How to Cook Instant Ramen

Instant ramen or instant noodles is one of the cheapest and easiest foods to prepare. There are many varieties of flavors to choose from according to your taste. Different countries also produce different flavors of ramen, each with their unique flavor. When you are hungry for an afternoon or a late night snack, or when you are too lazy to cook, you can always count on a package of instant ramen to fill you up quickly.

There are two types of instant ramen. The cup noodles are instant the ramen packed within polystyrene bowls or cups where you only need to add hot water and the other kind in plastic packages where you should boil it before you serve it.

There are also dry ramen and soup ramen. Dry ramen are instant noodles which are served without soup while with the soup ramen, the more popular variety, the noodles are served with soup. The dry ramen are usually served with fried noodles seasonings.

Instant ramen is specifically designed so anyone can cook it. Each instant ramen packages have a step by step guide on how to cook it, but there are other ways to cook instant ramen than the official guides. The ramen in the bowls is too thin and fragile to be cooked with other means.

In this guide, you will learn how to cook instant ramen and also how to cook fried noodles from instant ramen.

Cup ramen is the easiest type of ramen to cook. You only need to add hot water from your thermos or water dispenser to the cup.

1. Open the lid and take out the plastic forks and seasonings sachets.
2. Put in the seasonings and dried vegetables to the cup.
3. Fill the cup with hot water until the marked sign in the cup.
4. Close the lid back and wait for 3 minutes.
5. Stir with plastic fork and serve.
6. If you make dry cup noodles, after 3 minutes, drain the water from the holes in the lid.
7. Mix the noodles with the seasonings and serve.

This is the guide of how to cook instant ramen in plastic packaging which needs some cooking time. This technique might be a little different from the manufacturer’s instruction, but will result in clearer soup.

1. Boil 2 cups of water in a pan.
2. Open the plastic package and remove all the seasonings and dried vegetables sachets.
3. When the water is boiled, put in the noodles and cook for about 3 minutes until the noodles are soft, stirring now and then.
4. Put the seasonings and oil (if there is any) in a bowl.
5. Drain and transfer the noodles to the bowl. Mix with the seasonings.
6. To make the soup for soup based instant ramen, discard the water you use to boil the noodles. Boil 1 cup of water. Pour the water to the bowl of ramen, mix well and serve.

You can use instant ramen to make fried noodles. Choose dry instant noodles in plastic package with the most basic flavor (chicken or beef flavor) or matching flavor (e.g seafood flavor for seafood chow mein).

Seafood Fried Noodles

Ingredients:

• 2 packages of Seafood flavor instant ramen
• 2 eggs
• 1 bunch of bean sprouts
• 1 bunch of bok choy, blanched and sliced
• 1 clove of garlic, chopped
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 1/2 cup of mixed seafood

Method:

1. Cook the noodles in boiling water for 3 minutes. Drain.
2. Heat a little oil in a wok or pan. Fry the garlic until fragrant. Loosely beat the eggs and pour into the wok. Scramble the eggs.
3. Add the cooked ramen and the mixed seafood. Add only 1 sachet of the seasoning. Add the soy sauce and sesame oil. Stir fry until the seafood is cooked.
4. Add the blanched bok choy and bean sprouts. Stir fry for 1 more minute. Serve warm.