Instant Ramen Hacks: How to Make Instant Ramen Better
One example of an upgraded bowl of instant ramen. Use the hacks above to build your own better bowl of instant ramen!
Course Main Course
Cuisine Japanese
Keyword Comfort Food, Noodles, Ramen, Soup
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 15 minutesminutes
Servings 1
Ingredients
1packinstant ramen noodles
2cups homemade chicken stockor a good quality boxed bone broth
1scallionsliced
2frozen meatballs
2frozen fish balls
2frozen wontons
1tbspwhite miso paste
2tbspcilantroroughly chopped
½sheetnori seaweedtorn into two squares
1medium-boiled egg
½tbspsambal chili paste
Instructions
In a medium soup pot, bring your stock to a boil along with half of the seasoning packet, the frozen meatballs, frozen fish balls, and the hearty white part of the scallions.Once at a boil, cook for about 5 minutes to make sure the meatballs are heated through.
Add the noodles and wontons to the soup pot. Cook until the noodles are cooked but still have a good chewy texture to them. This will only take a couple of minutes. The wontons will also cook in that time.
Add the miso paste to your serving bowl. Add about half a cup of hot broth to the bowl and whisk until the miso paste is fully incorporated. Then add the rest of your soup to the bowl.Taste the broth and if it needs to be seasoned a bit more, add a little more of the seasoning packet to your taste.
Slice your egg in half. Garnish the soup with the green parts of the scallions, cilantro, the egg, and nori squares. Add the sambal. Slurp away!