These eggs are meant to be served with ramen noodles or rice. However, since they’re so tempting to eat by themselves, I will have to decrease the soy sauce the next time I make them.
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My Story
I was looking for a recipe that included hard or soft boiled eggs, so I went online to find one.
Inspiring Recipe
What I settled on was the recipe, Ramen Eggs – Soy Sauce Marinated Eggs, from Drive Me Hungry, a food blog.
First Try
Because this recipe was a flexible one, I had all the ingredients listed, except for one.
Ingredients to Use
For the mirin, I decided to take the advice in the Recipe Notes and substituted it with water, ~ 1/16 teaspoon of sugar, and 3 drops of vinegar.
As for the other options, I chose to use water instead of stock due to availability. Also, since I had dark soy sauce in the cabinet, I included that.
Steps to Prepare
Of the 4 steps listed in the instructions, I made minor adjustments through Step 1. Below is what I ended up doing:
- Before Step 1 – Brought the eggs to room temperature for about 49 minutes prior to cooking, instead of 30 minutes
- Step 1 – Filled half a saucepan with water since a full pot seemed like a lot
- Step 2 – Waited 15 minutes for the eggs to cool down after boiling them, the higher end of the suggested time frame on the recipe, Easy-to-Peel Hard-Boiled Eggs [The Trick!], from Elizabeth Rider’s site
- Step 3 – Marinated the eggs for about 17 1/2 hours before having the first one and a total of 2 days and 3 1/2 hours before serving it to my family
- Step 4 – Served eggs with white rice
Time to Eat
I couldn’t help, but smile before tasting the first egg.
Recipe Rating
Below are the results of the recipe after the first try:
| # of Ingredients | Effort | $ / Serving | Try Again? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 * |  | | |
When I had the first egg the morning after I started marinating the batch, I enjoyed the smooth, sticky yolk. By itself, the egg was salty, but was fine with rice.
The following night, I had another egg for dinner. Just as before, as long as I ate it with rice, it wasn’t overly salty. Also, my sons liked the dish, specifically for the jammy egg yolk.
Second Try
For the second batch, I didn’t want to make any substitutions for the ingredients.
Ingredients to Use
To keep with the ingredients on the recipe, I purchased a bottle of mirin. As for the light soy sauce, I used what was at home, which was different from what I had added to the eggs during the first attempt.
Steps to Prepare
Compared to the first round, I went through a similar process during the second try. Below were the only differences:
- Before Step 1 – Left the eggs on the kitchen counter for 50 minutes to bring them to room temperature prior to cooking
- Step 2 – Cooled the eggs for 10 minutes, the lower range of my reference recipe
- Step 3 – Marinated the eggs for about 3 1/2 hours before having one for dinner and a total of 20 1/2 hours before eating one for lunch the next day
Time to Eat
Since I marinated the second batch of eggs for a shorter amount of time than the first batch, the egg whites weren’t as evenly brown on the outside.
Recipe Rating
Below are the results of the recipe from the second attempt:
| # of Ingredients | Effort | $ / Serving | Try Again? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 * | | | |
Both samples from the second batch of eggs were a little salty, but could be eaten without rice. Maybe this was due to the soy sauce change? Also, I liked the additional flavor from the mirin.
I will definitely be making this simple recipe again, but will try the following next time, so that I can eat the eggs without rice or ramen noodles:
Continuous Improvement
- Decrease the soy sauce by 1 tablespoon
By trying both the substitute for mirin and mirin itself, I learned the following that I would like to share with my younger self:
Lesson for Dumber Self
- Mirin has some nice flavors that a substitute of water, sugar, and vinegar was missing.
What will you do now?
Next Step for You
- Try the recipe, Ramen Eggs – Soy Sauce Marinated Eggs, from Drive Me Hungry, a food blog?
- Share your favorite recipe for ramen eggs?
- Ask a question or leave a note in the Comment box below about this post?
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