Instant Ramen
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- Difficulty: medium
- Serves: 4
Description
This is one of the tastiest ways of dressing up your instant ramen and was a staple for me during university. I still like to make it from time to time for reasons of nostalgia or having blown all my money on booze that month.
add to shopping list Ingredients
- any brand of instant ramen
- [kecap manis](http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/equivalents_substitutions.asp?index=K&tid=1776)
- maggi chilli sauce
- sesame oil
Preparation
1. Begin cooking your instant ramen as per the packet instructions.
2. Whilst still a little hard ("al dente", if there is such a thing for instant ramen) turn off the heat and strain the soup away into a bowl to keep aside. Drain the noodles thoroughly.
3. Put the dry noodles in a bowl and mix in sesame oil, kecap manis and chilli sauce to taste.
4. Garnish with anything - flaked seasoned chicken, fried onions, chopped green onions or crushed cashew nuts work well. Serve with the soup on the side.
Post a Question or Comment
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7/25/12
DHJin says:
umm, i served the soup on the side but... i dunno just tasted like noodle-y water… did i miss something?? and ABC rocks :P
7/25/12
Times1 says:
This is all it took to convince my sister to join. LOL---now she's hooked.
I laav dis siet, kthxbai!
7/25/12
mishmash says:
i managed to get my hands on a bottle of abc kecap manis when i was in boston, lugged it all the way back to oswego just so i can have indomie style noodles. that was probably the reason why my bag was overweight at the airport but it was too precious for me to leave it behind... anyways, i usually use the packet seasoning, kecap manis, some oyster sauce, fried onions, onion oil, white pepper and alilbitof soy sauce. no chili sauce so i use chili powder or chili flakes instead. sigh, i want indomie's thai flavored noodles...
7/25/12
Mariska says:
they have ABC brand Sweet soy sauce (Kecap manis)in the State, From all the Black sauce or sweet soy sauce i think this one taste better, not too over powering in flavour and taste, Good Choice,even Emeril Lagasse Choose this one, Thanks for using Kecap Manis ABC in the recipe
7/25/12
lysozymes says:
Every new way to bling up ramen is good. Love the stuff! I like the way you set up the food on the plate too!
7/25/12
ted1 says:
If you are looking for a kecap manis substitute, in the States there is a brand of sweet soy sauce called Yoshida's that I think would probably work. We have some in the house so I'll give it a shot!
7/25/12
MeltingWok says:
ooh, you prolly have tried Indomie - Mee Goreng, a dry variant of the instant noodle ? My god, your recipe sounded like one of Malaysia/SG's hawker stalls type of Mee Goreng - stir-fried instant noodles ! Yummos ! :) I used ABC kecap manis a lot. Which brand do you use, by the way ? haha, I did a 101 instant noodle post couple days back, ramen does brings back lotsa school days, isn't it ? :)
7/25/12
thanks ted - actually some people have been asking me for American substitutes for kecap manis so I'll tell them to try Yoshida's.
7/25/12
I use ABC too :)
7/25/12
um no it's a Muji special. 'bout 800-yen.
7/25/12
sgtoca says:
Ramen gone high end...this is easy thanks! i think i can actually make this while pissed drunk and hammered as well. ok, next weekend..
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