Ramen Eggs (ajitsuke Tamago)

soft boiled marinated eggs for ramen topping

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Recipe video made by Ryan Published on 11/12/2017, viewed by 41342 , 7 Comments

My favorite ramen topping. The trick is getting a perfect soft boiled egg so that the yolk spills out slow as you slurp.

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What you will need

6 eggs

1/4 cup (60 ml) soy sauce

1/4 cup (60 ml) water

1/4 cup (60 ml) rice vinegar

1/4 cup (50 g) brown sugar

How to cook

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 the heat.

I use my old faithful metal steamer basket. Add a little water and crank up the heat.

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for 5 minutes. I'm at sea level, and I keep my eggs chilled. You may need to adjust the time at higher altitude or with room temperature eggs.

When your steamer is at a full boil, add the eggs and cover. Start a timer for 5 minutes. I'm at sea level, and I keep my eggs chilled. You may need to adjust the time at higher altitude or with room temperature eggs.

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runny like in the cover photo. Rinse with cold water and peel gently.

After 5 minutes, the whites of the eggs should be set with the yolks still runny like in the cover photo. Rinse with cold water and peel gently.

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Combine soy, water, vinegar and sugar. Mix well. Poor over eggs.

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d be ready in a couple hours but they can stay in the marinade for a day or 2 before they get too salty.

Add some kind of weight to keep the eggs submerged. Refrigerate. Eggs should be ready in a couple hours but they can stay in the marinade for a day or 2 before they get too salty.

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Rafael Sanches
11/13/2017 ☰
I always wondered how they made this. Thank you so much!
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Blaze Fisher avatar
Blaze Fisher
03/02/2018 ☰
I have never had theses could anyone describe the taste or if they would recomend them?
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Ryan Goodwin
03/02/2018 ☰
I'm biased since I created this recipe, but they are delicious. It's a soft-boiled egg, so just an egg with a typical hard boiled white, but the yolk is still a little runny, like an egg fried over easy. The marinade only really sinks into the surface of the egg, unless you let it sit for a long time. So the surface is a little salty/sour/sweet. The combination is delicious, and particularly good in ramen, as the creamy yolk and acidic pickling liquid mix with the ramen broth.
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