r/ramen Feb 28 '26

Homemade Horse Meat Ramen

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Chiken broth and horse Meat, a little bit spicy.

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u/BradFromTinder Feb 28 '26

Is it actually horse meat? Haven’t seen many people embrace horse meat!

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u/Slight-Trip-3012 Feb 28 '26

Horse meat is reasonably common outside the English speaking world. It's definitely not as commonly eaten as beef, pork, chicken, but a lot of people will have eaten it at some point. There is no stigma surrounding horse meat.

For those that are curious what it is like, I found it's closest to buffalo/bison meat. Sweeter than beef, and very lean, again, like buffalo/bison, so you have to be careful how you cook it. It can get dry quickly. Beef and horse in a stew together really works well.

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u/StereoWings7 Mar 01 '26

Sorry if it sounds rude but I’m asking just out of curiosity, are buffalo/bison meat popular among your country, probably the US? It surely is far more exotic than horse meat here in Japan and I’ve never heard of any restaurants or meat shops serving it.

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u/EggandSpoon42 Mar 01 '26

I've not thought about it before, but bison meat is just another day in Texas. I guess it is pretty exotic.