Shoyu Ramen

A clear chintan soup seasoned with soy-based tare, often built from chicken, dashi, or a blend, with aroma from vegetables and dried fish.

Build your clear base on the foundational bone broths side (typically chicken bone broth, or a mix with beef). Here you only season, infuse, and finish the soup you already have.

Ingredients

  • 2.5–3 L foundational chicken bone broth (or blended chicken and beef broth)
  • optional1 small onion, 1 carrot, 1 knob ginger for a short infusion
  • optional20–40 g katsuobushi or niboshi, tied in cheesecloth (15–20 min steep)
  • Shoyu tare (mix separately): soy sauce, mirin, sake, sugar, pinch of salt to taste

Method

  1. Gently warm the foundational broth; skim if anything rises after storage.
  2. optionalSimmer vegetables 20–30 minutes for aroma, or steep dried fish briefly then remove so the soup stays clear.
  3. Strain if you added solids; reduce slightly if you want more intensity.
  4. Season each bowl with tare first, then hot soup; adjust salt and sweetness per bowl.
  5. Finish with aroma oil (scallion or chicken fat) when serving.