/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.18386864]

>throwing away the water
You aren't one of those faggots, are you anon?

[Anonymous No.18386992]

>>18386864
I don't believe anyone actually does that. It's just a stupid internet meme, like people not liking Hawaiian pizza.

[Anonymous No.18386997]

Sometimes I boil it down, sometimes the directions say to dump the water after cooking the noodles, sometimes I use it like a broth.

Variety.

[Anonymous No.18387008]

>>18386864
Of course I do, I'm not drinking that shit. Once there's no noodles left it does in the sink.

[Anonymous No.18387012]

The broth is the best part of ramen, sesame oil, spices and salty flavor yum

[Anonymous No.18387014]

>>18387008
animal

[Anonymous No.18387027]

i just drink it

[Anonymous No.18387034]

>>18386864
I may drain off some of it, but not all.

[Anonymous No.18387195]

I dump it in the toilet after I finish eating the noodles

[Anonymous No.18387199]

>>18386864
I drink it
sodium is good for you

[Anonymous No.18387201]

I put in as much water as it takes to moisten the noodles
Do people unironically put in as much water as the packet says?

[Anonymous No.18387205]

If doing noodles on the hob I drain them then add the seasoning and stir. It tastes better but can be a bit intense with the spicy ones.

[Anonymous No.18387209]

>>18386864
I like crush my ramens up and cook them in just enough water to soak it up and still be kinda moist. Then dump the powder in and mix it up that way. Like we use to do in jail

[Anonymous No.18387221]

>>18386864
Depends. If I want just noodles for a dish I cook them with the flavor packet with very little water. Then dump the water.
If I want a noodle soup I cook them and make the broth separately with water I boil with a kettle.

[Anonymous No.18387666]

>>18386864
Are you one of those faggots that microwaves ramen?
Learn to use a stove.

[Anonymous No.18387706]

>>18386864
People really do that? First time I'm hearing this.

[Anonymous No.18387733]

>>18387666
>Learn to use a stove
Why? I'm not an amerimutt

[Anonymous No.18387748]

>>18386864

[Anonymous No.18387759]

>>18386864
I just drink the soup, fuck noodles.

[Anonymous No.18387763]

>>18387759
unironically the best part
noodles are tasteless, the broth has all the flavor, I dont get retards that throw it away

[Anonymous No.18387804]

pour that shit in a cup and look at it.
nasty greasy shit from fried instant noodle.

i throw away initial water, and put in new water.
it probably cuts down 1/3 of fat and calorie

[Anonymous No.18387810]

>>18386864
i legit drain the broth after cooking every time.
i also don't microwave it because i'm not a fucking idiot.
>sauce pan on high
>2 cups of water per brick
>cayenne pepper and celery in
>bricks in
>seasoning packets added once water reaches boil
>stir everything around until it's all incorporated
>drain
>add salsa
>fold into noodles
>dash of salt
wala.

[Anonymous No.18387816]

>>18387733
>I'm not an amerimutt
no, you're a euromutt.

[Anonymous No.18387823]

>>18387763
>he doesn't know about salting the water for pasta

[Anonymous No.18387965]

>>18387810
Everything sounds fine but the salt. Do you really need more of it.

[Anonymous No.18387969]

>>18386864
I drink all the water and then I.... throw away the noodles!!! I'm crazy, huh? Wacky things.

[Anonymous No.18388004]

>>18387666
>30 minute lunch break
>5 minutes in the microwave or 10 minutes waiting for the stove to heat up, 3 minutes boiling with the noodles in, and double the amount of dishes to clean

[Anonymous No.18388008]

>>18386864
I pour out some of the water and then add the powder

[Anonymous No.18388288]

>>18386864
back in uni I used to take two packets of these, boil em up, fry some minced beef and mix that shit together for a meal. Of course I drained away the water what the fuck do you expect me to drink my beef?

[Anonymous No.18388332]

>>18388288
Ok, white

[Anonymous No.18388380]

>>18387209
>>18387201
I break the noodles up then put in a cup and add water, drain and add packet jail way is best way

[Anonymous No.18388416]

I don't eat shitty $.25 soup ramen. I only eat superior stir fry noodles like picrel. Or the Samyang spicy ones if I feel like burning my fucking face off.

[Anonymous No.18388446]

>>18388332

[Anonymous No.18388612]

>>18388416
based fucking indomienchad

unironically the GOAT noodles

[Anonymous No.18389050]

>>18388416
Mi Goreng is illegal in the US because the heat of the noodles doesn't cook the egg

[Anonymous No.18389052]

>>18386864
How can I stir fry it if I keep the water, smart guy?

