Kinalas Recipe: Food Writer Angelo Comsti Makes Bicol's Local Beef Ramen | Cooking With • Pepper.ph

fresh egg noodles

🥗Healthier: rice noodles

💰Cheaper: instant noodles

Rice noodles are gluten-free and lighter.

beef shank

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is leaner and more affordable.

fish sauce

🥗Healthier: soy sauce

💰Cheaper: salt

Soy sauce offers umami without fish allergens.

calamansi

🥗Healthier: lime

💰Cheaper: lemon

Lime provides a similar tartness.

Put beef shank in a pot and cover with water.

Boil to remove impurities, then drain.

Cover beef shank again with water and add salt, whole black peppercorns, and chopped onion.

Boil for around 90 minutes to 2 hours until tender.

Chop the meat into pieces.

Add fresh egg noodles to the broth to cook.

Toast flour until light brown and fragrant, then transfer to a bowl.

Add a cup of broth, soy sauce, and fish sauce to the toasted flour and let it simmer.

Whisk the mixture until it thickens.

Plate the dish by adding gravy to the bottom of the bowl, followed by noodles, pieces of meat (including bone marrow), broth, and garnish with green onions and hard-boiled eggs.

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