Chuko’s Mentaiko Mazeman
2
servings
Main
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Ingredients
Directions
Ingredients
½ lb
fresh ramen noodles
2 tbsp
mentaiko (spicy cod roe)
2 tbsp
unsalted butter
2
slices crispy bacon, broken into pieces
1 tbsp
shredded nori
4
sliced scallions
a small handful of shiso, julienned
2 tbsp
toasted bread crumbs
yuzu or lemon juice to taste
At Chuko, in Brooklyn, Jamison Blankenship serves a riff on a popular Japanese drinking snack: mentaiko spaghetti. In his version, fresh ramen noodles are bathed in butter and spicy pollock roe, and then sprinkled with bacon, shiso, breadcrumbs, and nori.
Directions
- Boil a pot of water and cook the ramen according to the directions on the package.
- Once the noodles are cooked, drain well and place in mixing bowl. Mix in butter until creamy, adding pasta water to loosen if necessary. Mix in mentaiko and citrus. Taste for seasoning and place ramen in serving bowl.
- Top with bread crumbs, bacon, scallion, shiso, and nori.