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Miso Ramen Soup with Marinated Eggs

A miso ramen soup featuring marinated eggs, tofu, mushrooms, carrot, and whole wheat ramen noodles.

By Health Canada · From Canada's Food Guide · 18 ingredients
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Miso Ramen Soup with Marinated Eggs

Why it works: Clove and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,451 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

Miso Ramen Soup with Marinated Eggs

Serves 4
Time6 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the marinated eggs

  1. Bring a pot of water to a boil.

  2. Gently lower eggs into the boiling water and soft boil for 6 minutes.

  3. Using a slotted spoon, transfer eggs to a bowl of ice water and let the eggs cool.

  4. Peel the eggs and place them in a medium container with a tight-fitting lid.

  5. In a small pot, combine garlic, red pepper flakes, soy sauce, maple syrup, rice vinegar, and water. Bring the mixture to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes.

  6. Pour the mixture over the eggs and let sit for at least 1 hour.

Make the soup

  1. In a large pot, heat sesame oil over medium-high heat.

  2. Add garlic and ginger and sauté for 2 to 3 minutes.

  3. Stir in vegetable broth, water, and miso paste. Continue mixing until the miso paste is completely dissolved.

  4. Add mushrooms and carrot, and continue to simmer for 5 minutes.

  5. Add tofu.

Cook and serve

  1. In a separate pot of water, cook noodles according to package instructions.

  2. Add the cooked noodles to the soup.

  3. Cut the marinated eggs in half and serve in the soup.

  4. Top the soup with sliced green onions.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

470Calories
22 gProtein
26 gFat
42 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tofu100g firm76
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Miso1 tbsp (18g)34
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Waternot in our table0
Wheatnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Health Canada. Recipe from Canada's Food Guide.

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  2. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Garlic + vinegartop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,115 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  5. Pepper + ricetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,379 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Set their whites while the yolks stay soft, and the soy marinade seasons them.
Miso paste
Adds savory, salty depth and body to the broth.
Tofu
Adds soft protein texture that absorbs the flavour of the broth.
Soy sauce
Supplies salty, savoury flavour to the marinade.

The step that matters

Soft boil the eggs for 6 minutes. Timing controls the yolk. Too long sets it firm, too short leaves the white runny. Cooling in ice water stops the cooking so the yolk stays jammy.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, garlic, pepper, sauce, maple syrup, rice, vinegar):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, garlic, pepper, sauce, maple syrup, rice, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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