tonkotsu
Noun
Meaning
tonkotsu (uncountable)
A Japanese broth made from pork marrow, typically served with ramen.
Examples
It consists of thick, straight-ish noodles served in a soy flavored pork broth similar to tonkotsu.
Jinya Ramen Bar serves tonkotsu ramen in the United States and Canada.
It has a rich, milky, pork-bone tonkotsu broth and rather thin, non-curly and resilient noodles.
If you're not into that, no worries, the menu is full of all the standard ramen options as well, and if you like your ramen spicy, they even have a tonkotsu broth made with habanero sauce.
As far as the broth, Karai’s traditional tonkotsu broth is made daily from pork bones that are simmered for 24 to 48 hours.
Ten’s tonkotsu is not the hearty style from Hakata, with broth that’s opaque from boiling pork bones for hours, collagen and marrow turning it milky-creamy.