Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 2–3 spring onions/scallions, curled (see Cook’s Tip)
  • about 30 ml/2 tbsp dried wakame, soaked in warm water until reconstituted
  • 30 ml/2 tbsp pickled ginger (gari)
  • handful of shiitake mushrooms, large ones halved
  • pinch of salt, to taste
  • about 1.2 kg/21/2 lb fresh clams, rinsed (discard any that are open)
  • pinch of sugar
  • 1.75 litres/3 pints/7½ cups kombu dashi or vegetable stock
  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled and grated
  • 5 cm/2 in piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and grated
  • 15 ml/1 tbsp sake (optional)
  • 15 ml/1 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 15 ml/1 tbsp mirin
  • 400 g/14 oz fresh ramen noodles
  • 1 fresh red chilli, finely sliced
  • few fresh micro or regular coriander/cilantro leaves (optional)
  • 5 ml/1 tsp dark soy sauce

Instruction