Homemade Buldak Ramen - Extra Spicy
If you’re a spicy food lover, you’ve likely seen Buldak Ramen exploding in popularity. It’s everywhere now, available in stores and online. Buldak ramen is actually the invention of South Korean company, Samyang Foods, based on the popular Korean street food, Buldak. Buldak translates to “fire chicken”, and is a fiery dish of chicken cooked in a spicy gochujang sauce. Inspired by the popularity of the dish, Samyang created this ramen instant noodles version called “Fire Chicken Stir Fried Noodes”, or “buldak-bokkeum-myeon”. It became a company’s best selling product and gained extra popularity with the online “Fire Noodle Challenge”, where people video themselves eating the spicy noodles for social media. Samyang offers a variety of flavors. This is my own homemade buldak ramen, which makes it extra spicy with lots of Korean gochujang, a fermented Korean chili paste, and gochugaru, Korean chili flakes, among other spicy ingredients. It’s fun to make ramen at home, and I hope you like this version as much as the original brand. Let’s talk about how to make buldak ramen, shall we? Boom! Done! Your buldak ramen noodles are ready to serve. Nice and spicy, isn’t it? Who doesn’t love a big bowl of spicy ramen noodles! Heat the vegetable oil in a large pan to medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook 5-6 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through. Set aside. Swirl in the garlic, ginger, gochujang, chili crisp, soy sauce, chili-garlic sauce, vinegar, and hot sauce to taste. Stir until the ingredients are all mixed through. Bring to a boil. Distribute the noodles and ramen broth to 2 bowls. Spoon on the spicy chicken (buldak), then garnish with half a soft-boiled egg, chopped green onion, sliced hot peppers, chili flakes. Drizzle on chili crisp and serve. That’s it, my friends. I hope you enjoy my homemade ramen noodles recipe. Let me know if you make it. I’d love to hear how it turned out for you, and how spicy you made yours! My homemade version will bring you quite a bit more heat. Got any questions? Ask away! I’m happy to help. If you enjoy this recipe, I hope you’ll leave a comment with some STARS. Also, please share it on social media. Don’t forget to tag us at #ChiliPepperMadness. I’ll be sure to share! Thanks! — Mike H.
