Homemade Healthy Ramen

Ingredients:
3 garlic cloves grated
1 tbsp. plus 1 tsp.  sesame oil
Salt
1 lb. ground pork
2 medium carrots julienned or chopped
4 scallions, thinly chopped (keep greens separate
1 tbsp. peeled and grated fresh ginger
2 tsp. chili garlic sauce
​1/4 cup miso paste
8 cups low sodium chicken broth
10 oz. dried ramen, soba, or udon noodles

Directions:

1. In large Dutch oven heat sesame oil over medium heat.  Add the pork and 1/2 tsp salt and black pepper.  Cook, stirring frequently breaking up the meat until cooked through.  About 2-3 minutes.
2. Transfer pork to plate.  Add remaining teaspoon sesame oil to pot and add carrots, scallion whites, half the scallion greens, and 1/8 tsp. salt.  Cook over medium heat until tender.
3. Add the ginger, chili garlic sauce, grated garlic, and miso paste.  Cook for 30 seconds stirring constantly.
4. Stir in pork and 1/2 cup chicken broth, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pot.  Then add remaining chicken broth.  Increase heat to high and bring to a boil.  Skim any foam that accumulates at the top.
5. While soup boils, cook noodles according to package. 
6. Once noodles are cooked, drain.  Pour soup base into bowls and distribute noodles evenly amoungst the bowls.  Garnish with remaining scallion greens. 
7. Drizzle more chili garlic sauce and/oil more sesame oil to top if wanting any extra kick.