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History
Heiwa Shokudo is a Japanese restaurant at 87 North Lexington Avenue downtown. Its site lists dinner from 4:30pm to 9pm Tuesday to Saturday and lunch Wednesday to Saturday, and links to its menu and online ordering.
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Common allergens: Gluten, Soy, Egg
Make it at home
Ingredients
- 2 kg pork bones (neck, trotter, knuckle mix)
- 1 large onion, halved
- 1 head garlic, halved across the equator
- 5 cm piece ginger, sliced
- 60ml soy sauce, plus more to taste
- 2 tbsp mirin
- 1 tbsp white miso
- 400g fresh ramen noodles
- 4 soft-boiled eggs, marinated overnight in soy-mirin
- 200g chashu pork belly, sliced thin
- Sliced scallions, nori sheets, sesame oil to serve
Method
- Cover the pork bones with cold water in a large stockpot, bring to a hard boil for 10 minutes, then drain and rinse the bones and pot.
- Return the bones to the pot with onion, garlic, ginger and 4 litres fresh water. Bring to a hard boil, then maintain a rolling simmer for 10 to 12 hours, topping up water as it reduces.
- Strain through a fine sieve; you should have a milky-white broth. Reduce further if needed for body.
- Whisk the soy sauce, mirin and miso into the hot broth. Taste and adjust salt.
- Bring a separate pot of water to a hard boil for the noodles. Cook ramen 1 to 2 minutes until just tender, drain and divide between bowls.
- Ladle the hot broth over the noodles. Top each bowl with a halved soft-boiled egg, two slices of chashu pork belly, sliced scallions, a sheet of nori and a few drops of sesame oil.
Tip from the editors. The hard-boil-then-rinse step on the bones is what makes the broth milky-white instead of murky. Skipping it is the most-common home-cook ramen failure.
Where to eat tonkotsu ramen (heiwa shokudo)
Tonkotsu ramen (Heiwa Shokudo) in Asheville
Heiwa Shokudo ★ 4.3
Heiwa Shokudo is a traditional Japanese restaurant at 87 N Lexington Ave in Asheville, run by a Japanese owner, with dine in and take out service.
OrderThe popular vegan rolls: Sweetie Pie, Bibimpap, and Spicy Garlic Tofu or Eggplant.
TipReservations are taken for parties of five and over, and customer parking is next to the restaurant.
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