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Spicy Garlic Ramen

Cheap, easy, delicious!!

10 min520 cal16g proteinServes 21,050 saves
Kadyn IannettiKadyn Iannetti

Ingredients

  • 2 packages Chicken flavored ramen
  • 2 tbsp Butter
  • measure with your heart Minced garlic
  • 1-2 Egg
  • 2 tbsp Low sodium soy sauce
  • Crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1-1 1/2 tbsp Sesame oil

Instructions

  1. 1Cook ramen according to directions on the package. Don’t add seasoning packets until later!
  2. 2While the noodles are boiling, add the butter and garlic to a wok and sauté on medium-low heat for 1-2 minutes.
  3. 3Crack egg(s) in the butter and garlic mixture and scramble until cooked thoroughly. Turn heat to LOW. Add cooked noodles to the wok without the pasta water; save the pasta water for later!
  4. 4Toss noodles in the garlic, butter, and egg mixture adding in the soy sauce, red pepper flakes, and seasoning packets.
  5. 5If you like your ramen to be brothy, add some of the pasta water into the wok. I personally prefer less broth, so I don’t add much (if any).
  6. 6Once you have removed the ramen from any heat, add in the sesame oil and top with more red pepper flakes and green onion if desired. Enjoy!

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Instant Noodles, Upgraded

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Quick Tips

  1. 1

    Toss the seasoning packet

    Half the sodium comes from the packet — build your own broth with miso, soy, and stock.

  2. 2

    6-minute jammy egg

    Boil eggs exactly 6 minutes, ice bath, peel — that's the ramen-shop yolk.

  3. 3

    Sear the aromatics

    Garlic and ginger in butter before the broth goes in — big flavor payoff.

  4. 4

    Fresh noodles hold better

    Fresh ramen from the refrigerated section has more bite than dried; worth the upgrade.

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