Money-saving pimped packet ramen recipe
SERVES
2
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
5
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
7
MINUTES
CUISINE
COURSE
Main
Method
Heat the oil in a small saucepan over a medium heat and cook the spring onion and garlic purée for a couple minutes, stirring often until aromatic.
Add the boiling water, along with the dried noodles and their flavour sachets, or the cooked noodles with the crumbled stock cube or the miso soup sachets. Stir together and cook for a minute or two until the liquid is mostly absorbed.
Add your chosen protein and the veg and cook until the protein is just cooked through, about five minutes or so. If you are using fresh chicken or seafood it will take less time. If using tofu, add in the last few minutes so it doesn’t disintegrate.
Serve into bowls and go crazy with the toppers.
Ingredients
For the base:
2tbsp toasted sesame oil
1 spring onion (white bulb discarded), snipped
1tsp garlic purée
2 mugs of boiling water
2 packets of ramen noodles (or any other instant noodles)
OR
300g ready cooked noodles and 1 chicken stock cube, crumbled
OR
300g ready cooked noodles and 2 sachets of miso soup mix
For the protein (choose from):
1 mug of frozen, fresh or cooked chicken strips
1 mug of frozen, fresh or cooked seafood
1 mug of frozen or fresh gyoza dumplings
½ block of firm tofu, broken into smaller pieces
For the veg:
250g packet of pak choi, leaves separated
½ mug of frozen vegetables
Toppers (choose as many as you like):
Soft-boiled egg halves
Drizzles of chilli oil
1tbsp sesame seeds
Fresh coriander sprigs
Fresh chillies
Kimchi
Drizzles of Sriracha
Method
Heat the oil in a small saucepan over a medium heat and cook the spring onion and garlic purée for a couple minutes, stirring often until aromatic.
Add the boiling water, along with the dried noodles and their flavour sachets, or the cooked noodles with the crumbled stock cube or the miso soup sachets. Stir together and cook for a minute or two until the liquid is mostly absorbed.
Add your chosen protein and the veg and cook until the protein is just cooked through, about five minutes or so. If you are using fresh chicken or seafood it will take less time. If using tofu, add in the last few minutes so it doesn’t disintegrate.
Serve into bowls and go crazy with the toppers.
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