do you think I can skip all that extra (processed canola) oil? Thanks!