Ajitsuke Tamago (Ramen Egg)

 

I was scrolling through my IG feed and found someone with overcooked IP ramen eggs and someone in the comments recommended Just One Cookbook for the perfect 7 minute Ramen Egg. These are so good I made it twice in the same week.

Let me put the tips up front:

Keep the eggs in the refrigerator while the pot of water starts boiling.

To get the egg yolk in the center, when you put the eggs in the boiling water bath, gently roll the eggs with a chopstick for the first 3 minutes.

Only cook the amount of eggs you need and use the ratio of 1:1 shoyu and mirin plus water to make just enough sauce, but not too much as you cannot reuse the sauce.

Use a timer for everything.

Ingredients:

• 2 large eggs (medium eggs were on sale so I used 3 medium eggs)
• Seasoning:
• 2 T shoyu
• 2 T mirin
• 3-4 T water (taste after 3 T, then add more if you need to )

Directions:

1. Put a resealable plastic bag in a cylinder container so the bag stands up with support. Mix the sauce and let it sit. 
2. In a medium pot, add enough water so that the eggs will have about an inch of water above them. Let it bubble boil. 
3. When boiling, take out the eggs from the refrigerator, and using a small mesh strainer or ladle,  gently put eggs into the bath so they do not crack. Put the timer on 7 and use the chopstick to gently roll the eggs around (3 minutes). Turn it down so it simmers with smaller bubbles rather than bouncing around in the water. 
4. While the eggs are bathing, get a bowl ready with ice. Once the timer goes off, immediately scoop out the egg and put it on the ice. Fill the bowl with water and let the ice bath stop the egg from cooking.
5. Let the eggs soak for 3 minutes then gently peel the eggs. The eggs will be a little soft so it will be like peeling very fresh eggs. Just be patient. I tend to dip the egg in the ice water to brush off the little pieces of shell that stick on the outside. 
6. Put the peeled eggs in the sauce, seal the bag and marinate overnight and up to 3 days in the refrigerator.  When you are ready to use it, just cut it in half, put it in ramen or just eat it in your bento box. Since these are soft boiled, these should be eaten within 4 days max.