Ramen Noodles!
 

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Hey its cheap, and its everyones favorite instant noodle. Anyone have any good Ramen recipes, add any ingredients etc? I've pretty much stuck with the regular noodles + flavor pack, but adding mushrooms to chicken flavored Ramen is pretty good!

Please share your Ramen experiences :)

I have put egg in ramen before... tastes pretty good. Also I have chopped up left over steak or chicken and added it. I have always wondered how they can sell ramen for like 6 cents a pack... seems like it would more than that to make.....

Cook up a couple packs of noodles without the flavor packs, drain, and pur spaghetti sauce over them

or: Prepare ramen, drain, add flavor packet (to taste). Then put the noodles between two slices of bread to make a noodle sandwich.

Add ramen noodles to any soup to make it go farther.

Serve Chili over ramen noodles.

Etc.

I have made way to many improvised ramen noodle meals.

cajun chicken and roasted chicken and hot chilli , any combo of the 3 is yummy.
the chili isnt that spicy

That cheap? It sold for more than that 25 years ago, when I was in college. You don't think ..... Soyalent Green?

I cook the shit by putting 2 packs in teh pot, adding enough water until the noodles are barely covered, then cooking it on high until it starts to overboil. Drain excess water, dump the shit in a big bowl, then add the spice packs. Or, just crush the noodles up in the pack, open it, add the spice, shake, and eat.

Ramen is the shizit

Wow never knew anyone besides my husband actually ate the stuff!!!

It's a staple. mydragonfido.

Ramen is the stuff man. I probably eat 2-3 Ramen meals a week.

Try mixing two packs up. The different seasonings can be interesting. My personal favourite is mixing a Picante Chicken with a Shrimp. Then you've got a cajun shrimp sort of thing. Oriental and Beef is good too. Mix an match, it's a lot of fun.

along with the chili version up there, i like to sometimes use the nigishi brand ramen and mix some Salsa on top of it... it sounds bad, but tastes ooh so good....
i once found 200 recipies for ramen online... dont know what happened to it.. maybe i'll do a google for it...

I like to take a packet of picante chicken and add; cubed x-firm tofu, bean sprouts, thin sliced green onion, water chesnuts, cubed portabella and baby corn(cut in half inch sections). People won't look at ramen noodles the same.

Ramen has got to be the best vegan food ever invented. When I make em, I add soy sauce while it boils and then add bread crubs to add some more texture. Great stuff.

I actually just like boiling water and adding the seasoning packet and eating it as a soup. Especially with the picante seasoning....

just crack an egg and drop in when boiling...

this prolly sounds WAY nasty.... At the asian market, you can get this bag of frozen mixed seafood. It has squid, shrimp, mussels and clams - I add them to Korean spicy seafood ramen. It is SO good, there's loads of it, and both are dirt cheap.

I am one of those boil then just so long and then drain them types - I can't stand it when they are boiled to death, all slimy and lifeless. And I've never seen anyone else crumble them in the package, add the sauce mix, and eat them dry - I thought I was the only one!!!

Egg in the ramen is always good

I also like to add foreman grilled chicken and cook the noodles halfway before stir frying them in my wok.

good for when yyou have leftover chinese but no rice to go with it as well.

Royal Ramen
 

A handful of fresh spinach tossed in with the boiling water has gotten me through many a jobless month

mm mmmm mmmmmmm

I kill myself with this stuff: 1 cup a day!! (unless I'm poor -_- )

Spicey Egg and Seaweed Ramen Recipe:

Crack an egg two minutes into cooking your noodles and stir (much like how you would make hot and sour soup).

Add a packet of dehydrated seaweed (the spicy kind pre-packaged from Asian markets). Stir every so often.

(Some people might want to throw in the seaweed before the egg, since the egg cooks faster, but it works all the same.)

Bon appetite!

