Bacon & Crispy Fried Onion Ramen

🥘 Ingredients

• bacon
  8 oz
• chicken stock concentrate
  2 unit
• chili flakes
  2 tsp
• cooking oil
• crispy fried onions
  2 unit
• garlic (minced or grated)
  4 clove
• paper towels
• pepper
• pork ramen stock concentrate
  4 unit
• ramen noodles
  9 oz
• salt
• scallions (trimmed)
  4 unit
• spinach
  10 oz
• water (7 cups for 4 servings)
  3.5 c

🍳 Cookware

• large pot
• medium pan
• large soup bowls

1. 

   1

   Wash and dry produce. Peel and mince or grate garlic . Trim scallions ; cut whites into 1-inch pieces and thinly slice greens.

   garlic: 4 clove (minced or grated), scallions: 4 unit (trimmed)
2. 

   2

   Heat a drizzle of cooking oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add garlic; cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, ⏱️ 30 seconds to ⏱️ 60 seconds . Add water , pork ramen stock concentrate , and chicken stock concentrate . Cover and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low. (You'll add more to the pot in Step 5.)

   cooking oil, water: 3.5 c (7 cups for 4 servings), pork ramen stock concentrate: 4 unit, chicken stock concentrate: 2 unit
3. 

   3

   Meanwhile, heat a medium pan (dry) over medium-high heat. Add bacon ; cook, turning occasionally and adjusting heat if browning too quickly, until crispy, ⏱️ 6 minutes to ⏱️ 10 minutes . TIP: If your pan seems dry, add a drizzle of oil. Turn off heat; transfer to a plate lined with paper towels . Wipe out pan. Once bacon is cool enough to handle, roughly chop.

   bacon: 8 oz, paper towels
4. 

   4

   Heat a drizzle of oil in pan used for bacon over medium-high heat. Add scallion whites and spinach . Cook, stirring occasionally, until scallions are browned and spinach is wilted, ⏱️ 2 minutes to ⏱️ 3 minutes . (For 4 servings, you may need to cook spinach in batches.)

   spinach: 10 oz
5. 

   5

   Meanwhile, add ramen noodles to pot with broth. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until noodles are tender, ⏱️ 2 minutes . Taste and season with salt and pepper if desired.

   ramen noodles: 9 oz, salt, pepper
6. 

   6

   Divide ramen between large soup bowls . Top with bacon, spinach, and scallion greens. Sprinkle with as many chili flakes as you like and a few crispy fried onions . (TIP: Don't add all the crispy onions to the ramen just yet! Add them as you eat to keep them crispy.) Serve. Bacon is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 145 degrees.

   chili flakes: 2 tsp, crispy fried onions: 2 unit