Cheat's chicken shoyu ramen

• 40 g dried shiitake mushrooms
• boiling water

Chilli chicken

• 20 g sesame oil
• 300 g skinless chicken breast fillet partly frozen, cut into pieces (3cm)
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 cm piece fresh ginger cut into pieces
• 1 spring onion/green onion cut into pieces
• 40 g Korean chilli paste (gochujang)
• 1 tbsp Japanese soy sauce

Shoyu Broth

• 2 cm piece fresh ginger cut into pieces
• 4 garlic cloves
• 10 g sesame oil
• 1800 g boiling water
• 2 tbsp Chicken stock paste (see Tip)
• 24 g dashi powder (approx. 4 sachets)
• 80 g Japanese soy sauce
• 20 g mirin
• 4 eggs at room temperature

Toppings

• 200 g Chinese cabbage (wombok) cut into thin wedges (2 cm)
• 270 g dried ramen noodles
• 125 g fresh bean sprouts
• 4 tbsp spring onions/green onions white part only (green reserved), sliced thinly
• 1 nori sheet cut into thin strips (2 cm)
• sesame oil to drizzle
• shichimi togarashi powder to sprinkle (see Tip)
• 2 tbsp black sesame seeds (optional)