Ramadan recipe: Asian salmon with buldak ramen

For the third instalment of our weekly series, Michelle Lee serves up a spicy Malaysian take on a South Korean dish

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Ramadan recipe: Asian salmon with buldak ramen
A recipe packed with punchy flavours coated in a fiery sauce, perfect for a comforting iftar meal. Photograph courtesy of Michelle Lee

Conversations over how best to make a bowl of instant noodles can lead to hundreds of tips and recommendations. Social media is no different. Anyone searching for buldak on TikTok will find a stream of videos demonstrating myriad ways to make spicy South Korean noodles.

This week, Michelle Lee puts a uniquely Malaysian spin on ramen. Her recipe is packed with punchy flavours coated in a fiery sauce, perfect for a comforting iftar meal.

Asian salmon with buldak ramen

Prep time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes 
Serves: 2

Ingredients

Salmon marinade:
220g salmon fillets
5 cloves crushed garlic
1 tsp grated ginger
1 tbsp hoisin sauce
1 tbsp dark soy sauce 
1 tbsp soy sauce 
1 tbsp sesame oil 

Noodles:
2x packets of original Samyang buldak ramen noodles 
1 tbsp kecap manis/sweet soy sauce
1 tsp sesame oil 
Chopped spring onions 
Kewpie mayonnaise (optional)

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For the third instalment of our weekly series RamadanwithHyphen, @cookwithmi serves up a spicy Malaysian take on a South Korean dish: Asian salmon with buldak ramen. Ingredients Salmon marinade: 220g salmon fillets 5 cloves crushed garlic 1 tsp grated ginger 1 tbsp hoisin sauce 1 tbsp dark soy sauce 1 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp sesame oil Noodles: 2x packets of original Samyang buldak ramen noodles 1 tbsp kecap manis/sweet soy sauce 1 tsp sesame oil Chopped spring onions Kewpie mayonnaise (optional) Method 1. Marinate the salmon with garlic, ginger, hoisin sauce, dark soy sauce, soy sauce and sesame oil and set aside for one hour in the fridge. 2. Boil the buldak noodles for three minutes then drain the cooking water but keep two tablespoons of the starchy water. 3. Pan-fry the salmon for six minutes, flipping halfway through and set aside. 4. To the same pan, add in the remaining salmon marinade, the cooked noodles with the two tablespoons of the cooking water, as much of the buldak sauce as you want, kecap manis and one teaspoon of sesame oil and cook for three minutes, stirring the noodles frequently. 5. Finally, plate up and garnish with the buldak garnish packets, spring onions and Kewpie mayonnaise and dive in. #fyp #ramadan #ramen #buldak #buldaknoodles #asianfood #easyrecipe #noodles #food #recipe #foryoupage #viral

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Method

1. Marinate the salmon with garlic, ginger, hoisin sauce, dark soy sauce, soy sauce and sesame oil and set aside for one hour in the fridge.

2. Boil the buldak noodles for three minutes then drain the cooking water but keep two tablespoons of the starchy water.

3. Pan-fry the salmon for six minutes, flipping halfway through and set aside.

4. To the same pan, add in the remaining salmon marinade, the cooked noodles with the two tablespoons of the cooking water, as much of the buldak sauce as you want, kecap manis and one teaspoon of sesame oil and cook for three minutes, stirring the noodles frequently.

5. Finally, plate up and garnish with the buldak garnish packets, spring onions and Kewpie mayonnaise and dive in.

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