Yes you must try all the phases of ramen to become a true expert:
- Bone dry: I recommend about 60% of a spice packet on this one unless you are feeling spicy!
- Wet but strained: put the noodles in the water and strain them, then put the spice packet in and mix
- soup: you probably do this already. But consider dropping an egg in and mixing it. Or add veggies/green onions/ leftover chicken.
One more… Drain noods and then toss some butter in the pan, mix the packet in , then toss the noods/fry in buttery ramen salty delicouness…
Taste aside, why wouldn’t it be safe to eat? Same goes for canned food btw, and something like ravioli are actually pretty decent cold.
You are absolutely right. They are a great crunchy snack.
But they are not raw. The noodles are pre-fried. That’s why they are ready so quickly and also what makes them quite unhealthy.
How much are in the noodles vs the packet though? I have always used half or less of the flavor packet because it’s so salty tasting (and also I assumed it would reduce the sodium content too.
dry ramen is the cheapest snack money can buy. especially in Eastern Europe.
Kids here open the outer package carefully, take out the bag with the powders and oil, open them and pour them into the bag, and crunch the noodles with the ingredients. Then they eat them as snacks. My reaction when my kids told me about this was “WHAT!?!?”.
