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Eating me some Ramen!

rubiksnoob — GMT

Well I just made myself a bowl of ramen noodles so that's where the inspiration for this thread came from.

My favorite flavor is Oriental.

So what's your favorite flavor, all you connoisseurs of ramen here on dakka?

And how do you prepare your ramen? Add anything to it? Any orginal recipes? Share! (eating just plain ramen gets a little boring)

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Chowderhead — GMT

I prefer chicken.

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Vindicator#9 — GMT

I have eaten so many they all taste the same to me anymore. They are all my favorite!

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rubiksnoob — GMT

I have found pork to be absolutely dreadful, while shrimp is just odd.

And beware the creamy chicken.

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DarkAngelHopeful — GMT

I like Chicken and Beef flavored. I like to drain all of the water before I add the seasoning packet to the noodles. Then it's just the noodles with seasoning and not a soup. It's pretty good.

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Cannerus_The_Unbearable — GMT

I happen to love pork and creamy chicken, tyvm! The other night I prepared the latter with some canned chicken and a few blots of green habanero concentrate. 'twas amazing indeed

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rubiksnoob — GMT

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:I happen to love pork and creamy chicken

EGAD!

You are a student of the dark side of ramen.

Also, it would be cool if people shared different ways they prepare their ramen! Like recipes and what not. I shall also put this in the OP.

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FITZZ — GMT

Ramen..}shudder{...I've eaten so damn much of this stuff in my life that it's hard to look at,however in the spirit of the thread I'll do my best.

My favorite flavors:

Oriental & Spicy shrimp(?)...I believe it was shrimp...

Over the years I attempted a few recipes with Ramen,adding quick fried chicken and some minced green onion with a dash of plum sauce and a few crispy rice noodles seemed to work best...but a bit of sweet pork works nice as well.

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Battle Brother Lucifer — GMT

I like chicken flavored.
How I prepare it is, I drain out 80-90% of the water, then add flavoring.
while eating ramen (only if its an instant-lunch ramen cup) I dip those rectangle club crackers in, get some noddles on it, and then eat the cracker and noodles.
Its very good.
Also, I salt my ramen, every time.

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Slarg232 — GMT

Shrimp is my favorite flavor.

My brother who is over in Korea came back for two weeks with a recipe, it was something like velveta cheese melted into Chicken Ramen with hot peppers sprinkled into it. I will send him an e-mail asking about it later.

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MasterDRD — GMT

Ugh, Top Ramen... No wonder you hate the pork. I suscribe to Maruchan brand ramen, their Chicken is delicious, their beef is delectable, their pork is delightful, and their Roast Beef flavor is the tastiest fething ramen I've ever had in my life. Their Oriental ain't bad either.
When I make ramen, I put the noodles in a bowl of water, microwave for 3 minutes, drain the water, add the flavoring and mix well. I usually fill up the flavor packet with water after adding the powder, both to get the rest of the powder and to get a bit of water back in the ramen for mixing.

Now what creeps me out is those sick variant flavors... You know the ones...

Please don't try and work around the swear filter. ta.

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1-UP — GMT

Used to eat the oriental stuff all the time. The other flavors were fine, but the oriental was what I liked most.

Now I try to avoid the stuff like the plague. The sodium level on it is just unreal.

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djones520 — GMT

That is not ramen. Maruchan, Top, or whatever other prepackaged salt infused pack of dry noodles that are out there.

Now, they can be a decent base to making respectable ramen, but it's still nothing close to the real thing.

I miss Japan. *sighs*

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Cannerus_The_Unbearable — GMT

What the hell is "oriental" flavor? It either tastes like a person or a region and that's always scared me from trying it.

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Slarg232 — GMT

Oh, and I always cook my ramen for 3 minutes in the microwave, stir it, cook it for 2 more, stir it, cook it for 1 more, and eat it.

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1-UP — GMT

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:What the hell is "oriental" flavor? It either tastes like a person or a region and that's always scared me from trying it.