[Anonymous No.18389062]

>>18389050
Based US cucking seanigs and their shitty food poisoning giving slop

[Anonymous No.18389129]

I crush the noodles into small pieces so I can eat like a soup with a spoon

[Anonymous No.18389166]

>>18386864
May as well drink saltwater.
The broth is only there to flavor the noodles.

[Anonymous No.18389180]

wait wait wait

Most instant ramen noodre is meant to be a soup. Are people actually dumping the water and mixing the salt/msg packet straight into whett noodre? what the actual fuck?

now yes some instant noodre are not soup, they're meant to just be like stir fry noodre but those come with sauce and oil packets to help lubricate the seasoning and salt.

on a side note, when I make instant ramen I have a kettle going with fresh water heating up at the same time. when the noodre are almost cooked i strain out that horrible starchy oily noodre water that's basically chinese newspaper broth and i make my soup with the fresh water. much much better

[Anonymous No.18389604]

>>18389180
you blogging g, b?

[Anonymous No.18389632]

>>18389050
I just bought some at Kroger, what are you talking about?

[Anonymous No.18389773]

>>18388416
A relative of mine brought me pic related from Singapore. They sell them on scamazon now, but they're better than anything else I've had in the instant noodle category and they sell some that are meant to be stir fried. They can all be stir fried, really.

[Anonymous No.18389784]

>>18386992
That's how I cook mine except in the microwave. Pour the packet over the dry noodles and then pour water on top until about halfway up the noodles. Then heat for 3 minutes.

[Anonymous No.18389786]

>pot noodle
>drain broth to another cup
>top off with enough water for the next one
>repeat
>repeat
>repeat

Eventually you will have a condensed pot noodle "sauce" for use on rice or real noodles. I recommend running the broth through a filter of some kind to remove the noodle sediments.

[Anonymous No.18389804]

>>18386992
>Hawaiian pizza
You mean banana and curry pizza, right?

[Anonymous No.18389900]

>>18389786
Interesting. I've started doing something similar when I boil spaghetti or perogies. I save the water and use it as broth for soup or sauces. The wheat residue acts as a thickener and rounds out the flavor.

[Anonymous No.18389955]

>>18386864
Most times, for cheap maruchan, I crush it up and add just barely enough water to cover. It cooks down and the broth absorbs into the noodles. I crack two eggs in and mix it up while it's still hot. I end up with no leftover broth.

[Anonymous No.18390210]

I remember for spicy soups I put the leftover broth in a bag, put some really bland fish that my dads friend gave him, let it sit for a few days in the refrigerator, and cooked it. It had a lot of flavor.

[Anonymous No.18390386]

>>18389773
The lobster and Singapore laksa are based, don't like the normal curry as much but the brand is still pretty killer

[Anonymous No.18390394]

>>18386864
I crack an egg into mine while boiling on the stove and add some chili paste, so I drink it.

[Anonymous No.18390398]

>>18386864
>Water.
>Not just dumping the packet on the raw noodles and eating it dry.

[Anonymous No.18390480]

how come instant pasta didn't take off like instant noodles did?

[Anonymous No.18390591]

>>18390480
I think it has. Dried pasta by itself only takes about an extra 3 minutes to cook than instant noodles, and jarred sauces have been student staple food forever. When I was in uni all the English students ate pasta with jarred sauce while the Asians ate instant noodles.

[Anonymous No.18390615]

>>18390591
Yeah dried pasta and jarred sauce obviously. But those sachets of instant pasta, and things like pot or other "cup" pastas didn't get as popular as like super noodles, pot noodles etc.
I remember when I started seeing mug shot on the shelves, but I don't hear of a lot of people eating stuff like that.

Then in America it's mostly instant ramen, no idea in mainland Europe what cheap stuff students eat but I do know Poland has a big selection of instant noodles, even in tomato sauces, but not much with proper pasta.

[Anonymous No.18391174]

>>18390480
>instant pasta
Didn't even know thats a thing

[Anonymous No.18391353]

>>18386864
>>18386992
I'd do it back in high school when the only available thing in the store was chicken/pork/beef/chili
i'd get the pork one, drain 95% of the water, add seasoning, franks red hot
it was so salty. had that probably every night in sophomore year.
With any rup ramen or bowl ramen though, I'll just cook it with a bit less water and drink it at the end. This being the best flavor

[Anonymous No.18391835]

>>18386864
>boil noodles
>add a couple eggs to water
>mix until cooked
>drain water
>add tiny bit of good quality butter
>add seasoning packet (chicken or shrimp)
>profit

[Anonymous No.18392707]

>>18386864
I boil it until all the water is absorbed into the noodles.

[Anonymous No.18392710]

>>18392707
based and poorpilled

[Anonymous No.18392720]

>>18392710
Wealthy Koreans taught me that method.

[Anonymous No.18392725]

>>18386864
Not Goddamn ever. And I drop an egg in there.

[Anonymous No.18392726]

>>18389180
>Are people actually dumping the water and mixing the salt/msg packet straight into whett noodre? what the actual fuck?
It's really not that weird you hysterical faggot. It works as a soup and it works as noodles without broth more similar to Mi Goreng.
Mi Goreng isn't meant to be a soup and I can tell you Mi Goreng and Maruchan are extremely similar when you prepare Maruchan that way (although Mi Goreng is lower sodium).
If you use Maruchan with scrambled eggs then it would be retarded not to drain the water before adding the eggs and flavor packet.

[Anonymous No.18392873]

>>18386864
I don't if I prepare the seasoning on my own (leftover broth + chopped veggies and spices)
Otherwise, I make them on less water than usual, let it boil away and only use half seasoning package.

[Anonymous No.18393615]

>>18386864
https://youtu.be/mCdSnIkvA_A

[Anonymous No.18393619]

>>18392726
even in the instructions they don't suggest serving without broth

[Anonymous No.18393682]

>>18392726
alright anon I've taken your advice on board and BECAUSE I LIKE YOU I'm trying it. got some Maggi Oriental all up in here

[Anonymous No.18393688]

>>18393682
okay so besides the fact that it's too dang salty this is actually pretty good.

I could see this being lovely with some sesame oil, maybe some dried onion. 7/10 would consume again when salt deficient

[Anonymous No.18393695]

>>18386864
Who throws the water really? Lmao.

[Anonymous No.18393710]

>>18393682
>>18393688
>maggi noodles

[Anonymous No.18393735]

>>18393695
Injecting in the wrong direction is more damaging to the vein.
You should be shooting with the flow.

[Anonymous No.18393746]

>>18393710
jesus christ there's always a fucking problem

[Anonymous No.18393748]

>>18393619
>even in the instructions they don't suggest serving without broth
I know that. I already said Mi Goreng is the one that tells you to drain the water and Maruchan tells you to use it as a soup, and the point is you don't need to use Maruchan like a soup and it still works fine as noodles.

[Anonymous No.18393754]

>>18393682
>>18393688
Yeah, it'll definitely be more salty when a typical instant noodle pack is done Mi Goreng style instead of as a soup is the caveat (though Mi Goreng itself is surprisingly low sodium).
I'm the kind of person who prefers not even adding additional water to the Campbell's condensed chicken noodle soup cans and who likes anchovies, so if you're like me and prefer salty foods then you'll probably like Maruchan better when eaten with the water drained prior to adding the flavor packet in.

[Anonymous No.18393760]

>>18393682
>>18393688
>>18393754
PS: I'll also point out there are definitely still noodle packs I would never drain the water for.
e.g. I would never drain the water and then try to mix in the miso in Nissin Raoh miso soup. That in my opinion would be legitimately weird and uncalled for, as opposed to with something like regular Maruchan or Nissin chicken flavor instant noodles which work just fine as noodles without needing to be soup.

[Anonymous No.18393811]

>>18386864

What I do is I boil the ramen with the seasoning normally, then I strain the water into a bowl without the noodles. Then I fry the ramen in butter and teriyaki sauce, and then reconstitute it in the original broth.

[Anonymous No.18393984]

>>18386864
>boil water
>add noodles
>add spice pack to bowl
>add boiling water to bowl once noodles are cooked
>add cooked noodles to hot broth
This is how I make noodles

[Anonymous No.18394035]

>>18393984
so you use fresh/clean boiled water and not the noodre water right?

[Anonymous No.18394044]

>>18394035
No I just use the noodle water

[Anonymous No.18394049]

>>18394044
try it sometime with fresh water from a kettle. i prefer it. nice clear broth, light, not full of all that oil and starch. is good.

