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I normally start with hot sauce, butter, and mustard in mine.

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[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Sprinkle some nori rice seasoning.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago
[–] kelpie_returns@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Any combination of ginger, garlic, onion, pepper, and whatever leftover meat and/or veggies I've got.

Or, if I have leftover soup, I do one cup water, one cup soup and one half of the seasoning pouch. It's especially great with cabbage and sausage soup, but split pea is pretty good too.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

When i get to the end of a rotisserie chicken, or I've made pulled pork, i create a broth of meat, mushrooms, chopped spinach, celery, soy sauce, lime juice, and a bunch of spices like garlic, ginger, parsley, chives, salt, pepper, and crushed red pepper.

Then i add the real star of the show - Korean Gochujang paste, which is fermented red pepper paste. It is spicy, but not too hot, with a really delicious flavor.

Then I add the ramen, and serve. Absolutely delicious, one of my favorite foods in the world. I just cooked up a crock pot of pulled pork, and I'll be making a big pot of soup today to dip into for the weekend. I also saved the pork broth, which will make an amazing base for it.

Dont use gochujang in a bottle, get the real stuff in the tub. It runs about $7-10 on Amazon. I've used Roland because it is all exactly the same, and Roland is among the cheapest. Publix just started carrying the tubs, but a different brand, so now i dont have to mail away for it. The new brand is exactly the same as Roland. It obviously all comes from the same factory, just different labels.

I also sometimes sautee up the same ingredients in a pan, toss in rice noodles, or drained ramen noodles, then add guochujang, thinned with a bit of oil and soy sauce, to coat it all. Also amazing.

[–] Philote@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago

I drop an egg in when heating up the water, do a quick reconstitute sauté of some dried mushrooms in butter with a little garlic and then top with a sheet of nori and fresh scallion.

[–] bcgm3@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Soft boiled egg, always. I usually have some kimchi, so that, too. Got a bag of nori sheets for sushi, so I cut up some of that as well. Made my own chili oil, and a friend got me some momofuku chili crisp, and I alternate between those two. Always growing some green onion out back, so some of that, too... Sliced ham? Hell yeah. I also keep a jar of pickled carrots shreds, so why not. Thin slivers of red onion, too. Toasted sesame seeds sometimes, just a little, for texture.

Ramen takes a long time to make at my place, but I got just about whatever you could want.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

An egg and some onions

[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 days ago

mincemeat sauce is pretty good with it or some tuna and mayonnaise

[–] BeefHouse@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago
[–] DontNoodles@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)
  1. A spoon of TomYum Soup paste (spicy ground shrimp basically)
  2. Diced onions and bell peppers added raw once the ramen is off the heat. Adds crunch with taste
  3. Any of my favourite cup soup mix, mostly hot and sour
[–] higgsboson@dubvee.org 1 points 6 days ago

Make it with miso, tempeh, whatever veggies I have around

[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 48 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Putting boiling water in it for once instead of eating it dry :3

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

Dont forget to snort the spice packet!

[–] prex@aussie.zone 2 points 6 days ago
[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 week ago

It's so hard to swallow the boiling water though, my throat keeps burning.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 1 week ago

Look at Mr Fancy-pants here...

[–] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Do you have a recipe? Not all of us are gourmet shefs here

[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Step 1. Boil water

What am I, a chemist?

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Clarification: This jar says "Jam." Is water?

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[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 week ago

we called plain dry ramen "food brick"

lol man that brings me back! it was ok for some flavors. put the flavor packet into the package, give it a shake and crunch crunch

being 20 something in the 1990s was fun

[–] Kookie215@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Now thats a game changer!

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[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (5 children)

If I'm trying to make it a real meal whatever veg / seafood / meat I might have around. But my lazy addition is a spoonful of crunchy peanut butter (and usually some extra spice) makes it feel more nutritious creamier and kinda like satay.

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[–] yumyumsmuncher@feddit.uk 22 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Hot sauce and a soft boiled egg

[–] Plum@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

Chili crisp is a game changer for me. And i chop and freeze cilantro in an ice cube tray, so I have fresh cilantro to throw in at the very end. I'm going to start doing that with spring onions too, because I never use them all before they go bad.

[–] YoiksAndAway@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago

Yep. Egg + sriracha for me.

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[–] dgbbad@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I didn't see this listed yet, but this is by far the best I've had. I use Shin Ramen, it's pretty spicy. This offsets the spice a little, but it's still pretty spicy. I'm sure this works with other ramen just fine as well.

Noodles and flavor/herb packets into bowl with water, bowl into microwave.

In another bowl put 1 egg, about the yolks sized amount of kewpie mayo, and a few shakes of soy sauce, however much you want. Whisk it all together well.

Once your noodles are done cooking, SLOWLY pour its super hot contents into the egg mixture while whisking the entire time. Basically you don't want it to get hot enough to cook the egg until it all evenly incorporates.

Enjoy. I like this more than most restaurant ramen.

Sometimes I'll add meats or a boiled egg or green onions if I have it on hand, but that's absolutely not necessary for it to be amazing.

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[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago
  • Fried spam.
  • crack an egg into it.
  • add some curry paste.
  • add fresh green onions.
[–] SHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLE@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Make the ramen as normal but once the noods are cooked crack an egg, add some mayo, then stir it all up. It adds great flavor and makes the meal more filling.

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[–] Reyali@lemm.ee 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Frozen veggies so I feel like it’s a real meal.

Fire-roasted corn is a fave, then usually peas and carrots, and the weird one I found: frozen okra. It seemed wrong but I had some on hand and figured why not? Turns out I like it a lot! It also thickens the broth just a bit in a good way.

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[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] sushibowl@feddit.nl 4 points 6 days ago

Butter corn miso ramen is a thing in Sapporo. Probably invented to promote regional products (Hokkaido is famous for corn and dairy) to tourists.

[–] Plum@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You only need a little. Fat disperses flavor.

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, but sesame oil is customary.

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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Boil tea and using that to cook the noodles. Poach one or two eggs with the noodles. Salt and pepper to taste.

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

A soft boiled egg and some kimchi.

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 7 points 1 week ago

First of all, I never use that flavor packet. It’s a ridiculous amount of sodium.

To keep it quick and easy, I’d use garlic powder and/or chili flakes.

Edit: pepper, too. Pepper mills are inexpensive, and fresh ground pepper is MUCH better.

Sliced up fish cake or sausage, seaweed snacks and pickled mustard greens are my go to. When I want something spicy, and I usually do, I grab a block of hot pot seasoning I keep in the freezer and cut off a piece to melt in the broth.

[–] dumples@midwest.social 6 points 1 week ago

Sauces, Sauces and more sauces. I never user the flavor packet (Or just use a little bit) and add my own sauces. Soy sauce, fish sauce, hoisin, oyster sauce, miso etc. They are just sitting there ready to be used to make it delicious

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Chop up a spring onion and chuck that in with some toasted sesame seeds.

For a bit more effort I'll chuck in some frozen stir fry veg when I'm cooking it. Sometimes I do an egg too

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Make the noodles in a pot, drain, put in flavor packet and pepper.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

I add some butter too so it makes a bit of a sauce, and don't be too thorough when draining so that there's a little bit of starchy water to saucify things even more.

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