Leftover Christmas turkey recipe for 2 people, takes only 15 mins; recipe has garlic cloves, ginger, miso paste, goma, shiitake mushrooms, gravy, soy sauce, eggs, ramen noodle, leftover turkey, spring onions, lime, beansprouts and sesame oil.
Turkey ramen
Course: Leftover Christmas turkey
Servings
2
servings
Prep time
15 mins
Ingredients
- Lime: 1 lime, halved
- Soy Sauce: 2 tbsp soy sauce
- Garlic Cloves: 2 garlic cloves
- Sesame Oil: sesame oil, sriracha, chopped coriander, crushed peanuts, crumbled sheets of nori or dried chilli threads (silgochu), to serve (optional)
- Spring Onions: 2 spring onions, finely sliced, white and green parts kept separate
- Ginger: thumb-sized piece ginger, sliced, plus a few slices cut into fine matchsticks to serve
- Beansprouts: 25g ready-to-eat beansprouts
- Eggs: 2 eggs, at room temperature
- Miso Paste: 1 1/2 tbsp white miso paste
- Shiitake Mushrooms: 15g dried shiitake mushrooms
- Gravy: 700g leftover turkey gravy, or good-quality chicken stock
- Goma: 1 tbsp goma (white sesame paste) or tahini
- Ramen Noodle: 150g ramen noodles (egg, rice or udon noodles will all work too)
- Leftover Turkey: 200g leftover turkey meat, shredded
Directions
- Crush the garlic with the back of a big knife, then put it in a saucepan with the ginger, miso, goma, mushrooms, gravy and soy. Bring to a gentle simmer, cover and bubble for 5 mins until the ginger is soft. Strain into a clean pan and discard the aromatics and mushrooms.
- Meanwhile, cook the eggs in a pan of boiling water for 7 mins. Plunge straight into a bowl of cold water and set aside to cool. Cook the noodles for 1 min less than instructed on the pack, so they retain a little bite. Drain and leave in the pan with a little cooking water so they don't stick together. Add the turkey and whites of the spring onions to the broth and gently reheat for 1-2 mins.
- Divide the noodles between two deep bowls, ladle over the broth and top with a squeeze of lime, the beansprouts, ginger matchsticks, green spring onion and a drizzle of sesame oil, plus the other toppings, if you like. Peel and halve the eggs and place these on top too.