Ok, I know this isn’t the most intellectual post to start off with…But I was just wondering what you all think. How should you prepare your Ramen Noodles?
I personally prefer to boil the water, drop the block of noodles in, break them apart asap. Wait a minute or so for them to soften up. Then drain the water. Pour the package of flavoring over the moist ramen noodles, mix, put into a bowl and enjoy! How about you guys and gals?
I do almost the same thing but instead of putting the flavoring on AFTER the cooking, I put in the water as a soup base of sorts. I don’t drain it either. Good ol ramen.
Here’s the best way:
1)Chop up some carrots and celery and start boiling them.
2)After 3 minutes, drop in the noodles, break 'em up if you want, I don’t.
3)After the noodles are done, drain most of the water.
4)drop in 1 egg and the flavor packet and cook until the egg cooks.
5)EAT.
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This is more of an opinion question than a Great Debate, so I’m moving it to the IMHO forum.
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I usually eat the little flavor packet and throw the noodles away or give the block to my rats
get yourself a hammer, take the package and hammer it till the bits inside are crunched up small, but not too small. Open it up take out the seasoning and poor about a quarter of the seasoning into the bag. Hold the bag closed and shake well. Eat dry. mmmmmm, crunchy!
I always boiled just enough water to soften up the noodles. Then, I drain whatever excess water there is, and fry the noodle along w/the spice pack in either peanut oil or sesame seed oil.
Cheap and tasty!
Same as you, TheNewbie, except I don’t break up the noodles, and I add just a touch of margerine when I mix up the flavour.
Good lord! Refried noodles can’t be good for you.
Ramen noodles are already fried…this is why the calorie and fat counts are so high. It’s the noodles, not the flavoring. If you fry them again…gah!
I used to eat ramen all the time…like, every day. I had to stop when I started trying to lose weight because a single package (which admittedly has two servings in it) took up 1/4 of my daily allowance of fat and calories!
I can’t even imagine what refrying them would do to that count…
jayjay
Boil Water-- Throw in Ramen Noodles (Do not break them up)-- Wait for Ramen Noodles to get just barely soft, throw in egg and stir up to break up egg yolk-- wait for egg to cook-- Once egg is cooked. Drain (You will lose some egg yolk…) Pour back into pan add flavor packet and small ammount of butter. Mix up REALLY good, eat, enjoy
Sorry, thought this was going to be a bad joke thread along the lines of “What’s the hardest part about eating vegetables?”
Man, you guys are fussy about your noodles. I’ve been eating them for 20 years, always the same way - boil water, drop block of noodles in, cook for 3-4 minutes until noodles are nice and soft, turn off the heat, pour in the flavor packet, stir, and eat with a big glass of icy cold milk.
Just like the instructions say to do. I have no food creativity. I’m usually reading a book or something while cooking these things.
Boil noodles. Pour seasoning packet in sibling’s hair.
Drain noodles. Pour boiling water in sibling’s hair. (It washes away the seasoning packet.)
Cover noodles with sesame oil, and add soy sauce to taste.
Devour.
Return to antagonizing sibling.
Bring water to a boil. Add block of noodles.
Wait for noodles to soften somewhat, then stir.
When the three minutes it takes to cook the noodles are up, add seasoning packet, stir, crack an egg into the stuff, stir. When the egg seems to be done cooking, turn off the fire, pour into a bowl, and eat.
I lived on this for one month in college when I was flat broke. It was all I had. I couldn’t eat ramen for three years after that. I’m better now. Wish it wasn’t so high in fat, though. There’s low fat ramen at the health food store, but it doesn’t taste the same.
If I’m feeling really extravagent, I’ll add a box of frozen spinach, or sautee some onions before I start boiling the water, or add a can of diced tomatoes, or leftover meat, or tofu–or any and all of the above in whatever combination strikes my fancy. Mmmm.
whats with the egg?
i always just boil, flavor, and eat- cooked in the same manned as Sam Stone.
why add an egg?
I eat CupNoodles every day, but I hate fighting the long strands. So before I add the boiling water I cut the dry noodle brick with a knife into quarters. Then it eats more like regular noodle soup instead of long spaghetti.
I like to boil them, spoon them out, sprinkle on the flavor pac, add fresh hot water, cuz I don’t care for the starchy mush that the pot water turned into.
Prison style(they call it a “spread”: micro the noodles, with hot cheetos and tuna, voilaaaahhhhhhh!
Kid style: take out flavor pac and crunch up noodles in the package, dump in flavor pac, shake and eat dry - pass the ghetto juice(kool-aid)and it beats cafeteria food any day of the week.
Ah, I remember a time when I was broke and living near skid row in the LA downtown loft district, I lived on ramen for weeks on end. It gets boring eating crap like that all the time, and it is a very unbalanced diet. I used to fix it up by adding vegetables. My loft was near the produce district, on sundays I could go down and fill a big shopping bag with vegetables for about $2. For the next week, I’d chop up some carrots, broccoli, whatever, toss it into the boiling pot, and when the veggies were about 3 minutes from being done, I’d throw in the ramen.
You can do much better than the flavor packets, though. I always throw them out. Use a dash of soy, or miso, or maybe a dash of Bulldog sauce if you can find it.
How I did it when I was in college:
Cook according to directions, toss the flavor packet in the trash (or save for bullion when sick)
Stir into a (pre-cooked) package of creamed chipped beef.
Eat
Add tuna and flavor packet to a pot of water and heat to boiling. Break the noodle block twice, once when opening the package and again where the dry noodles are folded over. Add to boiling water and cook for three minutes, do not drain. Put some of your favorite cheese in a bowl, then pour in Ramen soup.