Pork Meatball Ramen
with Spinach, Carrots & Garlic Chili Oil
- Wheat
Our chefs are obsessed with ramen—and no, we don’t mean the microwave variety. We’re talking about that soul-stirring combination of rich broth, tender meat and veggies, and a tangle of chewy noodles. This version stars ginger-infused pork meatballs in a super-flavorful broth with wilted spinach and sweet carrot slices. Each bowl’s topped off with scallion greens and a homemade garlic chili oil. If you weren’t a hopeless ramen-tic yet, this will make you one.
Ingredients
3 ounce
Carrot
6 ounce
Ramen Noodles
2 unit
Pork Ramen Stock Concentrate
2.5 ounce
Spinach
1 clove
Garlic
1 unit
Mushroom Stock Concentrate
10 ounce
Ground Pork
¼ cup
Panko Breadcrumbs
(Contains: Wheat)
2 unit
Scallions
1 thumb
Ginger
1 unit
Chili Pepper
Not included in your delivery
11 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
3 teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Wash and dry produce. Peel and mince or grate garlic. Finely chop chili. Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens; mince whites. Peel and mince ginger until you have 1 TBSP (2 TBSP for 4 servings). Trim, peel, and halve carrot lengthwise; thinly slice crosswise into half-moons.
In a small microwave-safe bowl, combine ¼ of the garlic with 2 TBSP oil (4 TBSP for 4 servings); microwave until fragrant, 30 seconds. Season with salt and add as much chili as you like. Set aside. In a medium bowl, combine pork*, panko, scallion whites, 2 tsp minced ginger (4 tsp for 4), ¾ tsp salt (1½ tsp for 4), and pepper. Form into 1-inch meatballs.
Heat a large drizzle of oil in a medium pot over medium-high heat. Add spinach and cook until wilted, 2-3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a plate. Heat another drizzle of oil in same pot over medium-high heat. Add carrot and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring, until browned and tender, 5-7 minutes. Add another drizzle of oil, remaining garlic, and remaining minced ginger. Cook until fragrant, 30 seconds.
Add 3 cups water (6 cups for 4 servings), pork ramen stock concentrates, and mushroom stock concentrate to pot with carrot; bring to a boil. Meanwhile, add half the noodles (all for 4) to pot with salted water (not the broth!); cook, stirring occasionally, until just tender, 1-2 minutes. Drain and rinse noodles under cold water. Toss with a drizzle of oil.
Once broth is boiling, reduce to a simmer and add meatballs; cook, stirring occasionally, until cooked through, 3-4 minutes. Taste broth and season generously with salt and pepper.
Divide noodles between bowls; top with meatballs, spinach, carrot, and as much broth as you like. (You may have some broth left over—seconds!) Top with scallion greens and as much garlic chili oil as you like. Serve.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the rich, flavorful broth; some found it a bit bland and suggested adding extra seasoning or aromatics 🍲.
- Ease of prep: While some found it quick and simple, others felt the recipe was time-consuming with confusing instructions.
- Suggestions: Consider making smaller meatballs, adding more vegetables, and adjusting spice levels to taste.
- Portions: Generous servings satisfied most, though some wished for more noodles or broth for leftovers.
- Meatballs: Opinions varied widely; some loved them, while others found them bland or dry.
Reviews from our home cooks
Holy moly. This was the best ramen I have ever had. The meatballs were so fast to make. The only thing I suggest is, if you like to drink the broth, go light on the oil, or else the broth is very greasy feeling.
Sooo delicious. Chili garlic oil was nice touch. Could have used more carrot and my meatballs were a little dry but the flavors were amazing
I loved this recipe, and I honestly was expecting just okay ramen but this was amazing. Great broth, great meatballs, everything tasted amazing!
This ramen was amazing! The broth was delicious, and the noodles, vegetables and meatballs, too. We hope you have it on the menu A LOT!
While this recipe isn't hard it should be rated as medium difficulty to be consistent with some of much easier recipes you rate as medium difficulty. There are many steps. It's a tasty recipe; however the pork meatballs are really lackluster and bland as the quality of the ground pork isn't very good. I will try this with my own fresh ingredients and think it will be much better.
I love Ramen and was excited to try to make my own, with a little help from HelloFresh. Overall it was very good, an Americanized version of Ramen. The only thing I would change next time is use half of the carrot. The sweetness and carrot flavor overpowered the broth and took away from the ramen feel. I added more garlic and chili oil to help counter that.
Great flavor and our first "Ramen from Skretch". My twelve year old twins cooked it but it was a bit of prep effort. We loved the fresh ginger taste. A bit too much oil additions in the recipee - else great. Wished some of the spices would be more transparent and easier then to recreate which is one the reasons where are getting Hello Fresh again for a while.
We loved this recipe, but there was a step about microwaving oil, ginger, and chili that was not ever mentioned again...so I just added it in to the final product. Also, I would have loved Bok choy with this instead of spinach. The broth was amazing though.
Pork Ramen is one of our faves. The ramen is so good because you cook it separately from the broth. Avoids getting soggy.
Love the flavor. Wanted more spinach. Was nervous that the meatballs were not cooked fully but they were.
