How to make Top Ramen healthy
hawk4117
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Ok so IF your on a Ramen budget here's a tip on how to make it a bit healthier.
FIRST: Throw away that packet of sodium heart attack!
SECOND: Before you actually cook your ramen in boiling water, rinse it first with super-hot tap water for a couple of minutes in a colander. Top Ramen is deep fried in palm oil which is about the most saturated fat there is, so by rinsing it in hot water for a few will skim a lot off, especially if you boil it, breaking the noodles down a bit, then straining it a colander while rinsing it with super-hot tap water again. The concept here is to break off some of that saturated fat that Ramen noodles are processed in.
The rest is up to your imagination. My favorite ramen dish is with with cooked chicken pieces, frozen mixed vegetable and ½ tsp of chicken bouillon (Caldo De Pollo) and ½ tsp of Mrs. Dash Salt-Free Onion & Herb Seasoning Blend. Now granted there’s sodium in chicken bouillon, but ½ tsp is nowhere near the amount found in that little packet of death! Lol Experiment with your favorite seasonings and try to stay the course with low or no sodium stuff. Experiment with low sodium spices until you find your healthy niche. Please share your recipes and Enjoy!
FIRST: Throw away that packet of sodium heart attack!
SECOND: Before you actually cook your ramen in boiling water, rinse it first with super-hot tap water for a couple of minutes in a colander. Top Ramen is deep fried in palm oil which is about the most saturated fat there is, so by rinsing it in hot water for a few will skim a lot off, especially if you boil it, breaking the noodles down a bit, then straining it a colander while rinsing it with super-hot tap water again. The concept here is to break off some of that saturated fat that Ramen noodles are processed in.
The rest is up to your imagination. My favorite ramen dish is with with cooked chicken pieces, frozen mixed vegetable and ½ tsp of chicken bouillon (Caldo De Pollo) and ½ tsp of Mrs. Dash Salt-Free Onion & Herb Seasoning Blend. Now granted there’s sodium in chicken bouillon, but ½ tsp is nowhere near the amount found in that little packet of death! Lol Experiment with your favorite seasonings and try to stay the course with low or no sodium stuff. Experiment with low sodium spices until you find your healthy niche. Please share your recipes and Enjoy!
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I used to eat a lot of ramen (different brand). I usually did use the "spice pack" (half of it sometimes); I threw away the "oil pack" and just put in a teaspoon or so of olive oil.0
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Three steps to making ramen healthy
Step 1) Throw away the spice packet
Step 2) Throw away the ramen noodles
Step 3) make real soup with some fresh veggies.0 -
Three steps to making ramen healthy
Step 1) Throw away the spice packet
Step 2) Throw away the ramen noodles
Step 3) make real soup with some fresh veggies.
True story.0 -
Or you could just eat it. I like to put chicke in mine, but otherwise I leave it as is. Why mess with a good thing?0
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honestly I would just go buy some egg noodles and forget about the ramen. Although I do like them the cals and salt aren't worth it and the extra effort you suggested to make them healthy seems like a lot of work for a noodle ... just sayin :ohwell:
edit: I never really ate them as soup - I would drain them and add the spice packet for a noodle side dish
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Less spice packet. No oil packet. Rinse.
Add eggs or egg white.
Yum.0 -
Less spice packet. No oil packet. Rinse.
Add eggs or egg white.
Yum.
again then it's just noodles?0 -
I agree with an earlier post. Just buy some egg noodles and season them up however you like.
Or just make it fit under your calorie limit and enjoy it if you really must have it.0 -
I agree with an earlier post. Just buy some egg noodles and season them up however you like.
Or just make it fit under your calorie limit and enjoy it if you really must have it.
Isn't it like 380 calories (for two servings I might add)? Is that really so much that eating it is something you only do when you 'really must have it'? Ramen+4 ounces of chicken+an egg cracked into the both=Yum.0 -
Isn't it like 380 calories (for two servings I might add)? Is that really so much that eating it is something you only do when you 'really must have it'? Ramen+4 ounces of chicken+an egg cracked into the both=Yum.
Tell me more!
Do you stir up the egg in the hot broth to make something like egg drop in the ramen? 0 -
Do as the Koreans do. They have ramen perfected. Veggies + Egg on top.
Not sure why you'd want to throw away the spice packet... it's kind of a defining thing for Ramen. Ramen without the spice packet just isn't ramen. It's noodles and water.0 -
I'm a salt-fiend and throwing away that little bag of MSG sodium stuff would make me cry.0
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Or you could just eat it. I like to put chicke in mine, but otherwise I leave it as is. Why mess with a good thing?
