Favorite Add-ins or Add-ons to your Noodles
 

When I decide to make a quick lunch or dinner, I usually go for a package of egg noodles. Recently, I discovered my favorite add-ins to enhance the flavor. To the boiling water, I add curry powder, garlic powder and chicken flavoring powder to create *drumroll* Curry Garlic Chicken Noodle Soup! Anyone else do things like this?

My mom always adds tomato paste and hot curry to instant noodles, with tofu. I like to put egg in mine at the last minute, so there's even more protien in them :). It makes it a bit like egg-flower soup.

Lol... I add the same spices except the chicken stuff to my pasta these days. Add a spoonful of hummus for even more flavor.

Depending on what's available in the spices cupboard, I will. Usually I'll add something spicy for flavoring, otherwise you'll have to test that fine line between slightly flavored, and overwhelmingly strong.

When eating egg noodles, I just add a little bit of oil and sesame oil. That's it. :) I generally like my dry noodles plain. With Ramen and other instant noodle soups, I sometimes add some egg, shrimp, ham, Polish sausage, or lettuce.

Anyone here heard of a type of noodles made in Indonesia i think, it's called Indomie..Very spicy and flavorful (is that a word? o.O)

Fried noodles style of that type with tomatoe slices and fresh onion sprouts.. Sheer kickassery..

Also, pressed beef slices (shreds) go well with any non-soup based noodles..

Scallions and Green Onions. It gives the illusion you're eating vegetables.

butter and parmesean cheese or olive oil and cracked pepper

when i turn off the stove, i immediately add eggs, and scramble them while it's still hot. not much, but it adds to the noodles~

I go very simple on mine. if I'm just making enough for me to have for lunch, I won't go ahead and make any sauces to go with it. I just mix in butter and salt to the noodles after I've strained them and it tastes pretty good. my dad seems to enjoy them the same way, but with parmesan cheese added into the mix. I'm not a big fan of parmesan unless it's freshly grated, so I tend to avoid it usually.

I also make a pretty good macaroni salad. it's pretty quick to make; just throw in whatever random vegetables you like into the noodles after you've strained them, and either chicken or tuna, then just enough mayo to lightly coat everything. throw it in the fridge and you've got lunch for the next couple days~

I've never tried curry, but I have done the garlic and chicken route.

I also found Garlic Pepper or Lemon Pepper (lightly) shaken onto the noodles is a good bet.

But, if you eat meat, you can make your own "hamburger helper" with plain noodles, beef, and whatever else you may want to add. In the long run it's cheaper because you don't have to follow directions and can make as much as you like. I spent under $10 and managed to make enough using angel hair pasta to last for DAYS. Freezers are great.

For Italian egg noodles, I typically add stuff like Italian salad dressing, parmesan cheese and bacon bits. For ramen noodles, I've been adding stuff like boiled eggs, cooked bacon/chicken, spinach/cabbage, or teriyaki sauce (you can make this with the "teriyaki sauce" you get in American supermarkets, brown sugar, and flour to thicken it).

Well... I don't cook other noodles much, but adding egg and chopped onions to the boiling water before you put in the Ramen is fantastic. Kinda turns it thicker, and adds in a whole lot more flavor. Not to mention protein.

I like the usual. Eggs, char sui, kamaboko, spam, green onions. Very popular in Hawaii, made famous during the plantations days. And it still is popular among people in Hawaii.

Looks something like this, but you can see in the pic that they added carrots or something.
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The way I eat my Instant Ramen is just to boil the noodles, put an egg in while it's boiling, drain the water and add the included seasoning on top.

I usually add garlic powder and an egg if I decide to make noodles from scratch. I also include vegetables or chicken if they’re available.

I've always been hesitant to drop the egg into boiling water. You're basically poaching it and if it's done improperly, it can lead to food poisoning. I've had food poisoning twice before and don't wish for a third time.

I don't add much of anything to my ramen. I will spoon some bullion powder in, since the included packet stuff is kinda weird. Occasionally I'll throw in some chopped onion if it's available. I've also added soy sauce and didn't mind it.

But the type of ramen my girlfriend sends me is often pre-flavored and I sometimes eat it straight from the pack, like an oversized cracker.

This is a fantastic sauce to use, and is nice enough to serve if you have company.

Beef in Oyster Sauce with Ramen Noodles

Ingredients:

250g (8 oz.) fillet, sirloin or rump steak (beef).
Cornflour
Salt, pepper
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
Sprinkling Sugar
1 teaspoon sherry
1 clove garlic
2 shallots (white part)
Pinch monosodium glutamate
3 tablespoons stock or water
1 teaspoon soy sauce
2-3 packets of plain Ramen noodles

Cut the beef into small, thin slices, sprinkle with salt and pepper and pound lightly. Dredge it lightly with cornflour.
Slice shallots thinly. Heat 3/4 cup of oil, add the beef. When you cook the beef, only cook it halfway and place in a bowl, otherwise your beef will turn out like boot leather. In another pan, heat 1 dessertspoon of oil with garlic and shallots. When lightly browned, remove garlic and add the oyster sauce, sugar, monosodium glutamate, soy sauce, sherry and stock. Bring to the boil and leave it boiling for two minutes. Add the beef, stir well and cook for another minute.

While your sauce is cooking, boil your Ramen Noodles as directed on the packet. Also, add vegetables to the sauce if you wish. Enjoy!

If I'm just making cheap boil-in-the-bag shit, you know what goes surprisingly well? A few tubs of that McDonalds barbecue sauce.

Otherwise I go with olive oil or pesto. Or egg!

I'm definately into adding meat...as much meat as i can take...lol, cause meat makes anything good =)

:cow: <----makes anything good :):)

Fried egg and ham. Works really nicely with one of those spicy korean instant noodles :D

I usually like to add in curry powder and sometimes bacon into my ramen. To me, it makes the ramen all the more tastier. :cool: