Preparation

Legend has it this recipe was born during a particularly brutal organic chemistry exam week at Auburn. A sleep-deprived engineering student combined their care package miso with contraband hot pot ingredients, and culinary magic happened.

The Method to the Madness

1. Fill your mug halfway with hot water from your contraband electric kettle (we won't tell). Add the miso paste and stir until dissolved.
2. Break the ramen block in half and submerge in the miso water. Microwave for 2 minutes at your outlet's microwave.
3. Carefully remove (it's hot!), crack the egg directly into the mug, add frozen corn, and stir vigorously for 30 seconds. The residual heat cooks the egg into silky ribbons.
4. Add half the flavor packet (trust us), butter, and sesame oil. Stir until butter melts.
5. Let it sit for exactly 1 minute while you question your life choices and contemplate the heat transfer properties you just demonstrated.

Pro tip: Save those green onion roots from your last grocery run and keep them in water on your windowsill. Free garnish for life.

This broth is so rich, so deeply savory, your roommate will actually pause their video game to ask what smells so good. And when they do, you simply smile, slurp dramatically, and whisper: "Engineering."