Bamboo Shoots for Ramen (Menma)

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 35mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    8
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    26
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A popular Japanese condiment, menma, or bamboo shoots, is used for topping noodle soups like ramen in Japan. Menma is traditionally dried and fermented, but here tinned bamboo is used to speed up the process so your bamboo shoots can be used on the day of making. Flavoured with sake, ginger, garlic, and katsuobushi (dried, smoked fish flakes), these are a must for your next ramen bowl. Menma can be served immediately or refrigerated up to one week.

recipe updated Dec 16, 2024

Ingredients

  • Bamboo shoot icon
    Bamboo shoot
    400 g
  • Garlic clove icon
    Garlic clove
    2
  • Ginger icon
    Ginger
    10 g
  • Water icon
    Water
    800 g
  • Katsuobushi icon
    Katsuobushi
    3 g
  • Rice wine vinegar icon
    Rice wine vinegar
    30 ml
  • Sake icon
    Sake
    60 ml
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    ½ teaspoon

Tools

  • kCook icon Cooking Chef XL
  • kCook icon Cooking chef xl bowl
  • kCook icon Medium bowl

Step preview

  1. Attach the Stir Tool
  2. Add water to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  3. Lift the Cooking Chef head and fit the heat shield
  4. Heat with splashguard fitted until hot - 3 min, 105°C, Speed OFF
  5. Then add katsuobushi to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  6. Leave - 10 min
  7. Strain content of Cooking Chef XL Bowl into medium bowl through a sieve
  8. Discard the Katsuobushi
  9. Clean Cooking Chef bowl
  10. Attach the Stir Tool
  11. Transfer content of medium bowl to Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  12. Add bamboo shoot, rice wine vinegar, sake, garlic clove, ginger and salt to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  13. Heat with splashguard fitted until boiling - 3 min, 110°C, Stir 2
  14. Cook with splashguard fitted until fragrant - 10 min, 98°C, Stir 2
  15. Let cool until room temperature - 1 hr
  16. Transfer content of Cooking Chef XL Bowl to medium bowl
  17. Refrigerate until needed
  18. Serve
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