Like American cheese or French bread?

I dare your palate to take the plunge!

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Ifalna — GMT

We don't really use the term Ramen here, just basic insta noodles. Koka are likely the most popular though horribly bad for you.

Curry was always my favourite, but good old beef or chicken do the job too.

Also, I have the second the wtf statement at "oriental" flavour. American cheese and French breads are products. Would you really want to try " American flavour" noodles? D:

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Slarg232 — GMT

Ifalna wrote:We don't really use the term Ramen here, just basic insta noodles. Koka are likely the most popular though horribly bad for you.

Curry was always my favourite, but good old beef or chicken do the job too.

Also, I have the second the wtf statement at "oriental" flavour. American cheese and French breads are products. Would you really want to try " American flavour" noodles? D:

You just gave me a great idea on how to harass some girls I am really good friends with.

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Laughing Man — GMT

Slarg232 wrote:You just gave me a great idea on how to harass some girls I am really good friends with.

Or a pick-up line. "How'd you like to try my American-flavored noodle?"

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Cannerus_The_Unbearable — GMT

If it said Mexican I'd be comfortable with it though. But that's just one country. It's still weird :/

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MasterDRD — GMT

See there's some logic for ya... You've eaten Mexican before, right Cannerus? Same idea.

Wait...

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CrashUSAR — GMT

I'm not exactly Mr. Moneybags, so as a result, ramen has been my best friend many a night. I do it the old fashioned way, on to stovetop! Standard job of boiling two of the noodle bricks in water for a few minutes, then I drain out about 3/4 of the water, and add a chicken flavoring packet, and a shrimp one. Stir it all up nice and good, add a dash of salt and black peppar, and enjoy.

I've also got a recipe for a "ramen omelet" if anyone feels brave enough to try it.

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Ahtman — GMT

Ramen is for little girls and pets. Real men go for Udon noodles.

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LunaHound — GMT

Grrrr i myself love instant noodles too , and have tried way too many for my own good!
OP , those ones really have no right to be called ramen , they are so awful ( no offense ! )

So allow me to recommend you, after eating bunch of gross ones , my favorite ramens ><

Tonkotsu flavored ramen from Sapporo Ichiban . This is by far the only instant noodle that actually tastes ... authentic i guess , to the real ones.

Though for the price and how good it tastes , nothing beats

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Dreadwinter — GMT

Ramen has flavors?!

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SagesStone — GMT

I was about to do a google search to post that second pic Luna

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LunaHound — GMT

n0t_u wrote:I was about to do a google search to post that second pic Luna

You like it too?
I tasted the packets individually the other day.

I think the powdery one can be left out... too much MSG in it , and the sauce tastes way better anyways.

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SagesStone — GMT

Yeh, sometimes I leave the spicy part out, but most of the time it's fine.

Haven't tried it without the power, might give it a go next time.

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LunaHound — GMT

One of the packet = lemon grass
The sauce is mongol sauce ( thats what they call it in mongol BBQ places xD )

Very rare that i get to taste those , and especially in an instant noodle.

Im tasting the packets so i can attempt to replicate the taste in a normal noodle dish minus the msg + preservatives found in instant ones.

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SagesStone — GMT

Cool, that will be way healthier.

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Cannerus_The_Unbearable — GMT

MasterDRD wrote:See there's some logic for ya... You've eaten Mexican before, right Cannerus? Same idea.

Wait...

Good show, sir.

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Sanctjud — GMT

Raw egg before pouring in the hot water.
I remember a while ago I had Ramen with cooked Abolone...wasn't as good as I expected :-/

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Monster Rain — GMT

Aaaaaabalone.

There's something just great about the simplicity of instant noodles. I like 'em plain.

I guess I'm a purist when it comes to Ramen.

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MasterDRD — GMT

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:
MasterDRD wrote:See there's some logic for ya... You've eaten Mexican before, right Cannerus? Same idea.

Wait...

Good show, sir.

Well you know, I do aim to please...

