Creamy vegan ramen is delicious, flavorful, and healthy. With a creamy miso peanut broth, fragrant garlic and ginger, and a load of vegetables, this plant-based ramen is packed with nutrients that will give you an immunity boost in the colder winter months (or any time of the year!). It’s rich and creamy comfort food at it’s finest. Ready in just 30 minutes, this one pot vegan ramen soup is perfect on busy weeknights or for a work-from-home lunch.
Why You'll Love Creamy Vegan Ramen
- It’s ready in 30 minutes. This creamy vegan ramen isn’t the same as authentic ramen with pork broth that takes 10 plus hours to cook — after all, it’s vegan. But to us, it’s a huge pro (not a con) that this one pot recipe is ready in just 30 minutes. You can literally fit this homemade ramen recipe into a work-from-home healthy lunch break!
- The creamy miso peanut broth. The combination of miso paste and peanut butter is my go-to when it comes to homemade vegan ramen broth. It’s creamy, delicious, and flavorful. I used this same umami combination in my popular Healthy Miso Ramen with Chicken and Vegetarian Peanut Miso Ramen. It’s just that good.
- It’s a healthy and nutritious plant-based meal. Whether you follow a strict vegan diet or are just incorporating more plant-based meals into your meal plan, it’s a great way to add some healthy recipes to your weekly dinner list. Vegan mushroom ramen noodle soup is a great choice for your health, the planet, and your wallet. Loaded with miso, ginger, shiitake mushrooms, and vegetables, this soup is healthy and packed with nutrients.
Ingredients and Substitutions
To make this easy creamy vegan ramen, you will need the following ingredients (full quantities in the recipe card below):
- vegetable oil
- onion
- ginger + garlic
- carrot
- hot water - or substitute with vegetable stock.
- miso paste
- smooth peanut butter
- shiitake mushrooms - or substitute with any other kind of mushrooms such as brown mushrooms or enoki mushrooms.
- ramen noodles - you could also use thicker udon noodles.
- green onions
- ground black pepper (optional, to taste)
This miso ramen recipe is customizable too. You could add some protein in here like tofu, or add meat if not keeping it vegan (try chicken or shrimp).
Ramen Toppings
The ramen toppings might just be my favorite part. You can totally customize this noodle soup just based on the toppings that you add. We added:
- edamame beans
- sweet corn
- carrots
- green onions
- sesame seeds
Some other toppings that you can add instead are:
- soft-boiled egg
- bean sprouts
- seaweed
- bok choy
- fresh cilantro
How to Make the Best Creamy Vegan Ramen
- Sauté aromatics. Heat oil in a 5.5 quart Dutch oven over medium-high heat until the oil is sizzling hot, about 1 minute. Add onion, ginger, and garlic and sauté until tender and fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in carrot and cook until tender, about 2 minutes.
- Add water. Slowly pour in hot water (or stock). Stir occasionally and bring it to a simmer, about 3-4 minutes.
- Add ingredients. Stir in miso paste and peanut butter and mix well until dissolved, about 2 minutes. Add mushrooms and simmer over medium heat until tender, about 3-4 minutes.
- Add noodles. Then, add ramen noodles into the broth and cook according to package instructions until soft, about 2-3 minutes. Make sure to stir the noodles with chopsticks or a fork to prevent them from sticking to each other.
- Season. Stir in green onions and season with black pepper, if desired. Turn off the heat and set the pot to the side.
- Assemble. Use a steel mesh strainer or a slotted spoon to transfer the ramen noodles into serving bowls. Use a soup ladle to slowly add the soup and mushrooms over the noodles. Top with a spoonful of corn, edamame, shredded carrots, and green onions.
- Serve. Sprinkle sesame seeds on top and serve immediately.
Recipe Tips and Tricks
- For more fragrant garlic: If you like your garlic to taste lively rather than subdued, wait to add it until after the carrots. Fresh garlic retains a somewhat spicy kick, so you’ll want to sauté it only slightly.
