Pork Mazesoba Ramen Noodles
Pork Mazesoba Ramen Noodles is a flavorful Japanese noodle dish featuring pan-fried pork belly cubes and seasoned ground pork combined with ramen noodles. The pork belly is cooked with soy sauces, sugar, five-spice powder, and rosé wine, while the ground pork is stir-fried with garlic and onions and thickened into a savory mixture. This dish is assembled with warm chicken broth, chives, green onions, mushrooms, minced garlic, nori, and eggs, blending rich umami and aromatic spices. It suits cooks seeking a substantial meat-forward noodle meal with distinct textured pork components.
Ingredients
Pork belly
- 100 g pork belly cut into ½" cubes, slab
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce light
- 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon five-spice powder
- 1 teaspoon rosé wine or Shaoxing wine, Chinese
Ground pork
- 200 g ground pork
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce light
- 1 ½ tablespoon dark soy sauce
- 1 ½ teaspoon granulated sugar
- ¼ teaspoon five-spice powder
- ½ white onion diced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- ½ C water cold
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
For assembling
- ½ C chicken broth warmed
- 4 teaspoon soy sauce light
- 400 g ramen noodles cooked
- 4 talks Chinese chives chopped
- 2-3 green onions sliced
- mushrooms cooked, optional
- 4 cloves garlic finely minced or grated with a microplane
- nori seaweed
- 4 egg or hardboiled eggs, yolk
Additional seasonings
- furikake
- shichimi togarashi or chili flakes
- Chinese black vinegar
Instructions
Cook the pork belly:
- Place the pork belly into a large cold frying pan and bring to medium heat-high heat.
- Pan-fry on both sides until cooked through, about 4-5 minutes.
- Add in the light and dark soy sauce, sugar, 5-spice powder and Chinese rose wine.
- Give everything a stir, until the sugar has dissolved. Give it a taste and adjust if necessary.
- Remove from heat.
- Transfer to a bowl and cover with a lid.
Cook the ground pork:
- Using the same frying pan, heat it up over medium heat and if there is residual grease from the pork belly, add in the onion and garlic. If not, add in 1 tablespoon of avocado/vegetable oil first before adding in the onion and garlic.
- Stir fry the onion and garlic for about 1-2 minutes, and then add in the ground pork.
- Use a spatula or wooden spoon to break up the pork.
- Next, add in the light and dark soy sauce, and sugar.
- In a small bowl, combine cold water and cornstarch. Give it a stir to dissolve.
- Add in the cornstarch slurry and bring the mixture to a boil.
- Add in the black pepper and give it stir. Give it a taste and adjust if necessary.
- Remove from heat and cover with lid.
Assemble:
- To a bowl, add 2 tablespoon chicken broth and 1 teaspoon soy sauce.
- Add a portion of cooked ramen noodles.
- Garnish with the Chinese chives, green onions, mushrooms (or bamboo shoots), seaweed/nori, and hot ground pork.
- Top the ground pork with the raw egg yolk (or boiled egg).
- Add a sprinkle of furikakke and/or shichimi togarashi and a drizzle of Chinese black vinegar if you like.
- Poke the raw egg and give the noodle mixture a stir before enjoying immediately.
- Repeat with the remaining bowls.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 809
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 809kcal | 40% |
| Carbohydrates | 74g | 25% |
| Protein | 28g | 56% |
| Fat | 45g | 69% |
| Saturated Fat | 18g | 90% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 5g | 29% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 20g | 100% |
| Cholesterol | 249mg | 83% |
| Sodium | 3685mg | 154% |
| Potassium | 541mg | 12% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 342IU | 7% |
| Vitamin C | 7mg | 8% |
| Calcium | 90mg | 9% |
| Iron | 6mg | 33% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.