Total Time: 50-60 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 lb ground pork
• 1 TBS olive oil
• 2-3 large carrots sliced into ribbons  with a mandolin
• 8 oz shiitake mushrooms thinly sliced (if you can’t find them pre-sliced, you can buy them whole and do it with a mandolin)
• 1 small shallot finely diced
• 2 tsp ginger powder
• 1.5 tsp minced garlic
• salt and pepper to taste
• 6 (48oz) cups low sodium chicken broth or stock
• 2 TBS coconut aminos (typically found next to the hot sauce in most grocery stores)
• 1 TBS honey
• 1 – 2 tsp mirin (typically found on the International Aisle in most grocery stores)
• 1 TBS sesame oil (typically found on the International Aisle in most grocery stores)
• 1/2 tsp celery salt
• 2 packages of ramen noodles – throw away the packet
• 4 eggs soft boiled – explained below
• a couple dashes of cayenne pepper
• hot sauce for serving

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What to do:

• Heat olive oil over medium high heat in a dutch oven
• Add meat and cook until brown; chop up the meat into very small pieces
• Use a slotted spoon to remove meat to paper towel lined bowl
• Add diced shallots, ginger and garlic and saute until fragrant
• Add mushrooms and carrots and some salt and pepper to taste; saute for 8-10 min
• Add chicken broth, coconut aminos, honey,  mirin, sesame oil, celery salt and cooked meat
• Bring to a boil, reduce to simmer cover and cook for 15-20 minutes