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Rev Up Your Ramen: Quick Delicious Noodles

RAMEN.

What do you think about when you hear that word? Inexpensive meals with no flavor? Living in a studio apartment with three used-to-be-friends? Poor, struggling college days? Sad instant noodles in a bowl flavored from a pouch? Well, stop that right now. Ramen is soooo much more.

First of all, did you know that ramen is a “thing”? I mean a cultural force sort of thing? Well it is. So if you think those dried noodle blocks with the little flavor packets that you see in the supermarket is all there is, you just aren’t in the know. That’s OK, we weren’t either. So, click that link, go read up and come on back.

Oh, you’re back? Great.
Cool, huh? Yeah, that’s what we thought.

But let’s get back to quick, inexpensive meals, and vegan food.

If you check the ingredients in the packets, or order a bowl of ramen in a restaurant, it’s likely to have animal products in it (as well as a TON of sodium – just saying). So toss that packet right in the trash and save the money you might spend eating out by making a bowl (or 10) yourself.

The essential component to a bowl of ramen are those noodles. If you read the linked page above, you now know that the secret is that the noodles do not continue to soften in liquid the way that ordinary pasta does. This is science in service to the everyday enjoyment of food. 🙂

In order to take advantage of inexpensive ramen noodles, and avoid the salt and animal products in the flavor packets, you need to have a few simple ingredients on hand in your kitchen. These are not hard to find and they are the sort of items that will be handy to have for a lot of delicious vegan dishes.

  • Miso paste
  • Wakame (dried seaweed. You might need the “ethnic aisle” in your local supermarket, or find a Chinese grocery in your area. You could always crumble up some nori sheets)
  • Sesame oil
  • Hot oil

The miso paste is an important part of the process as it gives the noodles a broth-y taste, and you don’t need much so don’t be concerned about excess sodium (but you can always opt out).

Take a look at how I do it in this short video below from our YouTube channel:

Isn’t that easy?

The meal is even better if you can find a cool bowl like that one. 🙂

Now that you have the idea, what you can do is add all sorts of delicious favors to your noodles. Just open your fridge, and pantry, and pull out some yummy, fresh ingredient.

Some suggestions (including what I use in the video):

  • Miso
  • Dried onion flakes
  • Wakame
  • Grilled tofu
  • Chopped carrots
  • Broccoli
  • Kale chips
  • Celery
  • Cayenne

Find your favorite ingredients and make ramen your own!

Thanks for visiting! Please let us know what you think about ramen in the comments below.

Greg

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Greg is the other half of Full Of Beans. He loves to be active, particularly outdoors. If he had his way, he would be on a warm beach at least part of every day. He works as a Graphic Designer, Photographer, and Personal Trainer. In his opinion, Georgia is the best thing that ever happened to him.

This Post Has 7 Comments

  1. This is wonderful! I am definitely going to try this. I have a huge box of ramen noodles sitting in my cupboard. In days of yore, I once ate them as is–packet and all–before I chose to eat and live an organic and vegan lifestyle. I’m always on the lookout for new, healthy ways to use ramen or to give it a makeover, so to speak. I am glad I found your personal take on ramen! Thank you~ 🙂

    1. Hi Lorene,
      Thank you for commenting. Instant Ramen can be a lot of fun and so much better than “as-is”:-)
      Now you have all sorts of things you can do with box of ramen!

    1. Thanks! So pumped that you are checking out our site.
      Ramen is so easy and so flexible. You can make them whatever you want. Glad you like the video – please take a look at the others on our channel when you have a chance. Would love to hear what you think.

      1. I recently read a report that Ramen Noodles are made with some plastic properties and that is why they are so cheap. Have you looked into how healhty they really are for you?

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