:) Some of my friends live off ramen noodles, very fatty, but oh so good. I usually drain the water and add a lil cheese.

my son has eaten this practically every day for lunch since he was about 7 months old (he's almost 2) Boil it up with or without spices, drain and add butter and a dash of salt, then sprinkle with parmesan cheese when cool(otherwise cheese gets all melty and gooey) Bon appetit

When I'm not lazy I will add peas to the regular mix, goes real well together.

Korean Spicy Ramen.

I swear by this brand called Nong Shim. Incredible stuff. I have it with eggs, shrimp, squid, and assorted vegetables.

This stuff is really bad for health though..heh... full of sodium and MSG. baaad.... and fattening too.. but who cares..

I lived off that stuff for a week when my parents went on a trip, I was all alone.

Instant Ramen is the best invention ever, and don't you ever doubt it.

I add Lea & Perrins Worchestershire sauce to the water until dark brown and then add my Sapporo Ichiban beef soup to it. mmmmmmmmmmmmm...ichiban.....

I lived on chiken flavored ramen with broccoli for about five years. Still like it too.

Ramen is the true college staple. My friends loved me because I strifry the cooked noodles with eggs, chicken (if available), onions/green onions, the flavor packets or my own spice combinations, and a sauce of soy/sesame/chili oil/mirin. And GARLIC! I mean, come on, you gotta have plenty of fresh garlic.

If your on the go, you can eat it without cooking it (its already cooked in the package as it comes) and if you spread some peanut butter on it its pretty damd good. for some reason it creeps people out though.

I gotta hand it to the Master (Alton Brown), and his broccoli casserole recipe:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/reci..._21191,00.html

It's awesome, but I leave out one of the eggs, and put a little less bleu cheese.

Hell, I just cook it up, add a little butter and some parmesan cheese.

Nothing like it.

I can't stand the MSG-laden flavor packs that come with ramen, but love the noodles. I'm all for cooking them in a canned broth from the local health food store.

That my friend is the only way to prepare the noodle. and oh yeah, while you are boiling the noodles add broccoli and spinach, then when it is done and you have mixed up the spice packets throw on a healthy dallop of cottage cheese. yummy :thumbsup:

googled.

+ + + LiNKY + + +

wow, that was a lot of ramen recipes.

my wife makes broccoli slaw with an asian dressing that is just not the same without oriental flavor ramen crushed up (raw) & the packet dumped in.

Now I love ramen but eating two packs of oriental ramen with hot sauce and drinking mad dog late at night = a very bad morning!

So share your ramen experiences, eh?

We went on a backpacking trip that was going to be a five day trip...10 miles from the trailhead on day two, one of our campers got violently ill, and our camp site was infested by weird little bugs, and we decided to end the trip early. We decided there was no point in carrying back the food we'd brought for the last three days, so we sorted out what we needed for the trip home and put the rest of the food in a pile.

It just so happened that there were like six ramen packages in the pile...well, you just don't let that stuff go to waste. So we cracked them open (between the three of us we ate all six of them that night) and ate them like a biscuit...we just sprinkled all of the flavor packet on the noodle hunk and ate it. Still have good flavor memories from it, very salty, I've done it at home when I've been lazy a few times.

We ate so much junk that night...a can of cobbler mix, we started seeing who could eat the most gatorade powder without swigging water....man was I young and stupid....

damn you all! I'm consumed by the insatiable need to cook up some ramen! luckily I buy it by the box.....

ok made my ramen! yummy!

I have seafood flavour .. I don't use the oil packet included, just the seasoning. I added an egg for the last 30 seconds, some shoyu (japanese soy sauce), green onion, and sprinkled some nori (seaweed) and sesame rice flavouring into it. very nice!

I was at the bookstore yesterday and saw a Ramen noodle cook book. Looked pretty cool!!!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...570431-9444707

Here is the link to the book at Amazon, I flipped through, looks pretty cool!!

