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Fiery Ginger Pork Noodle Soup with Crispy Garlic

The Simmering Chef
Spicy Asian-inspired soup
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Main Course, Soup
Cuisine Asian, Japanese
Servings 4 people

Equipment

  • 1 small pot for frying garlic
  • 1 sieve
  • 1 Soup pot

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Tbsp Neutral oil (grapeseed, avocado, vegetable)
  • 8 cloves garlic, sliced thinly
  • 1 lb pork cubed
  • 1/2 bell pepper, stemmed, seeded and thinly sliced
  • 1 Tbsp red pepper flakes (or to tastes)
  • 1 sprinkle salt (go easy as miso is salty)
  • 1 Tbsp ground black pepper (or to taste)
  • 1/2 tsp white pepper (or to taste)
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • 4 cups water
  • 1 Tbsp soy sauce (or tamari)
  • 1 Tbsp Mirin
  • 2-3 Tbsp Ginger, grated (to taste) (I used a mircoplane)
  • 4 Tbsp White miso
  • 3 oz cooked noodles (I used rice)
  • 1 oz mixed greens (I used baby bok choi and kale and spinach)
  • yellow or red onion, thinly sliced
  • jalapeño, thinly sliced
  • cherry tomatoes, halved
  • cilantro, roughly chopped
  • crispy garlic

Instructions
 

Fried garlic

  • Set up your soup pot with a sieve to catch the drained oil from the garlic
  • In a small pot, heat the oil over medium heat
  • Add the sliced garlic and cook until they just begin to lightly brown
  • Pour oil and garlic through sieve into the soup pot
  • Once you shake most of the oil off the garlic, place the sieve, with crispy garlic over the little pot, and set aside

Soup

  • Heat the drained oil from the garlic to medium high
  • Stir in the pork, red bell pepper and red pepper flakes
  • Season with the black and white pepper and a small pinch of salt
  • Sauté the meat until it lightly browns
  • Stir in the chicken stock, water, soy sauce and mirin
  • Return the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat to a gentle bubble
  • Cook for at least 10 minutes, or until the pork is tender
  • This is a good time to cook your noodles, if you haven't already
    If you are using a tough green like, kale, throw it into the pot with the noodles during the last minute of cooking, just to soften the kale a bit
  • Remove soup from heat and stir in the ginger and miso
  • Return to very low heat as it must not boil once the miso is added
  • Taste and adjust your seasonings
  • In a warm bowl, add your noodles and greens
  • Ladle the warm soup over
  • Garnish with the sliced onion, jalapeno, tomatoes and cilantro and finish with the crispy garlic
  • Serve immediately
Keyword Ginger, Noodles, Pork, Spicy