What is the spice mixture that Top Ramen uses?

[Randomguy]

I would like to make some soup, like they use.  Because it is awesome.

[Wilbur ★]

3 minutes ago, Randomguy said:

I would like to make some soup, like they use.  Because it is awesome.

Sodium chloride, Ammonium dichloride, Magnesium sulfate, 

[Wilbur ★]

But, you could try,

Seasoning salt 
Garlic Powder 
Onion Powder 
Cracked Black Pepper 
Chili Powder 
Thyme

[late]

No idea what they use.

But I can tell you how to make an easy noodle bowl.

Boil water, throw noodles, soba is great.

You start by mixing a good miso in a cup, adding a little hot water at a time so it doesn't clump. I'd suggest having Korean, red and white for variety.

Drain the noodle water reserving enough for the soup.

Add the miso, some Japanese rice seasoning, a little tofu (I like Trader Joes organic). If you can find a seaweed shaker, that's nice, you can also cook some with the noodles.

Put it in a bowl, throw a small amount of baby onion shoots, and call it lunch.

 

[Johnny Come Lately Name]

3 hours ago, late said:

throw noodles,

Nah, keep the noodles.

Throw the tofu.

As far as you can.

[Further]

Get a bowl full of MSG, add some salt, throw in some noodles, add water.

[maddmaxx ★]

3 hours ago, Wilbur said:

Sodium chloride, Ammonium dichloride, Magnesium sulfate, 

And a pinch of salt for taste.  

[Johnny Come Lately Name]

3 minutes ago, Further said:

Get a bowl full of MSG, add some salt, throw in some noodles, add water.

And the appropriate coloring to denote which “flavor” you made.

[Dirtyhip]

3 hours ago, Wilbur said:

But, you could try,

Seasoning salt 
Garlic Powder 
Onion Powder 
Cracked Black Pepper 
Chili Powder 
Thyme

I like this, but would sub white pepper for the black.  Also add mushroom powder.

and of course broth of whatever animal of choice.

[Dirtyhip]

Yes, MSG.  They add MSG to that stuff.  

[Randomguy]

1 minute ago, Dirtyhip said:

Yes, MSG.  They add MSG to that stuff.  

I have yet to hear a rational explanation of what is wrong with the stuff.  I also haven't looked to hard for it, either, though.

 

[Dirtyhip]

25 minutes ago, Randomguy said:

I have yet to hear a rational explanation of what is wrong with the stuff.  I also haven't looked to hard for it, either, though.

 

It excites your nerve cells.  It's an excitotoxin.  Some people experience headaches and even asthma attacks, after eating it.  Personally, I am not a fan of lab created things, that are put in my food. This is the same reason that I hate pesticides. 

[shootingstar]

For Ramen get a veggie bouillon cube or powder...add cooked and drained, handmade soba /buckwheat noodles. 

Or for soup, make a chicken or pork bone consommé from scratch.  For veggie healthiness, slide in chopped boy choy or shanghai choy into boiling consommé. Put in rehydrated seaweed (your choice. An Asian supermarket has lots of choice.) about 1 large tablespoon. With noodles (ok you want egg based ramen light, thin noodle) it should be great to have a big bowl.

If want to be real creative, 2-3 thin slices of lotus root or fresh water chestnuts.  Cook these in soup for up to 8-10 min., until slightly soft.

You could mix it up by adding chopped fresh cilantro when serving...which makes it a lot less Japanese but more pan-Asian.

[Randomguy]

14 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said:

It's an excitotoxin. 

That sounds like a hot crazy chick to me.

[Page Turner]

1 hour ago, Randomguy said:

That sounds like a hot crazy chick to me.

...same thing. Skip the Ramen and find a hot, crazy chick to eat.

[Randomguy]

2 hours ago, Page Turner said:

...same thing. Skip the Ramen and find a hot, crazy chick to eat.

Nah, nothing is worth dealing with crazy.  Maybe for a night, but nothing more.

[Page Turner]

35 minutes ago, Randomguy said:

Nah, nothing is worth dealing with crazy.  Maybe for a night, but nothing more.

...here I thought I was the old guy.  What are you, like 150 years old now ?

[Randomguy]

23 minutes ago, Page Turner said:

...here I thought I was the old guy.  What are you, like 150 years old now ?

I have just had too much crazy for one life.

[Page Turner]

...the last stalker girlfriend I broke up with did it for me, I think.

[Wilbur ★]

13 hours ago, shootingstar said:

For Ramen get a veggie bouillon cube or powder...add cooked and drained, handmade soba /buckwheat noodles. 

Or for soup, make a chicken or pork bone consommé from scratch.  For veggie healthiness, slide in chopped boy choy or shanghai choy into boiling consommé. Put in rehydrated seaweed (your choice. An Asian supermarket has lots of choice.) about 1 large tablespoon. With noodles (ok you want egg based ramen light, thin noodle) it should be great to have a big bowl.

If want to be real creative, 2-3 thin slices of lotus root or fresh water chestnuts.  Cook these in soup for up to 8-10 min., until slightly soft.

You could mix it up by adding chopped fresh cilantro when serving...which makes it a lot less Japanese but more pan-Asian.

You misunderstand shootingstar.  This Random guy.  He wants spaghetti in salty chemical water not an authentic Asian meal.

[Randomguy]

42 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

You misunderstand shootingstar.  This Random guy.  He wants spaghetti in salty chemical water not an authentic Asian meal.

Nailed it!

[Randomguy]

8 hours ago, Page Turner said:

...the last stalker girlfriend I broke up with did it for me, I think.

How badly were you stalked?

[Page Turner]

3 hours ago, Randomguy said:

How badly were you stalked?

...past uncomfortable, but well short of Fatal Attraction. Somewhere around showing up at odd hours on my doorstep dressed to impress.

[Dirtyhip]

It would be cool to delve further into making ramen.  I saw an episode of a cooking show about this ramen guy.  I am inspired.  I am a little nervous about making the noodles.  Although, I am usually good with all things flour related, so maybe it will be a piece of cake.  

[Page Turner]

1 hour ago, Dirtyhip said:

It would be cool to delve further into making ramen.  I saw an episode of a cooking show about this ramen guy.  I am inspired.  I am a little nervous about making the noodles.  Although, I am usually good with all things flour related, so maybe it will be a piece of cake.  

 

...they sell a reasonably healthful alternative ramen noodle (the thin ones) in bulk at Costco now (no salt/msg flavoring packets are provided.)

I read the ingredients, and it seems pretty straightforward in terms of what they put in them.  I would be perplexed by the problem of cutting them very thin.

 

There are other Asian noodles that are thicker...stuff like the buckwheat soba noodles and whatever it is they use in a bowl of shoyu...

The joke outside the Ramen house I sometimes eat at here is a sign that says, "Let Us Shoyu Ramen."