Get a better quality instant noodle from an Asian market. Put frozen dumplings and veggies in it while bringing to a boil. Crack an egg in there right after putting the noodles.
Through very little effort, you've leveled up your Ramen to close to restaurant quality bachelor food.
Honestly some days rhe thought of putting a kette on sounds too much. There's always bread.
Meal Prepping depends on having the willpower to not eat all the food for the week in one sitting, so... no.
Know what's even cheaper? Simply not eating until you expire. Comment said get were tired of ramen. I suggested a cheap augment.
Simply not eating until you expire.
Damn, I knew I could cut expenses somewhere! Those finance articles were so right.
You can also try some modifications from this culinary mastermind: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JsB57FtaxXQ
I know this is memes, but instant noodles weren't invented to prevent starvation. On launch they were actually many times more expensive than fresh noodles.
I visited some friends in Japan. On my way out, one gave me a couple premium looking bowls of instant Ramen.
I was like "oh hey, thanks, but that takes up a lot of space. I don't have room in my luggage"
He just said "for airport" and it was all clear. I ate like a champ!
Last time I passed through Taipei they had a water dispenser by the restrooms that had options for searing hot and "cold" water (it was lukewarm at best). I'd imagine Japan would have something similar.
I've had truly instant ramen when my friend's brother came back from Japan. Dude brought a bunch of cool shit back, including a few cases of self heating ramen and a carton of self lighting cigarettes. Japan is like 500 years in the future.
Let people drink/smoke
Obviously don't let people drive drunk and have specific areas for smokers in public places
But if you're chilling at your house or apartment and want to smoke one outside that shouldn't be illegal
I'm not stopping anyone from smoking. I just hope people have given up such a dangerous and stupid habit by the 26th century.
Do you think they should give up drinking as well?
Two things humans have been doing as a species for over 5 thousand years?
They're gonna be those reverse ones from The 5th Element and the government limits how many you can have a day.
Or maybe cancer itself is eradicated and smoking isn't dangerous anymore 🤷🏻♂️
The are existing self heating ramens by using the same tech USA army warms their MRE "just add water" no matter temperature
Ah I remember that scene-- I just didn't think it was cheap enough to actually make sense to use in the real world. I wonder where they're sold bc I don't think I've run across one in the wild.
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There is a chemical heating element at the bottom of the cup. You add water, pull a string, and it will boil the water without a stove/microwave.
I just don't know where you find it. I've been in Japan for years and never run across it.
Good thing I’m a nutrient consuming robot who just needs fuel to power my circuits and not a human who has to taste things.
Frankly I don’t know why the grocery store has anything other than just beans. It would save so much time.
Wait, you're saying you can get the same "nutrition to cost" value out of wet beans? I assumed you meant dry beans (and this would need to soak and actually cook them).
This might just be location specific, but wet beans are much more expensive (in terms of calories per dollar) compared to ramen every where I've seen (lived in South West and Mid Atlantic of US).
Are you saying that's not the case where you're at?
Where I live dried beans are usually about on par with ramen, but not canned beans.
Maybe they don't like beans. I don't generally like beans unless they're in something else.
Different people have different tastes, as they say. I do not like beans in general, but I am fine with refried beans and black beans in Mexican food and beans in chili. And I guess if chick peas count as a bean, since they're also called garbanzo beans, I enjoy hummus and falafel. But like a side of lima beans or whatever? Bleah. And green beans are just disgusting to me.
Ground beef and flour. If I weren't allergic to wheat and all carbs didn't give me diarrhea then i could make a million meals out of those.
One of my favorite meals is beans, sausage, and rice with some hot sauce mixed in. It's such a nice comfort food, and it's incredibly cheap and pretty nutritious.
You can also use ground beef, you buy the cheapest meat and ask them to grind it, or like me you have the hand cranked one at home.
You still need to cook it. It can't beat pouring hot water into a container in terms of simplicity
Off course ramen is going to always be easy to cook, but ramen stops being the best choice when you start getting scurvy, and your skin is shit, and you don't have energy.
That's the problem with any monodiet, yes. Thankfully, even the most poor student and a depressed adult can afford an apple once in a while
do you have any noob-friendly recipes for beans? More specifically, some western style (US or Europe)?
Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew.
But actually though. Spicy Red beans and rice is delicious, black bean burgers, anything with chick peas like hummus wraps or chick pea fritters, vegetable tacos and burritos with black beans... there are loads of things.
I very much like red beans and rice when it's particularly spicy. Can add some sausage for heartiness too
Tomato soup with kidney beans can make it way more filling and gives the taste more body. Other less-western combinations with tomato work as well; like rice / beans, some sweet pepper, onion / tomato mixed sauce (perhaps even add apple or banana).
Otherwise stuff like Burritos and Chili recipes are always great.
Thanks, I want something that's like 90% beans, not just something that have beans in it like burrito and chili. Like those "English breakfast" beans in red sauce.
What's your favorite instant ramen?
Mine has to be Nissin Raoh. It's so god damn delicious. It's the closest thing to a real Japanese ramen shop experience.
Indomie. This stuff cooks up more like a lo mein than the normal instant ramen (noodles floating in broth), but if you want to try something different:
https://www.amazon.com/Indomie-Instant-Noodles-Chicken-Flavor/dp/B000VSDCH4
Barbeque Chicken is the good one (it's like Korean BBQ)
Comes with 3 separate sauce packs, dry seasoning, and fried onion - boil the noodles, strain all the water out, mix all the packets together except the onion, then add them to the noodles. Mix the onion in right before serving (it'll get squishy otherwise).
Add meat/veggies/egg if you're feeling fancy.
By far the best instant ramen I've found.
That looks great, I'll have to try it.
My faves are nong shin: Red and Black
I think black is probably similar to your Raoh.
I've had it and it's not the same. I recommend you try the Raoh. It's a true Japanese tonkotsu broth. Or as true as you can get in an instant ramen anyway.
The Cup Noodles stir fry line has been my favorite recently. It’s not anything fancy, but I like how you don’t end up with a broth when you’re done with the noodles.
Shin Black is a treat for me, but I'm usually rocking Jin Spicy.
Lately I've been having Paldo Spicy Kokomen ramen, it's clean tasting and lovely with some green onion and egg.
EDIT: Honorable mentions
Pro tip for ramen with a packet of seasoning. Only use like 1/4 of that seasoning. It will still taste awesome and you wont feel like shit after you eat it.
I recommend using the whole packet and just using slightly less water so you actually have some flavor left that isn't watered down.
This is one of the best improvements you can make to instant ramen. At work I keep sesame oil, furikake, hard/soft boiled eggs, and bonito flakes. Makes every lunch super easy and super delicious. Especially if you have access to boiling water. I keep an electric kettle at my desk for this reason.
Aye you taking about hot seasoning? We do this is we're not wanting it too hot. It's also great keeping the left over seasoning for other meals.
Yeah, but I could eat eggs and veggies at that point. You know, for half the cheap-ass fat-content