Ramen noodles are a fast, easy and inexpensive staple to keep on hand. Sugar snap peas and diced tomatoes add depth, flavor and nutritional value to this perfect weeknight soup.
Ramen Noodle Soup with Sugar Snap Peas
2 Tbs. olive oil
2 shallots, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
6 cups (48 fl. oz./1.5 l.) vegetable or chicken broth
3 oz. (90 g.) dried ramen noodles
1 can (14 1/2 oz./455 g.) diced tomatoes
1 1/2 cups (5 oz./155 g.) sugar snap peas, trimmed and halved diagonally
4 green onions, white and tender green parts, thinly sliced
Salt and freshly ground pepper
Hot sauce, such as Sriracha, for serving
In a large, heavy pot, warm the oil over medium-high heat. Add the shallots and garlic and saute for 3 minutes. Add the broth and bring to a boil. Add the ramen noodles and tomatoes and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Add the sugar snap peas and green onions and cook for 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and serve, passing the hot sauce at the table. Serves 4-6.
8 comments
Geez, people. It says vegetable broth OR chicken broth. What a bunch of quibbling!
How is it insulting to Asians Peter? I’m Asian myself and I don’t find any problem with this recipe. It’s totally normal for a cook to make changes to recipes.
I had made the same mistake once unintentionally about chicken broth in a vegetable soup. I offered it to a vegetarian telling her it was just vegetables. While she was eating it she casually asked me what were the ingredients. When I started telling her, she dropped her spoon and started to cry. I had no idea what was wrong. Then she told me anything with chicken broth in it is NOT vegetarian.Now I get it.Lol
Tomatoes? How can you call this ramen? Just call it spaghetti. This is kind of insulting to asians everywhere.
Hi Angelina and Allison, thanks for bringing this to our attention. As you mentioned, vegetable broth may be substituted for the chicken broth to make this a vegetarian dish. We have updated the recipe accordingly and apologize for the confusion. Hope you enjoy!
This soup is not vegetarian. It calls for chicken broth. Obviously, vegetable broth can be used here, but it is the principle that you’re labeling the recipe as vegetarian and it clearly includes a non-vegetarian ingredient. That said, I think it sounds like a lovely recipe, and I look forward to trying it.
uhmmm, chicken broth would invalidate the vegetarian tag. Good grief…
So use a different broth? It’s easily adaptable.