<--ehem...ya know i love the stuff. Havent gotten to creative yet tho, i think i may cop a few of these suggestions

i've always added a spoonfull of curry power to my ramen. It's my favorite thing to add to it. I'll also add parmeson cheese or an egg to it.

mmmm mmm good.

One word: Cheese! I love it melted into the broth. Makes it thicker, and adds a load of flavor.

Prison gumbo.....
Ramen noodles
Summer sausage
Chili
Rice
Doritos to top it off with

Basically just cook everything and then mix it together then top it off with said nacho cheese chips. Tha bomb!

All I ask is please, please for the love of god don't mix them with egg and deepfry balls of them. I figured, ramen is good, everything is better deepfried so why not ramen? I don't know why but it is sooooooooooooooooooo bad.

Ok, this is what I do for Ramen when I don't eat it out of a bowl.

1: Scramble 2 eggs.
2: Put all the crap in the bag in the pot of water and start boiling. Putting in the flavoring before you start boiling might infuse the flavor in the noodles rather than just having flavor in the broth.
3: Drain the water.
4: Get a frying pan and put oil in it so it doesn't stick.
5: Put the noodles in there, followed shortly by the eggs. Be sure to cover all the noodles with the egg. If you miss, start mixing it up in the pan.
6: Wait until one side looks crispy (but not burnt) and then flip it over.
7: Wait some more.
8: Put onto your plate, grab fork+knife.
9: Enjoy.

It should end up circular and flat. I call it "noodle pizza" because of the shape.
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You can also add Miso and a very tiny bit of ginger powder to Chicken Flavored Ramen. Is niiice.

Be overwhelmed by the Ramen Recipe Database.
http://mattfischer.com/ramen/recipe.html
Look for Slam Ramen. heh.

This might sound weird, but eating ramen raw is pretty good. Just break a piece off, (after you sprinkle the spice on the brick) and just chow down. Its a little tough, but it tastes super good!

I've taken to adding canned smoked fish (makerel) to my Nom Shim ramen and Udon bowls along with the spices, oil packet, and chili flakes.. It's a really good meal for 2 and it only osts about 3 bucks here.

in school we used to crush it up into small pieces and powder, add just a little water to make it pasty and nuke it to make a thick consistency soup

I couldn't find the lyrics anywhere online, but there's a great song about Ramen noodles by the a cappella group The Bobs called "Bring to Boil". My favorite line refers to "magic flavor dust".

MMMMMMMMMMMM Ramen! I live in the dorms here at school, and I always steal vegetables from the cafeteria to feed those midnight, midday, midmorning cravings. I like to add broccoli, cauliflower, shredded carrot, mushrooms, mung bean sprouts, and egg. Also, check out this link:
http://www.badicalextreme.com/magic/...men/index.html
Badical!

guess im just a naturalist ... i love ramen just the way it is ... i need to try some of this stuff ... sounds interesting :)

Ramen noodles are the basis for all bachelor civilization.

Yeah man... I live off of Ramen noodles and Easy Mac. College staples--cant live without em.

Curry powder works well, too.

ramen is a gift from the gods and the gods charge about 8cents a pack. =) sometimes i like to break them up before i cook them then drain the extra water out and serve them in a salad with some diced chicken or steak

ok CHEESE

cook the noodles with as much water as u want!

then drain leaving only about a cup of water left!

ADD Seasoning...

Drain remaining water leaving only 1/4 cup of water.

Place in bowl. unwrap craft single cheese pack (1)
Mix while still hot enough to melt cheeeeeeessssseeee MMMM so good!

Of course this is ramen noodles..... cup 1/2 cup 1/4 cup its not since i dont mesure no water LOL
I guess!!! LOL

When I heat up ramen, I drain it and add several different combinations of sauces. Mustard by itself, mustard and Worsterchire sauce, mustard and soy sauce, mustard and soy sauce and Worsterchire sauce, mustard and barbeque sauce, barbeque sauce by itself, and any other crazy condiments that taste good. So far I've never gotten any bad tasting mixes.

