This slow-cooker ramen is easy enough to make for a weeknight, but still delivers on the pork- and chicken-filled flavor of traditional Japanese tonkatsu ramen.
Slow-Cooker Pork Shoulder Ramen
- Prep Time 35 min
- Total 7 hr 45 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 14
Ingredients
- 3 to 4 lb boneless pork shoulder roast, trimmed
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 6 cups Progresso™ chicken broth (from two 32-oz cartons)
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons yellow or white miso paste
- 4 teaspoons chile garlic sauce
- 2 packages (3.5 oz each) shiitake mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 2 cups sliced yellow onions
- 1 (2-inch) piece peeled gingerroot
- 2 packages (3 oz each) ramen noodle soup mix (discard flavor packets or reserve for another use)
- 4 hard-cooked eggs, halved
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
- 4 green onions, thinly sliced on the bias
Make With
Progresso Broth
Instructions
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Step1Spray 5-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Rub pork with salt. In 12-inch skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Cook pork in butter 2 to 4 minutes on each side or until browned. Transfer pork to slow cooker.
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Step2In large bowl, beat broth, soy sauce, miso paste and chile garlic sauce with whisk. Stir in mushrooms, onions and gingerroot. Pour mixture over pork. Cover; cook on Low heat setting 7 to 9 hours or until pork is tender.
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Step3Carefully transfer pork to cutting board; let stand 5 minutes or until cool enough to handle. Shred pork, discarding any pieces of fat and cartilage. Discard gingerroot.
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Step4Meanwhile, cook ramen as directed on package, omitting flavor packets; drain. Divide liquid from slow cooker among 8 bowls. Evenly divide noodles and pork among bowls. Serve topped with halved eggs, cilantro and green onions. Serve with additional soy sauce and chile garlic sauce.
Nutrition
490
Calories
26g
Total Fat
43g
Protein
21g
Total Carbohydrate
4g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 490
- Calories from Fat
- 230
- Total Fat
- 26g
- 39%
- Saturated Fat
- 10g
- 48%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 205mg
- 69%
- Sodium
- 1560mg
- 65%
- Potassium
- 690mg
- 20%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 21g
- 7%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 11%
- Sugars
- 4g
- Protein
- 43g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 8%
- 8%
- Vitamin C
- 4%
- 4%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 5 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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