On May 25 2006 11:10 FireBlast! wrote: At the very least a ramen meal should include an egg. I refuse to have ramen otherwise.
1) Put right amount of water in pan and turn on heat. 2) Crack an egg into a bowl and whisk it around mildly. 3) When water is simmering, add spices and flakes. 4) When water is boiling, add noodles. 5) Check squishiness of noodle, if adequately soft, turn off heat. 6) Pour the egg in the bowl into pan with the heat now off, stir it around amongst the noodle and soup. 7) Pour all the contents of the pan into a bowl, preferrably the one you cracked the egg into with its egg reminants.
That's my very basic ramen BO. If I have anything like leek, mushrooms, left over kimchi they all go in when water starts to boil. A good tip is to keep the lid on constantly until the end so the noodle becomes cooked by steaming.
what kinda ramen are you using? you have a cover for the pan?
Sometimes, I put a slice of cheese in my Sapporo Ichiban ramen. Green onions are a must!
My method: Cook noodles without soup base. (If you're particularly hungry, break a pack in half and add it!) Add an egg (optional). Add 2 weiners (optional). Add soup base. (Add half of the broken pack's soup base into it.) Add diced green onions. Add a slice of cheese (optional). Add rice if there's soup leftover and you're a stickler about leftovers.
Added: This is cooked in a pot with boiling water. Shin ramen probably has no rivals in terms of taste, unless you like unorthadox ingredients.
Added: For dry crushed ramen lovers, there's brands that focus on that! Obviously, it's healthier than regular crushed ramen packs. I see only 1 brand in my local korean store, and it's called "Pusuh Pusuh", which means (Break, Break). There's barbecue, bul-go-gi (beef), chicken, etc... :D
On May 25 2006 23:21 Klogon wrote: The keyboard looks disgusting.
blasphemy
On May 25 2006 23:21 Klogon wrote:But was the ramen good? ;D
yes. REALLY spicy.
edit: oh wait, this was the yellow version. so it was not spicy and therefore kinda boring to eat. they had red and blue versions who kicked ass ... but i got no pics of them.
sorry guys for reviving this thread.. but MMMMM i enjoying some good ramen right now which i just cooked using some of the ideas in this thread, thx guys to show my thanks, i'll share my recipe that I just used, which is basically a selection of the ideas already listed in this thread mixed together
Ingredients: 1 package of shin ramen a can of spam 2 spoonfuls of sesame oil 1 egg 1 slice of cheese some green onion some pepper
Directions:
1. Fill a pot (not too small, not too large) with water, set on a stove (microwave sucks for regular ramen), and bring the water to a boil 2. While you wait for the water to boil, crack the egg into a bowl and whisk it lightly, and slice up some spam(how much you want is up to you, and how you cut it.. use your creativity ^_^ [I recommend that you don't cut them into portions that are too large though, as they may not be fully cooked, or into portions that vary a lot in sizes because they may cook unevenly]) , and chop up some green onions when you finish, set the spam and whisked egg aside 3. When the water comes to a boil, depending on what length of noodles you prefer, either just drop the noodle clump into the water as it is (for long noodles) or break it half first (shorter noodles, easier to eat) or break it into 4ths for more soup like ramen, etc. 4. Immediately after you drop in the noodles, pour out enough water so there's only enough left (this includes the water+ramen) to fill around 3/4ths of a large bowl 5. Reduce the heat to between medium and medium high, add in the soup base and vegetable package, then while stirring, mix in the spam and let it simmer for around 1 minute (or until the noodles aren't hard anymore but still pretty firm) 6. Once the noodles are ready, pour in the 2 spoons of sesame oil, dash some pepper in, stir around and add the green onions on top. Then, turn off the heat and stir in the whisked egg. 7. After a few seconds, pour the ramen into the bowl (try to get most of the spam on top), and place the slice of cheese over the spam. when the cheese is melting, your ramen should be ready to eat.. enjoy ^_^
edit: the things I tried for the first time in this recipe was the adding the cheese, and the sesame oil. I thought the sesame oil really made the aroma more enticing, and the melted cheese on the spam on top really gave an "american" feel to the ramen, so that was something new ^_^
Anyways I hope you guys like this (especially the new TLnetters who have never seen this thread), and please share any of your new recipes you may have gained since last update
when i eat ramen i take the liquid out and just eat the noodles of course i add the powder to the noodles, mix vigorously, then add some sesame oil yum
Thanks for thread digging this asshole. Now I have to go cook myself a bowl of ramen.
But yeah I primarily make ramen when there is many different leftovers all in insufficient quantity to warrant a real meal. A bit of old rice, some leftover chicken/turkey/beef, and probably some onion. And yeah the egg is a must. Gotta say to the guy who dug this up though: Two spoonfuls of sesame oil? Wow!
On March 08 2007 19:56 Haemonculus wrote: Thanks for thread digging this asshole. Now I have to go cook myself a bowl of ramen.
But yeah I primarily make ramen when there is many different leftovers all in insufficient quantity to warrant a real meal. A bit of old rice, some leftover chicken/turkey/beef, and probably some onion. And yeah the egg is a must. Gotta say to the guy who dug this up though: Two spoonfuls of sesame oil? Wow!
haha is it just me or sesame oil smells like skunk? They're delicious and I don't think skunks smell that bad :p
Hehe I looooove Ramen ^^ The way I cook/eat mine: 1. Break the noodles into 4 roughly equal pieces. 2. Pour a moderate amount of water and wait until it's nearly boiling. 3. Pour in the powder sauce and flake sauce. 4. When water's boiling like crazy, add the noodles. 5. At the right time, add the egg. 6. Now, the noodles should be perfectly cooked and egg is a little uncooked to have a liquid yolk. mmm 7. Add some green onions and start eating with Kimchi~ 8. Once I'm pretty much done my noodles, I throw in some cold rice to cool it down and then eat all of that too. :D
But if I'm feeling lazy, I just boil water, and put it in the instant noodle bowl and after 3 minutes, it's ready ^^ hehe
Woah this was an amazing thread bump. Thank you so much <3 I just read the entire thing.
Can someone clarify the health factor with ramen? What's in it that's so unhealthy?
I understand that it's not super nutritious on it's own, and that it's not good for you too eat only noodles of any kind, but ramen in particular seems to have a connotation of unhealthiness. If you get good ramen (not instant noodles) and prepare your own ingredients which you add to the noodles, is it really that bad for you?
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to show my thanks, i'll share my recipe that I just used, which is basically a selection of the ideas already listed in this thread mixed together 
