How to make REAL Japanese ramen from scratch

Step 3 Knead that dough.

Once your ingredients are somewhat combined, dump the stuff onto your CLEAN counter and start kneading. It should be a little stiffer than bread dough.
The dough is ready when your hands become fairly clean and the dough does not stick as much anymore (and when your forearms are sore). When it is the right consistency, you should be able to lift your hand and the dough should fall off after about a second.
If it's too sticky, add some flour and knead it in. If it doesn't stick at all, add some water a few DROPS at a time.

Comments

[Chris01125]

how did you mix them together? like, what did you use? a fork? your hands? cuz yours is really yellow and mine always turns a yellowish pale white, and theres alot of left over flour

[oddzerozero]

the color difference might be due to the difference between the kinds of eggs you use. in japan they have fresher higher quality eggs then most people do in the usa. though now a days you can get our hands on free range eggs, it's even better if you can get to a farmer's market and get farm fresh free range. the yolks are a a very bright and rich color, almost orange.

[andross]

Yolk color has little to do with egg freshness. The yolk will actually appear lighter with fresher eggs as the albumen clears with age. The chicken's diet affects color most. If you feed a chicken nothing but white corn, the yolk will be almost white.

[sergeant82d]

I'm sorry, but that's not quite entirely correct. We raise chickens (along with Geese, Ducks, a Turkey, Cows, Pigs and two large gardens... Sheep are next!), and the albumen is the egg *white*... the yolk on our (free range) chickens are much much darker than any commercial egg. And the flavor is vastly better also.

As you say, the diet that a hen eats is what affects the yolk color - and taste! - more than anything. What a roaming hen eats is varied and includes grass, weeds, seeds, bugs, and whatever interests them.

[DGP_Maluco]

Well it depends, if you buy eggs from a supermarket, the eggs turn out more pale, white, if you raise chickens you can be sure they will turn out yellow! Its called the difference between "homemade eggs" and "store eggs" how we call it in our language ;D (Portugal)

[felows]

your suppose to use your hands :] 

[GiveMeTea88]

I watched PowerPuff Girls Z: the Way of the Noodle episode and it made me want Japanese noodles really bad!

[gfogle]

regarding the color question, it's also possible that the camera and the lighting in the picture could affect the color. i have a terrible time with my camera, personally. we made this recipe tonight and it was fantastic, thank you for the recipe!

[Taigatoradora]

I dont use bleached all purpose flour, my mom buys grain flour, I hope thats ok :o

[TheSweetRevenge]

 I've never made noodles before xD

I made ramen with my friend once, but we used store-bought noodles. ^__^' I'm going to try this :D