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Hakodate Shio Ramen

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To Prep
Put the pork bones into a large container with an appropriate amount of water and set aside for 15 minutes. It would be best to leave it overnight if possible.
Then wash the pork bones with clean water.
Boil the pork bones in boiling water for 10 minutes and remove impurities.
Put the pork bones in another clean pot with boiling water to cover the bones.

To Cook
Add the chicken and 1 tbsp salt to the broth. Simmer gently for 3 hours and remove impurities.
Remove the bones and bring the broth back to a boil.

To Serve
Prepare the ramen noodles according to the packet.
Divide the topping ingredients into equal portions of servings. Place the cooked noodles into a bowl and ladle some broth over the noodles. Add the toppings on the noodles and serve immediately.

Cold Ramen (Hiyashi Chuka)

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To Make Omelette
Mix the sugar and the egg in a small mixing bowl until combined.
Heat up pan with cooking oil over a medium heat.
Pour the egg in to the pan and swirl slightly to form a thin layer.
When the egg has begun to set and flip it over.
Cook the other side until it is almost cooked.
Transfer the egg on to another work surface and roll. Set aside.
When the egg has cooled, cut in to thin strips and then set them aside.

To Cook
Combine all of the sauce ingredients to a mixing bowl and mix until the sugar has dissolved.
Prepare the ramen noodles according to the packet.

To Serve
Divide the topping ingredients into equal portions of servings.
Place the noodles into a bowl and surround the top with the toppings.
Pour the sauce over the dish or serve with the sauce alongside it.

Pad Thai

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To Prep
In a wok, combine the sauce ingredients and stir fry until fragrant and the palm sugar has dissolved. Check for seasoning and adjust by adding more tamarind or palm sugar.
Remove the sauce and allow to cool down.
Boil the rice noodles until they are a little under cooked before draining the water and shocking the noodles in cold water. Set aside.

To Cook
In a wok, add 2 tbsp of vegetable oil and stir fry the chicken strip and prawns for about 2 mins before removing from the wok and setting aside.
Add another tablespoon of vegetable oil and cook the onions for about 1 minute before adding in the garlic.
Add in the noodles and another tablespoon of vegetable oil and continue to cook for another 2 mins before adding in 3 to 4 tbsps of the sauce.
Cook for another minute before returning in the chicken and prawns and frying for few mins. Push all of the ingredients in the wok to one side and then place some vegetable oil in to the gap before cracking in a egg.
Scramble the egg and continue to cook it for a few seconds before mixing it in with the rest of the other ingredients.
Add in half of the bean sprouts and carrots, as well as the green onions and continue to fry for another minute.
Test that the noodles are the right consistency before taking off of the heat.

To Serve
Plate the cooked Pad Thai and garnish with lime wedges, crushed peanuts, chilli flakes and more bean sprouts and carrots if need be.

Easy Chicken & Corn Soup

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To Prep
Bring a pot of water to a boil and season with salt and pepper before placing the chicken breast in to poach.
After about 15 mins, remove the chicken breast from the pot and set aside to cool.

To Cook
In a large saucepan, combine the chicken stock and the corn and bring to a boil. Shred the chicken and add that into the pot as well. Season with salt and pepper again.
In a small bowl, mix the eggs until they are well incorporated. Mix the soup and slowly pour the eggs in a thin stream to make the egg ribbons.
When the soup is simmering and the egg ribbons have cooked, you can thicken the soup by mixing ½ tbsp water and 1 tsp cornstarch and then adding them in to the soup.

To Serve
Remove the soup from the heat and ladle servings in to small bowls.

Spicy Thai Drunken Noodles with Prawn

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To Prep
Mix all the sauce ingredients in a small bowl, then set aside.
Add garlic, bird’s eye chillies and large chillies into a mortar and crush them with the pestle to break them into small pieces.

