If you love birria and if you love ramen, then you're going to devour this scrumptious birria ramen recipe. This is a zesty dish that combines birria broth with ramen noodles and creates the most amazing Mexican-Japanese fusion dish.
Use a damp cloth or paper towel to wipe clean the chiles, then cut off the stem and deseed. In a pot place the chiles, the tomatoes, onion, and garlic cloves. Pour enough water to cover them and simmer until chiles are rehydrated and the onion is soft.
Once the chiles have rehydrated, use a slotted spoon to remove them and vegetables from the pot and place into a blender. Add the crushed bay leaf and ½ cup of the boiling broth, blend until you have a perfectly smooth salsa. You can use more boiling broth if needed.
If you have a Vitamix or Ninja blender you don’t need to strain the salsa, but if you don’t and your blender isn’t too powerful then use a colander to strain the salsa into a pot.
Then add the oregano, ground black pepper, allspice, ground cumin, ground clove, canela, 2 teaspoons Maggi Seasoning, the apple cider vinegar, and stir until well combined.
Mix in 2 cups of the vegetable broth and simmer for 20 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning as desired. Do not add more broth yet!
Cook The Mushrooms
While you wait for the salsa to simmer you can cook the shredded oyster mushrooms. In a large enough sauté pan to fit the mushrooms, heat up 2 Tablespoons of oil then add the onions and sauté until soft and translucent.
Then mix in the shredded mushrooms, and drizzle the teaspoon of Maggi seasoning over them and cook until they have softened and are a bit crispy.
Add the cooked mushrooms to the pot and simmer for 15 minutes or until ready to serve. Then taste and adjust seasoning if desired. At this time you can add more broth if you'd like to make a thinner broth.
How to Serve Birria Ramen
Cook the ramen noodles according to the package instructions. Just cook the noodles and don't add the seasoning packs.
To serve the consommé top with finely chopped onion and fresh cilantro, serve with warm corn tortilla and some lime wedges.
Notes
Make sure to also check out my birria tamales, birria pozole and birria tacos recipes.* I use the Great Value ramen packs from Walmart. You can use which ever brand you'd like. Also I divide 2 packs for 4 people but you can also do one full pack per person, if you'd like.