- Make it gluten free: You can make this gluten-free by using gluten-free ramen noodles and soy sauce.
- How to store: This creamy vegan ramen is best eaten fresh, but it does store surprisingly well. If storing for more than a few hours, it’s best to drain and store the noodles and broth separately so the noodles don’t become too soft.
- How to reheat: Reheat on the stovetop over medium heat. If you stored your noodles separately, wait to add them until the broth is hot, then heat until warmed.
More Noodle Soup Recipes
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- Creamy Vegetarian Peanut Miso Ramen
- Healthy Miso Ramen with Chicken
- Slow Cooker Asian Beef Noodle Soup
- Wonton Soup
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Recipe
Creamy Vegan Ramen
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 3-4 servings
- Diet: Vegan
Description
Creamy vegan ramen is delicious, flavorful, and healthy comfort food, packed with nutrients that will give you an immunity boost. Ready in just 30 minutes!
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 small onion, diced
- 2 teaspoons fresh ginger, grated
- 2 teaspoons garlic, minced
- 1 medium carrot, shredded
- 6 cups hot water (or vegetable stock)
- ¼ cup miso paste
- 2 tablespoons smooth peanut butter
- 2 cups fresh shiitake mushrooms (or brown mushrooms), thinly sliced
- 3 packs dried ramen noodles (about 200 grams)
- 1 tablespoon green onions, finely chopped
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper (optional, to taste)
- For serving:
- ¼ cup shelled edamame beans, cooked
- ¼ cup frozen sweet corn, thawed
- ¼ cup carrot, shredded
- 2 tablespoons green onions, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
Instructions
- Heat oil in a 5.5 quart Dutch oven over medium-high until the oil is sizzling hot, about 1 minute. Add onion, ginger, and garlic and sauté until tender and fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Stir in carrot and cook until tender, about 2 minutes.
- Slowly pour in hot water (or stock). Stir occasionally and bring it to a simmer, about 3-4 minutes.
- Stir in miso paste and peanut butter and mix well until dissolved, about 2 minutes.
- Add mushrooms and simmer over medium heat until tender, about 3-4 minutes
- Add ramen noodles in the miso broth and cook according to package instructions until soft, about 2-3 minutes. Make sure to stir the noodles with chopsticks or a fork so that they don’t stick to each other.
- Stir in green onions and season with black pepper, if desired. Turn off the heat and set the pot to the side.
- Use a steel mesh strainer or a slotted spoon to transfer the ramen noodles into serving bowls. Use a soup ladle to slowly add the soup and mushrooms over the noodles. Top with spoonfuls of corn, edamame, shredded carrots, and green onions.
- Sprinkle sesame seeds on top and serve immediately.
Notes
Make it gluten free: You can make this gluten-free by using gluten-free ramen noodles and soy sauce.
How to store: This creamy vegan ramen is best eaten fresh, but it does store surprisingly well. If storing for more than a few hours, it’s best to drain and store the noodles and broth separately so the noodles don’t become too soft.
How to reheat: Reheat on the stovetop over medium heat. If you stored your noodles separately, wait to add them until the broth is hot, then heat until warmed.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Soup
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Japanese
Willow says
How would you recommend making this without a Dutch oven? If possible anyway, thank you
Tina Manor says
Makes for a beautiful, healthy and tasty meal!! The miso paste and peanut butter gave the soup an earthy flavor with the egg, edamame and veggie toppings - it was spectacular! I will definitely make again. Thanks for sharing!
Tessa says
Delicious!!! Easily adaptable to other veggies you have on hand.
TC says
This soup is delicious! Like a big hug in a bowl and it came together so quickly. I feel like once you make the broth, it can be very versatile with veggies. I used Bok Choy instead of edamame and it was wonderful. I also thought it would be cool to have friends over, make this and have it like a ramen taco party where you put out a bunch of veggies and people can add it to their bowls however they like.