Do you know ramen? The Japanese noodle dish is about to conquer the world. In the USA, Australia, and here there are more and more ramen restaurants and the fixed instant variant at home is also trendy. We tell you what you need to know about the traditional Asian dish and introduce you to delicious ramen recipes together with Nissin.
Ramen is Japanese noodles – actually quite unspectacular. Actually. Because there is much more behind the traditional noodle dish from Japan.
This is how ramen is made
Ramen means the noodles themselves, but also the soup that is made from the noodles. The pasta dough is almost always the same: wheat flour, salt, and water. But why ramen tastes different everywhere is because of the broth. Every region, even almost every restaurant, has its own recipe.
The broth can be based on soy sauce (shoyu ramen), flavored with miso soy paste (miso ramen), flavored with salt (shio ramen), or made by boiling pork bones for a long time (tonkatsu ramen). There are also side dishes: example meat, fish, vegetables, or algae.
Ramen: the quick treat from Japan
In Japan, ramen is a popular fast food. We have a snack bar on every street corner and in Japan a so-called ramen-ya, a ramen restaurant. There are more than 500 of them in Tokyo alone. Even in space, the Japanese astronauts don’t want to do without their national dish.
In 2001, the manufacturer Nissin developed a soup that meets the requirements of space food. In 2005, the Japanese Soichi Noguchi was the first to take “Space Ramen” into space. Demae ramen is also known outside of Asia as a delicious instant noodle meal that you only need to steep in hot water for a few minutes.
Crazy trends: the ramen burger
Actually, New Yorkers are used to many trends: Cronut, Buffin, and Cragel – just to name a few. But there is one dish that city dwellers have been queuing for hours for since the fall of 2017. The ramen burger! It was invented by a New York programmer with Japanese roots. Instead of a bun, Keizo Shimamoto uses cooked ramen noodles, which he mixes with egg, slices, and then fry.
The ramen burger is topped with a beef patty, rocket, spring onions, and a secret shoyu sauce (of course, Keizo Shimamoto won’t reveal the recipe). However, the trendy fast food is not a healthy alternative to the classic burger: A ramen burger contains around 700 calories.
Demae Ramen Delight by Nissin
Would you like to try the trendy ramen yourself? Nissin’s delicious ramen variations are ideal when time is of the essence. Nissin’s delicious Demae Ramen products have been around since 1968 and are now available in ten delicious flavors.
Did you know that “Demae” loosely translated means “a delivery”? This points to the custom that delivery boys used to deliver the delicious ramen dish on foot or by bicycle. The Demae Ramen products from Nissin already reveal their love for authentic Asian taste and Japanese tradition in their name.
The recipes for the delicious ramen dishes use the Japanese spice palette for a perfect taste experience and are prepared in no time at all. Nissin’s Demae Ramen Noodles offer the ideal basis for quickly and easily cooking a meal and creating delicious recipe variations.
