Hate Maruchan ramen - anything better? - Come discuss whatever is better than Maruchan ramen

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clara dijo:
Nigga you're making it wrong. Listen carefully.
If you have a stove, go to it. Put the waxy ass noodles in a saucepan barely bigger than the processed noodle brick. Put just enough water in it to float the bitches a lil bit.
Put the burner on high and bring to a rolling boil. Poke tentatively with a fork until the noodles no longer stick together at all. At this time, quickly remove and drain all but 1/4 cup of water from the noodles. Season with the weird aluminum chicken packet, chili powder, and cayenne pepper in a 2: 1:1 ratio.
Stir and eat before it cools and sticks together. 10/10
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I did the drain most of the water thing with a bag of extra garlicky noodles it was project vomiting tire
 
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These pork flavored Mama brand noodles are surprisingly very good even though they're extremely cheap, like barely any more expensive than a package of Maruchan noodles, if you can find them in a pack they're even cheaper like that and I usually get like 2 of them if I'm able. Only downside is they're small so I usually need to boil 2 packages if I'm trying to make a meal out of them. I like to add chopped jalapenos and cilantro to them.
 
Fleetwood dijo:
Years ago after eating nothing but Maruchan/Nissin for a while I switched to spaghetti and jars of sauce and it was a crazy difference. I could feel the strength from consuming the relatively nutritious food.
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I discovered the joy of not using the "flavor packet" and substituting pasta sauce for it years ago. Good choice sir

But yeah if you don't want ramen noodle pisketti the key is to 1) obviously not boil the noodles too long 2) draining most of the water once the noodles are done cooking and 3) adding your own ingredients to jazz up the flavor
 
The Nong Shim udon is pretty good. Not ramen, not the cheapest, but it's good and the price still isn't too bad. The tonkatsu ramen is also really good. Walmart started getting Buldak and more Nong Shim varieties, they also have Sapporo Ichiban.
 
draggs dijo:
I discovered the joy of not using the "flavor packet" and substituting pasta sauce for it years ago. Good choice sir

But yeah if you don't want ramen noodle pisketti the key is to 1) obviously not boil the noodles too long 2) draining most of the water once the noodles are done cooking and 3) adding your own ingredients to jazz up the flavor
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This reminds me of the ratchet "spaghetti" I made in college which I made by making the noodles, pouring out 3/4 of the water and mixing in a packet of tomato soup powder. It was surprisingly appetizing. Now that I'm a functioning adult, I just make real spaghetti though. The perks of having a kitchen and not just a dorm room hot water kettle.
 
mag_fag dijo:
Anything a broke lad could try for cheap? (:_(
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Anything? Yeah

If your primary concern is price and not noodleness lol just ditch ramen altogether and go for dry beans or buckwheat. Theyre very very cheap if bought in bulk and very nutritious, versatile and easy to cook.

If you don't want to have to soak beans the day before buy lentils, they don't require that step.
 
Neurotypical Mantis dijo:
at that point nigga i'd just get some uberslop
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It sucks, back when I lived in OH it was easy to find Sapporo. Now in PA, I can barely find it if at all. At least I got introduced to Indomie. Looked into ordering Sapporo online and the markup is ridiculous.

Edit: Looked again just now and I do see some more reasonable (before shipping) listings. Idk
 
Alright everyone, my two cents.

1) Agree with everyone Re: Nongshim (spicy). Superior in every way to maruchan and they are widely available. I can never go back to the regular Nongshim noodles now.

1.a) Get Nongshim brand FIERY SPICY BEEF flavor. Far as I can tell the only difference is it comes with a second, smaller seasoning packet that kicks the heat up a few notches. The heat is divine, the flavor just as tasty. Your first time, you may need a glass of cold milk. Fiery spicy beef flavor + glass of ice cold milk (I stick a plastic glass in the freezer for< 20 minutes beforehand) and a sandwich are my reward to myself.

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Your only setback (currently) is that they are hard to find in stores. Big stores seem to stock it inconsistently. I saw them in a Kroger the other day and scooped up 3 packs of 4 instantly - woulda gotten more but that was all they had.

2) IndoMie noodles are great & widely available. They're a little high on the sodium, but damn if they don't complement a good breakfast of eggs and protein. (I like beans.)

3) Buldak noodles are great once you find your preference. All the 2x, 3x, whateverx spicy variants are great in their own way. I'd get a variety pack of different flavors. I have a soft spot for the spicy kimchi flavor (green/red packaging) even though I hate kimchi.

4) Fire Bull stir-fried ramen. Heat is great, noodle texture is perfect.

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5) Last, but not least, my (current) favorite ramen soup...Menraku brand Chili Tomato soup:

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Can never find these fuckers outside of a local Asian district or online.

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Dude is pretty autistic and detail-oriented with noodles.
 
mag_fag dijo:
Anything a broke lad could try for cheap? (:_(
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If your goal is sustenance just buy a rice cooker bro.
They're $15, last forever, and are retard simple to use.

You can buy a 5 lb bag of white rice for $3 and that's 12.5 cups uncooked, 37.5 cups of rice cooked, or 7687 calories.

Rice absorbs flavor from anything you put in it just like ramen
 
I'd recommend mushroom flavored mr noodles.. They're not salty at all, surprisingly and mixing one pack of beef with one pack of mushroom makes a really nice, rich beefy mushroomy ramen that significantly reduces the usual saltiness of those beef flavor packets. There is also a corned beef flavor thats difficult to find that was decent. Still, i'd go with the mushroom one over any of the others. Avoid the regular chicken ones like the plague though. They're made at a different factory and the noodles themselves have a really weird texture and tend to turn to mush no matter how you cook them. Its been like that for decades with the chicken ones
 
Giant Troonade dijo:
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These pork flavored Mama brand noodles are surprisingly very good even though they're extremely cheap, like barely any more expensive than a package of Maruchan noodles, if you can find them in a pack they're even cheaper like that and I usually get like 2 of them if I'm able. Only downside is they're small so I usually need to boil 2 packages if I'm trying to make a meal out of them. I like to add chopped jalapenos and cilantro to them.
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MAMA are The Best Thai instant noodles. My favorites are chicken (yellow), either kind of shrimp (silver / gold), and vegetable mi-hun (green; it's very thin rice noodle), but there aren't any real losers in their lineup. Buy per box indeed, 30pcs.

As for stuff to add: sprink onion, dried-fried onion, diced or sliced mushrooms. I put young cheese (like Gouda) on them for a while lol, I wanted to put extra protein and fat in and this was convenient. And ofc you can add a fresh chili sauce (like blended chillis in minimal vinegar and salt, or the American kind with a proud Scovile rating printed on), soy sauce, fish sauce; lemon or lime.

Though lately I've mostly been eating Nongshim (and more actual food also), I wouldn't be surprised if I'd passed the 300 packs eaten mark for these Thais.
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