To Cook
Heat a wok or large frying pan over high heat. Add 1½ tbsp of vegetable oil. Once the oil has heated up, add the crushed garlic and chilli into the wok. Stir and cook them until fragrant.
Add the prawns into the wok and cook them until they turn light pink, then add bamboo shoots and snake beans and stir for a few secs.
Add mushrooms, cut cherry tomatoes and spaghetti into the wok. Add the sauce and gently stir and cook for a few mins until the ingredients are cooked through.
Add fresh basil and green young peppercorns, then remove from heat. Stir all the ingredients and then place onto the serving plates.
Enjoy!

5 Ingredient Poke Bowl

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To Prep
In a zip-lock bag, combine the salmon cubes and sesame soy dressing together and let marinate for about 20 mins.

To Assemble
In a bowl, spoon in some of the rice and then arrange the avo, edamame and marinated salmon on top of the rice.
Serve with a drizzle of sesame soy dressing.

Salmon Poke Bowl

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To Prep
In a zip-lock bag, combine the salmon cubes and sesame soy dressing together and let marinate for about 20 mins.

To Make
In a bowl, spoon in some of the rice and then arrange the vegetables on top.
Top with the marinated salmon, garnish with sesame seeds and serve!

Thai Laksa

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To Cook Laksa
In a sauce pan, add VALCOM Thai Style Laksa Paste, TCC Premium Coconut Milk and water. Bring to boil and turn off heat.
Place the cooked noodle into two serving bowls, and bean sprouts on top.
Ladle some soup into the bowl of noodles.
Garnish with the rest of the ingredients. Place preferred size of pork belly on top.

Soupless Ramen (Abura Soba)

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To Cook
Add the soy sauce, sake, mirin and sugar together and whisk until combined well.
In a pot, add the soy sauce mixture and the remaining sauce ingredients together until it boils.
Reduce the heat to low and continue to cook for 10 minutes.
Strain them and set aside.

To Serve
Prepare the ramen noodles according to the packets and strain the noodles from the water.
Place noodles and add 1 tbsp sauce and ¼ cup pork lard to a serving bowl.
Toss them until the noodles are well coated and top with chashu, seasoned bamboo.
Add half a Ramen egg, nori and green onions.

Salmon Red Curry

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To Cook
Place the salmon on the cutting board, skin side down. Firmly hold one end of the skin, and cut between the flesh and the skin (cutting as close to the skin as possible). Sprinkle salt on both sides of the skin, set aside. Cut the salmon to 2cm slices.
Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a skillet over low heat. Place in salmon skin and fry until brown and crispy. Set aside.
In a sauce pan, add in juice, TCC Premium Coconut Milk and Valcom Red Curry Paste and bring to the boil.
Add eggplants and reduce heat to simmer for 3-5 mins until eggplants are tender.
Add salmon and lychees and bring to boil. Turn off heat and rest for 5 mins.
Garnish, place salmon skin on top and serve hot.

Tokyo Shoyu Ramen

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To Cook
Heat up a wok with sesame oil and fry the ginger and garlic until fragrant.
Add the chicken stock and dashi into the same wok until the broth is boiling.
Add the sake and soy sauce to the broth. Turn the heat down and simmer for 1 hour.

To Serve
Prepare the ramen noodles according to the packets.
Place noodles in serving bowls and ladle over some of the soup broth. Top with chashu, seasoned bamboo, narutomai, and spinach. Then, add half a Ramen egg, nori, and green onions, and serve it.

Nasi Goreng (Fried Rice)

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To Cook
Blend Yeo’s Sambal Oeleck and belachan into a paste.
Heat oil in a large pan or wok over high heat and stir-fry the paste until fragrant, about 2 mins.
Add chicken and stir-fry until almost cooked. Add prawns and stir well for another 5 mins or until prawns are cooked.
Add cabbage and spring onions, stir-fry until softened. Stir in rice, ABC Sweet Soy Sauce Kecap Manis and Yeo’s Light Soy Sauce, mixing well for 2 mins.
Garnish with fried shallots and lime wedges. Serve with ABC Extra Hot Chilli Sauce and sunny-side up eggs.

Tips
Basmati rice or any long grain rice is ideal for frying, for its least starchiness and easily separated grains.
Adding raw eggs onto the rice in the pan, and coating them as they stir fry to cook, is a great way of hiding a nutritious ingredient for fussy non-egg eaters.