Wise words.
Sometimes, I cook as usual, drain and add to pan fried (once frozen) vegetables with a little sesame oil and a lot of soy sauce. If I want more protein, I add a diced chicken breast and a scrambled egg. Awesome.0 -
I have never eaten Ramen before.0
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Do as the Koreans do. They have ramen perfected. Veggies + Egg on top.
Not sure why you'd want to throw away the spice packet... it's kind of a defining thing for Ramen. Ramen without the spice packet just isn't ramen. It's noodles and water.
Plus kimchi, tofu, and enough chili derivatives to make you cry.
God bless Korea.0 -
A friendly reminder that one brick of ramen noodles is not one but two servings.
I used to eat two bricks at a time. I would drain the water out of the noodles and sprinkle on a little bit of the flavor pack for flavoring. It was just a really easy 5 minute way to get dinner.0 -
Double posted. I *really* wanted to remind people! 0
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Why buy Ramen anyway? Just get a box of noodles. The price per serving is pretty close. You are basically saying just to use the noodles anyway. In the time it takes to cook ramen, you can cook spaghetti/macaroni/shells/etc0
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Healthy ramen? Here's a thought...don't eat instant ramen. And, the Koreans didn't perfect ramen...the Japanese did. Veggies + Egg on top? That's a basic Japanese prep. Kimchi in ramen? No thanks. Give me a miso, shoyu or tonkotsu please. Kimchi fried rice is good though.
Instant ramen isn't technically ramen anyway.
Edit:
Ramen -
Not Ramen -
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why not just buy a box of noodles?0
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Fresh ramen noodles are super cheap at Asian grocers. Again, I'm in Los Angeles ... so a little spoiled by ethnic groceries0
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Oh, thanks so much! I love ramen, especially like you described with chicken pieces, vegis and bullion. So how do you enter the calories/sodium/etc. That is all that is keeping me from going to have some now.0
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Yeeeah, instant ramen is kind of an abomination. If I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna go all out and make real ramen. It's an all day affair, but it's completely worth it and probably won't raise my blood pressure by six points, either.
I don't understand why you'd eat instant ramen if you're not stretching a very tight budget? Like.. if you REALLY like it, okay, fine, but the noodles are crap, the spice blend is crap, the whole thing is just. I don't know. Terrible ingredients don't make good food. The first time you have real, street style Japanese ramen, you'll never be able to look at the packet **** again.0 -
If you eat instant ramen, you can save a lot of calories by looking for types that use rice noodles or bean vermicelli instead. These noodles don't need to be fried to make them instant. My brand of bean vermicelli noodles (Vina Acecook) is only 189 kcal per package, including the little packet of garlicky oil..0
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I agree with an earlier post. Just buy some egg noodles and season them up however you like.
Or just make it fit under your calorie limit and enjoy it if you really must have it.
Isn't it like 380 calories (for two servings I might add)? Is that really so much that eating it is something you only do when you 'really must have it'? Ramen+4 ounces of chicken+an egg cracked into the both=Yum.
Winner. Its not that many calories if you like them- just don't have them be all you eat and you'll be fine.0 -
Would just like to say after reading this post, I went into the kitchen and made some Ramen.
(I mixed in summer sausage and frozen veggies)
I don't understand all the rules about you should eat this, shouldn't eat that. I just eat what I enjoy. Pretty much anything is fine in moderation.0 -
Healthy ramen? Here's a thought...don't eat instant ramen. And, the Koreans didn't perfect ramen...the Japanese did. Veggies + Egg on top? That's a basic Japanese prep. Kimchi in ramen? No thanks. Give me a miso, shoyu or tonkotsu please. Kimchi fried rice is good though.
Instant ramen isn't technically ramen anyway.
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Ramen -
Not Ramen -
Instant ramen was invented in Japan...0 -
Instant ramen was invented in Japan...
Instant noodles were invented in Japan...but anyway, what's your point?0 -
Ramen without the "packet of death" is simply not Ramen. That's like saying...oh, you can make Doritos healthier by running them under water to get the cheese off. Uh, ew, and no, Doritos (and Ramen) should be left as is. If it doesn't fit into your calories, don't eat it. If it does, party on. And as others have said, using regular non-Ramen noodles would work just fine.
Psht...throw away the seasoning. Blasphemy!0 -
There is nothing wrong with Ramen noodles. Just use half the seasoning. Sometimes I'll add some frozen peas and corn to it. I don't eat it often but when I am not in the mood to make anything and I want to eat something I make that because it's quick0
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