Ramen
Shimodate Ramen
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Ramen from Chikusei City (formerly Shimodate City), Ibaraki Prefecture, with a dark soy sauce and chicken-carcass soup topped with chicken chashu.
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- Main ingredients
- curly noodles, chicken carcasses, dark soy sauce, chicken chashu
- History and origin
- Chicken chashu is said to have originated shortly after the war, when relatively inexpensive chicken was used instead of pork, which was expensive. Because a delivery culture developed in this commercial town, low-hydration curly noodles that do not go soggy are said to have been used. Topping it with chicken skin is said to have become common only after the start of the Heisei era.
- How it is eaten
- Curly noodles are put in a rich-tasting, amber soup of dark soy sauce, and it is always topped with chicken chashu.
Sources
- 茨城の自慢のご当地ラーメン | 観光いばらき（茨城県観光物産協会） · Tourism organization · Source checked 2026-10-12
- 下館ラーメン - Wikipedia · Encyclopedia · Source checked 2026-10-12
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