I like to cook the noodles in a pan, wait till all of the water has evaporated, put a little oil in and then put any flavoring in. The noodles get crunchy but only put half a packet of flavor or it may be to strong.

the trick with ramen is to not let them soak, there is some sort of of oil that is coated on the noodles; some recipies call for soaking noodles before using them, when i tried with ramen they turned out...well they were pretty bad :(

Easy melt cheese mixed with some home made chile over the ramen noodles is what i usually do

My favorite way to cook ramen is to cook the noodles, then pan fry them in some peanut oil and/or Thai peanut sauce. Then toss in whatever sounds good to you: protien of some sort, veggies, etc. Nummy!

whipped eggs. mushrooms. Hell, anything can be added to ramen. any kind of spice will work, any other canned goods , shit, get really drunk and stoned. Then try making some ramen. You'll be surprised how good you can make the shit taste.

I had the flu once and thought I would eat some noodles. Needless to say I threw the noodles up all over the place and can't think about eating those things without getting sick again.

Crack an egg in about 30seconds before it's done. It's really good and adds protein.

Just had some chix ramen with sriracha in it. F'in tasty.

spam or vienna sausages to it wil taste yummy

I'm really lazy... cup chicken flavor ramen all the way! Occaisionally with some garlic, because garlic is friggin awesome. I do feel the distinct need to experiment now, though...

add a pack to liptons chicken noodle soup...

for more noodley goodness!

this one is real easy to make and tastes real good.

Open 2 packages of Oriental Flavor Top Ramen and remove flavor packets. Heat butter in skillet and add the chopped onion. Sauté onion 2 minutes. Add milk, cream cheese and 1 flavor packet. Cook and stir until mixture is smooth.

DO NOT BOIL. Add carrots, zucchini and salmon and simmer for 5 minutes. At the same time, cook the noodles with the seasoning from the remaining flavor packet for 3 minutes. Drain liquid. Add the ramen noodles to the salmon and vegetable mixture. Toss gently and serve immediately.

Ingredients:

2 packages Oriental Flavor Top Ramen
1 Tbsp. butter
1 onion, finely chopped
1-1/2 cups milk
4 oz. cream cheese, cubed
1 cup carrots, julienned
1 cup zucchini, julienned
2 cans (6.5 oz each) salmon, drained and broken into chunks
Serves 4

Tuna noodle casserole
 

Here's a recipie that kept me going through college:

take a pack of ramen, boil it up.

drain the ramen, put the noodles, still hot, in a bowl

add 1 tablespoon mayo, 1 slice (american) cheese and one can (drained) tuna.

mix well, to melt the cheese. Sometimes, salt adds to the mix.

Enjoy!

OK first you gotta smash the noodles in the bag before you open them...Long noodles suck.

So you put EXACTLY two cups of water in with one bulion cube until it boils then pour the noodles in being careful not to drop the flavour packet in the boiling water.

Then set a timer for three minutes and pour the flavour that it came with in a bowl. Then put some salt in the bowl and an ASS load of chili powder. I like to put some tabasco on top of that also.

when the timer beeps, put four or five ice cubes in the bowl and pour the noodles on top (theres plenty of flavour in there between the packet the chilipowder and bulion cube for the extra water in the ice so dont worry about it).

And there you have it, the best ramen EVER. And Im a discordian pope, which means I'm infallible so don't you dare contradict me.


word to the wise: stop eating ramen, they are cheap an easy but they are aweful for you and have no nutritional value.

