I’m Ruby。 I’m roughly 20 apples tall
ルビーです。背がりんごを20つぐらいです。

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ann-arcana
@ann-arcana

Scratch-made damn near everything but the noodles.

  • Pork neckbones, charred scallion and onion, boiled for 24hrs to make the stock
  • Homemade tare of shoyu, seasoned rice vinegar, shaoxing wine, ginger, garlic, salt, sugar, dashi powder, MSG, pepper, and sansho
  • Roasted pork tenderloin
  • Marinated soft-boiled egg
  • Chopped scallion, Nori, and Sesame oil for garnish

It is so fucking good, and I can't believe I pulled it off. It really does taste like tonkotsu.


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in reply to @ann-arcana's post:

Hah, that actually reminded me that I left out the dashi powder in the tare. XD But you can def make this without it.

For the stock: In a 3-qt. pot, charred 3 shallots and the whole white stalks of 4 scallions in some oil until almost burned, then added about 1.5-1.75lbs pork neck bones and covered fully with water. Bring to a low boil and continue cooking for 12-24hrs. For the first hour or so, skim off any scum or foam that bubbles up on top. Top up with boiling water as needed to keep bones covered. Strain and you're good to go. (Also I kinda half-assed it here, traditionally you should blanch and clean the bones if you want that milky pale color. See Kenji's recipe frex.

For the tare: just throw all those ingredients in a pan and heat it to a simmer for about 10 minutes and strain. Proportions I kinda eyeballed but it was about 1/4cup soy, 1/8th each vinegar and shaoxing, 2 tbsp each sugar and salt, 1 tbsp each garlic and ginger, everything else to taste.