I bought a bunch of ramen today (8 for $1!). I didn't want to cook it with the sauce packs though due to the huge amounts of sodium they hold - around 900mg or so. So instead I decided to try my hand at stir fried ramen.
Ingrediants:
-1 pack of ramen
-vegetables (whatever you like)
-Olive oil
For the first step I cleaned off my veggies - I used mushrooms and red bell peppers. Next I took a little bit of olive oil and added it into a pan. Once the oil was hot I added my veggies and turned the heat down a bit. Make sure you watch them; you don't want them to burn, but you want them to be cooked well.
A couple minutes later I put my ramen on. The packets I use require you to place the ramen in two cups of boiling water.
By the time the the ramen is done your veggies should be looking cooked. Now add the ramen, including most of the water, into the frying pan that you cooked the veggies in. Toss things around and turn the heat up a bit. At this point you can start adding seasoning. I decided to use a few light sprinkles of the sauce packet that comes with the ramen. Remember, this is supposed to be healthy so don't add too much.
After a few minutes of cooking the water should begin to evaperate. At that point get a bowl, add the food, and eat. Despite not adding much seasoning, my noodles came out with a nice taste; also it didn't taste nearly as salty as ramen cooked in the full sauce packet. The veggies also give things a nice touch, especially mushrooms because they seem to soak in a lot of flavor.
This is a cheap way to eat ramen a lot healthier than normal. I thought it was way better in fact, and I'm never using the full sauce packet again
