Miso Ramen With Crispy Pork and Burnt Garlic-Sesame Oil Recipe

Ingredients (18)

• 3 pounds pig trotters, split lengthwise or cut crosswise into 1-inch disks (as your butcher to do this for you)
• 2 pounds chicken backs and carcasses, skin and excess fat removed
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 large onion, skin on, roughly chopped
• 12 garlic cloves
• One 3-inch knob ginger, roughly chopped
• 2 whole leeks, washed and roughly chopped
• 2 dozen scallions, white parts only (reserve greens and light green parts for garnishing finished soup)
• 6 ounces whole mushrooms or mushroom scraps
• 2 pounds boneless skinless pork shoulder, in one chunk
• 1/2 cup red miso paste
• 1/4 cup shoyu
• 1 tablespoon mirin
• Salt, to taste
• 6 to 8 portions fresh ramen noodles
• 1 recipe Burnt Garlic-Sesame-Chili Oil
• 3 to 4 ajitsuke tamago
• Other toppings such as enoki mushrooms, thinly sliced woodear mushrooms, or bamboo shoots as desired