Wait...

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Vargtass — GMT

Two words: University Student. I don't taste anymore, I absorb what little nutrition there is and go on about my zombie-life.

Still, Oriental used to be my favorite.

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Cheese Elemental — GMT

You crazy foreigners and your 'ramen'. Over here, they're just noodles like any others.

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Vargtass — GMT

Cheese Elemental wrote:You crazy foreigners and your 'ramen'. Over here, they're just noodles like any others.

You crazy foreigners and your noodles, we call it spaghetti. <,<

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LunaHound — GMT

Cheese Elemental wrote:You crazy foreigners and your 'ramen'. Over here, they're just noodles like any others.

Ramen isnt your typical noodles , wiki it before your judge

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rocklord2004 — GMT

My favorite is to mix oriental and pork. It makes a strange kinda goodness.

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MasterDRD — GMT

rocklord2004 wrote:My favorite is to mix oriental and pork. It makes a strange kinda goodness.

Heresy!!!

(I wouldn't know, never tried that myself...)

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Chrysaor686 — GMT

I like to get creative with my ramen. I end up spending a great deal more on added ingredients for my ramen noodles than I do on the noodles themselves. Even if they're only twenty cents a pop, there's nothing quite like them.

As a general rule, I always drain the water (though I leave a little bit to keep the noodles from sticking together), I barely cook the noodles themselves (less than two minutes a pop; just enough to get them separated), and I always like to add some kind of oil. Here are a few of my favorite recipes for ramen that I've come up with (keep in mind that most of my measurements are to taste; so go easy with everything):

For beef flavored ramen, I like to add a little olive oil (just enough to coat the noodles; about 1 tsp per noodle), a bit of ground chipoltle pepper, some crushed red pepper, a few dried japanese peppers, some minced and sauteed white onion, and some leftover slices of steak if I have any. This can get pretty hot, so take it easy with the seasoning.

For chicken flavored ramen, I like to add oyster sauce (a little goes a long way), one tsp of sesame seed oil per noodle, cashews, and some slices of chicken if I have any. Again, oyster sauce is a double-edged sword, so add it little by little until you find a sweet spot, and don't forget that it spoils soon after you open it (I figured that out the hard way).

For shrimp flavored ramen, I like to add just a bit of butter (again, 1 tsp per noodle will probably suffice, if that), some garlic salt, and just a pinch of both chili powder and lemon pepper.

For pork flavored ramen, I only add in about half the seasoning that comes with the noodle, and then I add in equal parts duck sauce and honey until the noodles are just barely coated in it. I like to add in a bit of canned chunked pineapple and some canned mandarin slices to that if I have any, along with some slices of leftover porkchop.

When ramen noodles are the only food you can afford on a consistant basis, you have to get creative with them or they will literally drive you insane. Hopefully this helps some people out.

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LunaHound — GMT

Chrysaor686 wrote:As a general rule, I always drain the water
When ramen noodles are the only food you can afford on a constant basis

Definitely , its also more sanitary like this.

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Monster Rain — GMT

LunaHound wrote:
Chrysaor686 wrote:As a general rule, I always drain the water
When ramen noodles are the only food you can afford on a constant basis

Definitely , its also more sanitary like this.

More Sanitary?

How so?

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Golden Eyed Scout — GMT

A recipe my mom tried, that was quite tasty.

Used the chicken flavored for this one.

1. Cut up chicken breast/thigh and brocolli/cauliflower.
2. Boil ramen as normal, but don't add the powder.
3. Toss in the chicken and brocolli, sprinkle some shredded cheese.

Enjoy.

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Slarg232 — GMT

My bro got back to me, he said it was just crushed red peppers and Velveeta in Chicken or Beef ramen.

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Murray — GMT

Mi Goreng(?) all the way, only recently discovered it as maggi is the most terrible instant-noodles. I just chuck everything in, the spice, weird oil. its delicious!

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SagesStone — GMT

Get the one that Luna posted a picture of, it's way better