The Instant Noodle Thread

[SVsick50]

Share recipes, ideas and best ones to buy. Has to be instant noodles.

My jam: Shin Ramyun

Thin cuts of beef
Sesame oil
1 egg
Cilantro

Boil noodles and egg together. Don’t over cook the noodles.

Sprinkle sesame oil over thin beef cuts in the bottom of the serving bowl, add the veggie pack and pour the boiling water (with noodles and cooked egg) over the beef. Add the flavor pack, and top with cilantro.

Make sure the noodles aren’t over cooked because you want the boiled water to cook the thin beef.

Go!

 

[Blankpage]

Not sure I've ever had instant noodles. Are the veggie and flavor packs included?
Sounds like spread even I could manage.

 

[mikev]

You're welcome.


youtu.be/JsB57FtaxXQ

 

[gixxerjeff]

My instant noodle experience evolved exponentially once I discovered the little foil packet had flavor in it. I haven't gone any farther than that.
#quitwhileyou'reahead

 

[cfives]

I have never tried any of the fancy/premium instant noodle brands, but do regularily make a pretty tasty meal from the sub 20 cents/package ones.

Recipe for single serving, scalable for larger meals.

Half a pack of Top Ramen. Throw away the provided salt packet, instead season with Braggs liquid amino acids, hot cock srirachi sauce, and a Miso base ("Miso and Easy" is my current favorite). 2.5-3 ounces of extra firm tofu, and plenty of fresh and/or frozen veggies. I usually put in fresh crimping mushrooms, and frozen veggies from a "Fiesta Blend" that has broccoli, carrots, various beans, and peppers. Heat in water via stovetop or microwave, and don't overcook the noodles, even though they are not the headliners of the dish.

 

[Free_Bird]

Finishing off a case Paldo Namja Ramen.
Next level add some cooked shrimp, won tongs or potstickers.

 

[mean dad]

I used to run water over the uncooked square of noodles and sprinkle on the flavor packet (or other seasonings) and eat it crunchy.

 

[Melissa]

Just reading the title of this thread makes me thirty! I find that there is too much salt in these packages.

 

[Butch]

We have many packages of the black, as the authorities here say it is the shit.

Chef also recomends this https://www.eatyourkimchi.com/korean-ramen/
at "Eat Your Kimchi"...

 

[Butch]

Chef says:
Nona Lim fresh noodles are on a whole nother level. Three minutes, not instant. Many yummy products actually. Available from Whole Paycheck, apparantly. And they deliver.

I'm hungry! Find food!

 

[gixxerjeff]

Bat meat.
I hear they are tasty with bat meat.

 

[East Bay Mike]

Chef says:
Nona Lim fresh noodles are on a whole nother level. Three minutes, not instant. Many yummy products actually. Available from Whole Paycheck, apparantly. And they deliver.

I'm hungry! Find food!

Fresh noodles are way better. I get mine at Ranch Market or H Mart.

Lots of good instant ramen noodles though (flavoring is what we’re looking for), I’ll get names later.

 

[Guoseph]

Share recipes, ideas and best ones to buy. Has to be instant noodles.

My jam: Shin Ramyun

Thin cuts of beef
Sesame oil
1 egg
Cilantro

Boil noodles and egg together. Don’t over cook the noodles.

Sprinkle sesame oil over thin beef cuts in the bottom of the serving bowl, add the veggie pack and pour the boiling water (with noodles and cooked egg) over the beef. Add the flavor pack, and top with cilantro.

Make sure the noodles aren’t over cooked because you want the boiled water to cook the thin beef.

Go!

If you want your noodles to not be soggy, use chopsticks or tongs to lift out of pot while cooking and use fan or blow on them to cool them down. Do this a couple times and the noodle texture firms up nicely.

I like to add leafy greens of some sort to mine, anything from Ranch 99 works, balances out the diet somewhat from just flour and salt.

Spam also goes really well, boiling it in the water first makes it a lot less salty, use less flavor packet to balance out the additional salt in the broth from Spam. Or fry up some slices in a pan and make it a topping.

Separate your egg white and egg yolk. Put egg whites into the boiling soup with the noodles. Save the yolk until you put everything in your bowl, then top the noodles with the egg yolk and gently stir in.

Dried Shiitake mushrooms go well in the broth and adds a lot of flavor.

If you are having Shabu shabu or any kind of hotpot, throwing in instant noodles at the end complete the meal

 

[squidworth]

Treat yourself! Michelin Star ramen!
https://www.amazon.com/Nissin-Instant-Ramen-Nakiryu-Tantanmen/dp/B07C7LFG8R?th=1

 

[East Bay Mike]

The Shin Ramyun Black is pretty damn good.

Others on the same level IMO.

Mama pork

Yeul Ramen super spicy

 

[SVsick50]

These are all good suggestions peeps, except for bat. I choose not to eat bat meat.

"bat meat" sounds like something else tho; "meat bat"

 

[CDONA]

Batchelor pad of 4 guys, early 70's, cheap beer Lucky Lager, cracked and color farmer discount eggs @ $.50 doz, hot dogs, and hang chow (our term) for top ramen.

 

[phil turdwater]

i would die without noodles! sweet earth fakon which is much like pastrami is great swap in now tha bat and pangolin is off markets :thumbup

 

[HappyHighwayman]

The OP "Black" ones I have as well. If you add the whole spice packet it is quite picante.

 

[250mL]

A fun article:
https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2019-11-05/instant-ramen-power-rankings-lucas-peterson