Over the weekend I started a fun project: quantifying the nutrition facts for all ingredients I have at home (and frequently used), and trying to come up with detailed numbers of Macronutrients for the meals I make often.
First meal I analysed is gourmet shin ramyun. I’m almost addicted to the flavor of that amazing soup and it’s my goto meal when I’m craving for flavor and needed something healthy. I hope this recipt & nutrition helps anyone who cares about being healthy and love Korean ramen.
Ingredients
Some alternatives on the amount of each ingredients are provided later for different diet objectives(bulking, fat-loss etc). The basics are:
- shin ramyun * 1 bag
- extra large eggs * 2
- shiitake mushroom (fresh or dried) * 3
- kombu seaweed * 0.25 piece / 2 inches
- frozen tofu (detailed coming) * 4 pieces
- shrimp (headless & deveined) * 10 (~125g for 31/40 sized shrimps)
Preparation: How to make frozen tofu
I’ve tested using different types of tofu I can find from groceries and this one produce the best texture in my opinion.
Feel free to replace this with whatever kind of tofu is available to you (or your have a preference).
- Cut open the box and drain the water in it
- Cut the tofu into 16 even pieces
- Pack them into a food bag, drain excessive water and keep it in the freezer
A few days later you’ll have this:
It’s spongy and is a great addition to any kind of food with a strong flavored soup.
Steps
- If you use dried shiitake mushroom, soak them in warm water for 10mins
- rinse the kombo seaweed and cut into inch sized pieces
- boil mushroom and seaweek with about 1.5 cup of water for 10mins
- add in the bag of shin ramyun and all other ingredients
- close the lid, let it cook for ~5mins and add a pinch of salt.
Nutrition Facts
- shin ramyun *1 bag: Protein 10g, Carb 74g, Fat 16g, Total Calorie 480
- extra large eggs * 2: Protein 15g, Carb 0g, Fat 12g, Total Calorie 168
- shiitake mushroom * 3 pieces: Protein 1g, Carb 8g, Fat 0g, Total Calorie 36
- kombu seaweed * 0.5 piece: Protein 0g, Carb 1g, Fat 0g, Total Calorie 4
- frozen tofu * 4 pieces: Protein 9g, Carb 1g, Fat 4.5g, Total Calorie 80.5
- shrimp * 10: Protein 25.3g, Carb 0g, Fat 1.5g, Total Calorie 114.7
Summing up the nutrition fact for this meal is: Protein 60.3g Carb 84g, Fat 34g, Total Calorie 883.2.
The majority of the carbs and fats are from the bag of noodle while the protein mostly comes from shrimp. With that in mind here are acouple alternatives on the ingredients:
if you’re shooting for fat loss, use half the noodle cake(from shin ramyun bag) and replace 2 eggs with 5 more shrimps or use one egg only.
if you need more protein and calorie for bulking up, you can simply add more shrimps and you can drizzle in a few drops of sesame oil for the additional unsaturated fat and elevated flavor.
Hope you enjoy this!
