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Recipe Cost Analysis

Tokyo Chintan
Ramen

Scaled for 24 bowls, with a doubled 32-portion soup batch. Negligible pantry items are priced at $2.00 when doubled; dry goods are allocated across soup + tare.

Total Cost

$235.04

all components for 24 bowls

Cost Per Bowl

$9.79

based on 24 servings

Ingredient	Qty	Unit Price	Cost
Bread flour	4000g	$7.50 / 2.27kg	$13.22 4kg of ~1.76 bags
Sodium carbonate	40g	—	$2.00 Doubled 4x batch → $2
Salt	40g	—	$2.00 Doubled 4x batch → $2
Cold water	1600g	—	$2.00 Doubled 4x batch → $2
Corn starch	as needed	—	$2.00 Doubled dusting allowance → $2

Ingredient	Qty	Unit Price	Cost
Stewing hens (~13.2 lb)	~6kg	$5/lb	$66.00 13.2 lb × $5
Chicken feet	2kg (4.4 lb)	$5/lb	$22.00 4.4 lb × $5
Water	12L	—	$0.00 Free
Onion	2	$1	$2.00
Garlic	20 cloves	$2	$2.00
Ginger	2 pieces	$2	$2.00
Kombu	40g	$10/113g bag	$3.54 40/113 of bag — shared w/ tare
Niboshi	40g	$10/60g bag	$6.67 40/60 of bag — shared w/ tare
Katsuobushi	40g	$5/bag	$5.71 40/35 of bag — shared w/ tare

Ingredient	Qty	Unit Price	Cost
Niboshi	40g	$10/60g bag	$13.34 2x previous tare allocation
Kombu	30g	$10/113g bag	$2.66 30/113 of shared bag
Katsuobushi	30g	$5/bag	$4.28 2x previous tare allocation
Shoyu	900ml	$7.29 / 58 fl oz	$6.80 30.4/58 × $7.29
Mirin	100ml	$10 / 16 fl oz	$2.12 3.38 fl oz → 3.38/16 × $10
Sake	80ml	$10 / 16 fl oz	$1.70 2.7 fl oz → 2.7/16 × $10

Ingredient	Qty	Unit Price	Cost
Eggs (36)	36	$10 / 18	$20.00 2 full boxes
Light soy / shoyu	some	—	$2.00 Doubled marinade allowance → $2
Dark soy	some	—	$2.00 Doubled marinade allowance → $2
Mirin	some	—	$2.00 Doubled marinade allowance → $2
Sugar	some	—	$2.00 Doubled marinade allowance → $2
Garlic	2 bulbs	$2	$2.00
Green onion	4–6	$2	$2.00
Ginger	optional	$2	$2.00

Ingredient	Qty	Unit Price	Cost
Bok choy	1 bag	$5/bag	$5.00 Simply stir-fried

Ingredient	Qty	Unit Price	Cost
Chicken breast pack	6 × 2 breasts	$24/pack	$24.00 Half breast per person for 24 portions

Ingredient	Qty	Unit Price	Cost
Nori	1 bag	$10/bag	$10.00 Enough for everyone