making ramen all depends on what you got . if you're at home, then yea, use like a pot and stuff. but at like other places...i've used hot shower water before to make ramen. although not exactly hot, it still works
Wow, you blew my fucking mind. I've been eating tons of ramen the last few weeks, and was going to bump this topic with my observations/personal taste preferences.
First, on my noodle preference:
Sapporo Ichiban noodles are my favorite - the seasoning packet that comes with it is acceptable Shin Ramyun noodles are way too thick for my liking, however the seasoning packets/vegetables that come with it are better than the Sapporo packs.
Second, I really don't like using the seasoning packets, however, I haven't found an acceptable substitute for the soup like consistency/flavor it brings. I always add a ton of hot sauce to my soup, but without some of the packet, it's basically hot sauce flavored noodles and water.
Egg really is essential.
Onions (usually red, don't usually have green on hand, but that would be better, I reckon) work very well
I like a few slices of Cheddar in my soup occasionally. But I find that if I add more than two slices, along with the egg, it gets too creamy (?) for my liking. However, should you ever run out of eggs (I had recently), adding more cheese is definitely an acceptable substitute, though you'll miss the egg.
Meat wise, I haven't really experimented much yet. Some left over steak, sliced thin didn't add much to the soup, and ham wasn't bad. Still have yet to try tuna, though I'll get to it eventually.
Chili sauce, Crystal hot sauce, or Habanero/Tabasco - personal favorite is the Habanero Tabasco
With the egg, two is very good, but generally, one only slightly stirred in works very well. Adds to the body of the actual soup, and you get the delicious pieces of egg floating around.
So, given all the above, my ramen generally looks like this:
Sapporo Ichiban - beef or original ~1/2 of the flavor packet used (seriously, still looking for a substitute here. tried various spices, but haven't found anything that makes it as good yet) 1 egg 5-6 very generous dollops of Tabasco 1-2 slices of cheddar 3-4 slices of red onion, further chopped
On May 08 2009 06:04 So no fek wrote: Wow, you blew my fucking mind. I've been eating tons of ramen the last few weeks, and was going to bump this topic with my observations/personal taste preferences.
First, on my noodle preference:
Sapporo Ichiban noodles are my favorite - the seasoning packet that comes with it is acceptable Shin Ramyun noodles are way too thick for my liking, however the seasoning packets/vegetables that come with it are better than the Sapporo packs.
Second, I really don't like using the seasoning packets, however, I haven't found an acceptable substitute for the soup like consistency/flavor it brings. I always add a ton of hot sauce to my soup, but without some of the packet, it's basically hot sauce flavored noodles and water.
Egg really is essential.
Onions (usually red, don't usually have green on hand, but that would be better, I reckon) work very well
I like a few slices of Cheddar in my soup occasionally. But I find that if I add more than two slices, along with the egg, it gets too creamy (?) for my liking. However, should you ever run out of eggs (I had recently), adding more cheese is definitely an acceptable substitute, though you'll miss the egg.
Meat wise, I haven't really experimented much yet. Some left over steak, sliced thin didn't add much to the soup, and ham wasn't bad. Still have yet to try tuna, though I'll get to it eventually.
Chili sauce, Crystal hot sauce, or Habanero/Tabasco - personal favorite is the Habanero Tabasco
With the egg, two is very good, but generally, one only slightly stirred in works very well. Adds to the body of the actual soup, and you get the delicious pieces of egg floating around.
So, given all the above, my ramen generally looks like this:
Sapporo Ichiban - beef or original ~1/2 of the flavor packet used (seriously, still looking for a substitute here. tried various spices, but haven't found anything that makes it as good yet) 1 egg 5-6 very generous dollops of Tabasco 1-2 slices of cheddar 3-4 slices of red onion, further chopped
i like shin ramyun the best personally, but if i had something other than it, any neoguri or mi goreng is good, or plain top ramen if you mix shit with it
edit: not sure about you guys, but other than shin, this is one of my favorites here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IndoMie_Mi_Goreng one of the first ramen i ever tried with onion and egg
I've done this ever since I realized how to make fried rice.
I have 2 different things I like to do:
-add an egg to the soup and stir it around -add green peppers -meat -shrimp (if I have it) -other random-ass spices I have around but the real secret is: sriraicha sauce. It's hot pepper sauce that you can buy at schnucks and it has a rooster on the bottle.
Damn this is making me hungry
second thing I do might be considered a venial sin by ramen freaks, but I love it: you cook the noodles w/out adding any flavor or anything. Just water.
then in a frying pan or something you add oil and mix the ramen in egg, then fry the ramen/mix up the packet of ingredients before the ramen dries off. Oh. My. God. Add meat or w/e else you feel like.
On May 08 2009 05:47 b3h47pte wrote: making ramen all depends on what you got . if you're at home, then yea, use like a pot and stuff. but at like other places...i've used hot shower water before to make ramen. although not exactly hot, it still works
Shin Ramen - I usually put in the noodles just before the water is completely boiling. I also like to add eggs.
Neoguri - I cook these noodles a lot longer. I don't add eggs when cooking Neoguri, but I usually add cooked rice into the soup after I finish the noodles.
I forgot what brand it was, but a friend of mine used to open the ramen package, dump the hot spices onto the noodles while they were still in the package and then break up the ramen into smaller pieces. We would then eat the ramen like that as if it was a cracker. I know some Korean company came out with 'Bushya bushya' afterwards, which is the same thing, but we used to do this back in the early 90's.
I have a massive box of migoreng in the cupboard, it cost me like 12 bucks at a korean supermarket. But I'm kinda bored of noodles without soup, so I might pick up a box of shin ramen too, but it's much more expensive for some reason.
Also, I've had a bit of kimchi in my fridge for like a month, would it still be good to eat?