Have any of you looked the sodium content in this crap? I used to eat it almost every day, and then I discovered it was the equivalent of drinking 6 diet sodas when it came to the sodium. That's terrible. As much as I love the stuff (chicken teriyaki.....mmmmm), it will kill all of you one day :) And six cents per pack? Here it's like 15 cents. Still cheap, but not six cents. I wish it were 6 cents.......that would override the health factor and become my new staple :)

i really like to marinate chicken in italian dressing for the day and bake it. Then i serve it with wild rice and cajun chicken ramen noodles. its delicious, try it.

o mahn! i thought i was the only one who liked raw ramen

hell, ramen noodles rule, damn, thanks for reminding me. I'm gonna go make some right now

I used to eat that stuff in college for 2 weeks straight, cause I didnt know what else to make- I lost 15 lbs on that stuff..though sometimes i just skipped a meal cause the thought of that stuff made me sick. Now Im ok with eating them again..Good diet..

I ran out of money on my meal plan freshman year in college...had to eat ramen for like the last few weeks of school because my bank account was also almost empty. Now I'm out of the dorms and buy all my own food, there's still a case of the stuff sitting in our kitchen.

Oh, and Raw ramen is fantastic. I learned it from a floormate when I was a freshman, still do it. Open bag, remove flavor packet, crush up nodles being careful not to spill, pour in flavor (not all of it usually, avoiding the salt...), shake and enjoy!

I work with a family of Koreans at a sushi resteraunt, and the things they do with ramen are fucking spectacular. I'll work them for the recipe....
In the meantime, my personal favorite is Chicken ramen, a little bit of frozen spinach, and a slice of american cheese, all boiled together. It makes a delicious cheesey broth and requires no extra work.

I survived on ramen for a few months with my roomates when I was 18. When I wanted meat I would cut up a hot dog and put it in with the ramen.

Taco salad Ramen. Brown some ground beef. Add seasoning pack to meat and simmer. Boil noodles and once done layer the plate with them. Add the ground beef then grated cheese and add lettuce, tomatoes, salsa and sour cream.

I keep a half dozen packs in my hutch at work. I like the ginger flavored and the black pepper flavored (marketed as Oriental and beef respectively.) One thing that I found works really well with the pepper flavored is to thow a green tea bag in the water before the noodles, heat it up, andd and cook the noodles, chuck the tea bag, and add the seasoning. It almost tastes like something that might have seen a cow at some point then.

Gotta second the egg part. Other good additions: chopped scallions, cubed tofu, dried mushrooms (throw 'em in while the water boils), a tablespoon of miso paste. If you like dried shrimp, then by all means throw some in (personally, I think they taste like tetra-min.)

This is what we do.....

4 Packs (Chicken)
Chicken Meat Peices
Can of Green Beans
Can of Corn
Mix and Eat! YUMMMMMY!

I think Im gonna go eat some now......

just be srue to stop eating it when your skin tastes like sea salt

Nong Shim is the shit....

I'm cooking ramen for lunch right now. Egg in the water when its boiling before the noodles. Noodles, shredded carrots, portobella mushrooms, and some crushed red chilies. Chili paste, soy sauce, and oriental flavour spice pouch when its done. mmmmmmmmm.............

Does anyone know how to make the seasoning or where you can get it separately?

Did no one else catch this?

At $.08-$.15 a pack less if you buy them in the big boxes at thos big warehouses, how could you not afford to eat one a day?

I like to add tabasco or hot picante sauce to mine before you cook them up. Lots of it. Then fix a sandwich and eat them together...... Now that's the shit there!!!

Simply add some shredded cheese, as they do in Korea. Another option is to use it as a cheap version of hamburger helper - helps when you're on a budget.

I have just been sticking the brick in a bowl in the microwave covered in water without the flavor pack (that much salt is evil) and mix in some chili powder. Nuke drain the extra water cover in parmasean cheese maybe some cooked diced chicken or ham and enjoy a nice lazy almost free meal.
Oh yeah and Bump =P dont want anyone to miss the ramen thread just cause its old

I was on a camping trip once and got so hungry while hiking that I ate them without boiling them. Actually they were pretty good.

When I make em, I add soy sauce while it boils and then add bread crubs to add some more texture.