[Anonymous No.18394054]

>>18394049
Will try going forward

[Anonymous No.18394812]

>>18386864
https://youtube.com/shorts/5A8YkmU6Kg8?feature=share

[Anonymous No.18394827]

I once ate a dry ramen square and it didn't taste bad. Was like Chex mix.

[Anonymous No.18394977]

>>18386992
I always get rid of the water.

[Anonymous No.18394994]

>>18394827
Are anons in this thread confusing draining the water after boiling and then mixing in the flavor packet after that with not boiling at all?
The latter is definitely stupid and a waste.

[Anonymous No.18395063]

>>18393682
>oriental
That’s racist as hell

[Anonymous No.18395074]

>>18386864
It's called broth, and I drink that shit like it's nectar of the gods. My fiance used to pour it down the sink, but I've made a big enough deal about it to the point where she gives it to me now

[Anonymous No.18395077]

>>18386864
I dump out most of the water, I leave a little bit to make it easier to mix up and keep it hot

[Anonymous No.18395184]

>>18389773
Try the chili crab one, it's pretty good.

[Anonymous No.18395523]

>>18395063
Good, I'm racists.

[Anonymous No.18395656]

>that guy who leaves the water in his mi goreng

[Anonymous No.18395900]

>>18395063
only if you're generalizing people who have actual nationalities and cultural identity a blanket "oriental". But in this case it's referring to flavours universally enjoyed throughout the Orient; soy, ginger, sesame.

Maybe in Chiner they sell shit like pic related but call it "Occidental Flavour"

[Anonymous No.18396462]

>>18386864
no

[Anonymous No.18397181]

Do people actually boil their noodles? I just warm up some water in an electric kettle, pour it over and let them stay with some kid on for a bit, thats always enough, they already are basically cooked, you really just need to hydrate them

[Anonymous No.18397204]

>>18386864
packet directly to the noodles >> broth

I want to be taken to flavor town, baby. Destination hypernatremia

[Anonymous No.18397214]

>>18386864
noodle/pasta water and pickle juice are for drinking

[Anonymous No.18397215]

>>18397181
It depends. If they're Air dried I boil them. If they're fried I just heat a kettle until boiling and use that.

[Anonymous No.18397218]

>>18397181
if you actually cook them like the instructions say they turn out all soggy, so you are doing it the "wrong" way but i do it that way too because fuck soggy noodles, al dente is where it's at

[Anonymous No.18397546]

My gf used to do that. Until I started to make broth from scratch and adding miso. Now she actually eats ramen with water.

[Anonymous No.18397564]

>>18393748
mi goreng has less sodium packets so it's okay to eat as stir fry. maruchan expects you to ingest a lot of water with all that bullion

[Anonymous No.18397576]

>had perfect microwave
>had perfect square tuppuwear container
>open pack of ramen
>break brick close to the fold so the noodles are in thirds
>chop up turkey dog (thanks futurama)
>add both to square bowl
>fill up with Pur water filter until just floating
>hit "333, start" on microwave
>it finishes
>immediately pour on seasoning packet and stir
God I miss it. Every microwave I've had since, as soon as I press a number between 1-6 it just starts it at that minute. Also I don't have that bowl anymore. Also my Pur filter doesn't fit my new sink head. Why are instant noodles so fucking tedious that I have to watch the microwave now? Get gallon refills at the grocery store?
And that's why I switched to cup/bowl noodles. Much easier.

[Anonymous No.18398673]

>>18395184
Ordered some. I’ve had it before, but it’s been a bit.

[Anonymous No.18398689]

>>18397564
It's not like Nissin Raoh miso where you have a gigantic pack to mix in.
And it's definitely not the size of bullion cubes for instant Western broth soups.
It's salty, but not ridiculously so. You'd get more salt by going to your local pizzeria.

[Anonymous No.18398785]

if you microwave it per the cup noodle instructions, filling to the inside line and microwave _ minutes, you wont have too much brother to drain. when i boil water then dump into noodles instead of microwave the taste doesn't come out the same, feels like all broth+seasoning and flavorless noodles absorbing nothing added to the mix. microwaving seems to be the only way everything tastes the way it's meant to.

[Anonymous No.18398791]

>drain noodles
>throw away noodle water
>use fresh water for broth

[Anonymous No.18399360]

>>18397181
Normally that's what you're supposed to do, but retards on the US kept trying to microwave styrofoam packages clearly marked "DO NOT MICROWAVE" and starting house fires, so they redesigned them to need to be boiled in a pot/kettle