Ramen add ins

[Sophie74656]

What do you like to add in to your ramen?

Tonight I'm going with thin slices of meat, mushrooms, bean sprouts, and a bit of sesame oil. Possibly an egg.

 

[Kor]

Great topic! A friend of mind was absolutely flabbergasted, dumbfounded and mind-blown by the very concept of adding anything at all to a pot of Top Ramen. For my part, I find the notion of eating only the noodles and broth, with no real foods added, to be absolutely unthinkable.

I like chopped cabbage with a few julienned carrot pieces and green onion, lightly sauteed separately in a bit of sesame oil, and then mixed into the soup just before serving. Pork belly and shrimp are also very good. And I like to top it all with some chopped raw green onions and a sprinkling of sesame seeds, as well as a dash of hot red pepper powder.

Kor

 

[Marynator]

I've never had Ramen before, but I've heard so many people talking about it, I think I'll try picking some up this week. What flavor do you recommend trying for my first time?

 

[Kor]

I've never had Ramen before, but I've heard so many people talking about it, I think I'll try picking some up this week. What flavor do you recommend trying for my first time?

I find that once you add a bunch of vegetables, meat, seafood, eggs, additional spices and seasonings, etc., the flavor of the broth powder isn't really even noticeable anymore.

Kor

 

[auntiehill]

I've never had Ramen before, but I've heard so many people talking about it, I think I'll try picking some up this week. What flavor do you recommend trying for my first time?

I recommend the "Don't eat this crap" flavor because there is so much salt in it- more that a day's worth-- that it's being blamed for sudden increases in heart disease in South Korea. There's also a lot of preservatives, especially TBHQ, a petroleum byproduct. Continued exposure has been linked to behavioral and cognitive disorders like ADHD.

 

[Marynator]

I recommend the "Don't eat this crap" flavor because there is so much salt-- more that a day's worth-- that it's being blamed for sudden increases in heart disease in South Korea.

Eek! Between your post and @Kor's, I really have to wonder why do so many people enjoy buying this?

 

[GNDN18]

Eek! Between your post and @Kor's, I really have to wonder why do so many people enjoy buying this?

Many people who buy ramen can’t afford better food.

 

[Marynator]

Many people who buy ramen can’t afford better food.

Eek, I'm terribly sorry, I've never looked at the price of those, I thought it was a cultural thing, well oh dear I feel pretty stupid now.

 

[Kor]

It's much better to buy freshly-made ramen noodles from an Asian grocery store, and make a broth yourself instead of using those powdered packets.

In my area there are a couple of Japanese restaurants that specialize in traditional ramen, and there is a tremendous difference from that dry packaged stuff on store shelves, in both culinary and nutritional value.

Kor

 

[GNDN18]

Don’t beat yourself up. You don’t know what you don’t know.

Since were here, though, that’s one of capitalism’s gifts to humanity. Instead of producing and marketing affordable, healthful foods that enjoyable to eat, we get extruded fat and salt for $0.20 a unit. This, in turn, is sold through chain stores that use the poverty of their target demo as a part of their business model.

 

[Sophie74656]

I think they taste similar. I always go for a spicy version

 

[Sophie74656]

I recommend the "Don't eat this crap" flavor because there is so much salt in it- more that a day's worth-- that it's being blamed for sudden increases in heart disease in South Korea. There's also a lot of preservatives, especially TBHQ, a petroleum byproduct. Continued exposure has been linked to behavioral and cognitive disorders like ADHD.

Yes, so don't eat it every day. But an occasional bowl won't kill you

 

[Refuge]

If ramen and two minute noodles are the same thing, I had them for lunch yesterday.

I like to let them soak and get really fat, drain some of the liquid, add spring onion and just go for it.

 

[Refuge]

Many people who buy ramen can’t afford better food.

They are easy too.

 

[Velocity]

a staple in the diet of college students who don't live on campus. Ten cents a package. You don't have to use the "flavor packets".

 

[Starbreaker]

I love the taste of the flavor packet. I usually add steak to the beef one or chicken to the chicken one. I don't eat then much but I'll get a craving every now and then.

 

[Sophie74656]

a staple in the diet of college students who don't live on campus. Ten cents a package. You don't have to use the "flavor packets".

We would eat the noodles dry and sprinkle the packer on top

 

[Gov Kodos]

Ramen burgers.

https://www.tastemade.com/videos/spicy-miso-ramen-burger

 

[Sophie74656]

It's much better to buy freshly-made ramen noodles from an Asian grocery store, and make a broth yourself instead of using those powdered packets.

In my area there are a couple of Japanese restaurants that specialize in traditional ramen, and there is a tremendous difference from that dry packaged stuff on store shelves, in both culinary and nutritional value.

Kor

I would love to have some authentic japanese ramen

 

[Gov Kodos]

I would love to have some authentic japanese ramen

Outside any train station, and on more than a few platforms in the larger ones, are some of the best places for ramen in Japan. In Korea, a large number of taxis parked outside or nearby is a good indicator of fine and tasty ramen.