If you love ramen and Southern food, you will absolutely love this Southern shrimp ramen. The combination of fresh ginger, lemongrass, and collard greens adds an unexpected twist to traditional ramen.
Southern Shrimp Ramen
If you love ramen and Southern food, you will absolutely love this Southern shrimp ramen. The combination of fresh ginger, lemongrass, and collard greens adds an unexpected twist to traditional ramen.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons grapeseed oil
- 1/2 yellow onion chopped
- 1 carrot cut into matchsticks
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh ginger
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh lemongrass or lemongrass powder
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh garlic
- 4 to 6 fresh collard green leaves chopped
- 6 cups vegetable broth
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 1/3 cup fish sauce
- 2 packages ramen seasoning packet discarded
- 1 pound raw shrimp peeled and deveined
- 1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat; add onions, carrots, ginger, lemongrass, and garlic, and sauté for 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in chopped collard greens and sauté for 3 to 5 minutes.
- Add vegetable broth, soy sauce and fish sauce. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, and cook for 10 to 12 minutes.
- Add ramen noodles, and cook for 3 minutes. Remove from heat, add shrimp and mushrooms, and cover. Allow the heat from the broth to cook shrimp until pink and opaque, 5 to 7 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
