Healthy Hacks: Instant Noodles

Do you like Instant Noodles?  Do you find yourself craving them at any hour during the day?  Do you love how simplistic and fast they are, and how simulated the flavours taste?  Well, so do I.  But have you ever read the Nutrition Facts that are printed on the back?  Well, you would be very suprised at what you would find.  On my favorite brand of Instant Noodles, Mr. Noodles, I found that one packet contained 81% of my daily dose of sodium.  81%!  That is completely and utterly ridiculous.  So I decided to make some changes to my favourite snack food.

Step 1: Ingredients:

For this Recipie, you will need:
-A Packet of Instant Noodles
-Random Ingredients that you think taste good
-Hot water
-a Bowl
-Chopsticks (Yes, eating with chopsticks makes me feel special.  it should make you feel special too.)
-Creativity

Comments

[kelseymh]

My wife and I use low-sodium chicken stock to make our noodles. The, um, "flavor packets" (what a disturbing name) are where nearly all of the sodium originates, so get rid of those.

Once you've done that, instant ramen noodles can be quite filling and reasonably healthy. When I was in college, I would chop cold cuts into little squares, chop a carrot and zucchini into ~1 cm cubes, and throw those into the pot with the noodles. If you do a stove-top boil, the veggies will cook for about ten minutes, long enough to both release their flavor into the broth, and get a bit more al dente than raw.

If you're really impatient, then steam the vegetables in the microwave first (two or three minutes is enough) to soften them, then add them to the ramen-and-broth for cooking.

[NathanaelScheffler]

I have not yet tried adding meat or vegetables to my instant noodles. It sounds like it would taste great! I just use them as a quick snack, so I don't think I would ever be able to wait long enough to take that many steps in preparing instant noodles. Thanks for your recipie!

[tenny]

awesome!

[uhsnamih]

any idea how to add chicken/turkey/fish or eggs in this recipe

[NathanaelScheffler]

i think that you would just have to cook the meat first to make sure that it is done. If you were adding eggs I would scramble them. I think that that would be an interesting addition!

[uhsnamih]

oh , i actually tried adding egg for the first time yesterday, it was just delicious. I also added shrimp paste + salsa + Indian spices (m an Indian).
I firstly put noodles in a pot and boiled it for 2 minute. Meanwhile i prepared spices and adding. I put raw egg + salsa + soya sauce + Chinese chilli sauce + pepper + onions + tomato sauce and given flavor packet. Then I took the noodles out washed it and then mixed all the stuff that i prepared and added a little water and again heated in microwave for 3 minutes. After m done, the noodles soaked the flavor and the whole dish was kinda dark brown color , showing the perfect microwave noodle soup.