We cooked ramen egg!

Happy new year! It was a long weekend that passed too quickly. Pretty depressing to be back at work today. : (

We did lots of cooking over the weekend, because we had bought some stuff we wanted to try our hands at, and with all the year end spending, we wanted to save some money. Plus, it is always so difficult to eat out during the festive season. Restaurants are packed and serve unappetising set dinners on the holidays. 

Dear was very nice and cooked steak the other night while I was at his place for mahjong. Then the next day, he cooked ramen for the two of us, while I was again, dragged into playing mahjong.

Here's how to cook the wonderful ramen egg: 

Boil the eggs for 6 to 7 minutes, depending on how well done you like your eggs to be. We boiled it for about 6mins, and it was a little too soft when we peeled the egg shells. But it came out pretty ok after we marinated it in the fridge. I think 6.5 mins might be the sweet spot.

After boiling the eggs, cool them down in running water. We were kiasu and did a ice water bath as well. Then, peel them and place in the marinate for 3 hours.

For the marinate:

I used the recipe from Chubby Hubby. It said to combine 1 cup light soy sauce, 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce, 1 cup water, 1/2 cup brown sugar, and 10 ginger slices. Mix them in the pot, boil the mixture and cool it down.

After both the eggs and marinate have cooled down, place the eggs in the marinate. We left the eggs in the marinate for 3 hours.

Cooking the ramen:

We brought back ramen packs from our recent overseas trip. : ) Cooking ramen is as easy as cooking instant noodles with these convenience packs!

And this is our final product. We didn't prepare char siew this time, perhaps next time. As you can see, the broth of the bowl behind is milkier. I prefer the other bowl of ramen as the milky broth was too pepperish for me, while the other bowl had a shoyu base and was light enough for the soup to be drank.

Cooking ramen can be an easy affair, and yet an impressive dish to serve guests when they come for dinner. 

Our ramen egg : ) Pretty, isn't it? I'm happy to get such a result on the first try!