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What are these noodles I bought?

Vaindioux

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Vaindioux

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Hi

 

i want to make ramen so I bought ramen noodles at a Japanese store but all the recipes I see on YouTube have curly noodles. Mine are straight like spaghettis.

why?

 

Thxs

 

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liuzhou

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  On 7/4/2019 at 11:47 PM, Vaindioux said:

Hi

 

i want to make ramen so I bought ramen noodles at a Japanese store but all the recipes I see on YouTube have curly noodles. Mine are straight like spaghettis.

why?

 

 

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Because ramen noodles aren't curly.

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  On 7/4/2019 at 11:58 PM, liuzhou said:

 

Because ramen noodles aren't curly.

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Yep. In all my time living in Japan, and eating ramen in the States, I've never been served ramen with curly noodles. Maybe the YouTubers are trying to reproduce packaged instant ramen.

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Vaindioux

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Ok so can I follow the curly noodles ramen recipes on YouTube or are you going to tell me what to search for?

 

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I would avoid the ones that have curly noodles. I'm going to recommend googling Momofuku's ramen recipe, but with the caveat that I think you should buy the book. It's great, and most of the sites that give his recipe are simply ... well, plagiarizing his work. But off the soapbox, that was my first ramen that I made, and it turned out great. For the amount of time it takes, you want to take the time to do it right.

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The recipe is on the package:  "Cooking time about 4 minutes."

 

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  On 7/4/2019 at 11:58 PM, liuzhou said:

 

Because ramen noodles aren't curly.

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  On 7/5/2019 at 12:36 AM, Alex said:

 

Yep. In all my time living in Japan, and eating ramen in the States, I've never been served ramen with curly noodles. Maybe the YouTubers are trying to reproduce packaged instant ramen.

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Well ...

 

There are plenty of styles available, and I would assume any permutation will have been explored. Kitakata (northern Kyushu) is indeed famous for curly noodles in shio broth - and I had them one Kyoto as well. Additionally, as @Alex pointed out, several (extremely popular) instant ramen utilise this style as well, as allegedly the soup base coats the noodles better. 

So, I would not discard them as “un-ramen-y”, just probably not strictly necessary for your explorations ...

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JoNorvelleWalker

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I could be wrong, but I believe the curly instant ramen noodles are par cooked and freeze dried.

 

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  On 7/5/2019 at 2:48 AM, JoNorvelleWalker said:

I could be wrong, but I believe the curly instant ramen noodles are par cooked and freeze dried.

 

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Yes, steamed and then dehydrated, typically by frying or hot air ...

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