One Pan Wonders

Mama Brand Oriental Style Instant Noodles

You may remember awhile back, my order from Ramen Box. This was one of my selections. I have seen this brand of ramen elsewhere.

I tried the pork flavor. Reading the ingredients, the flavor is listed as “artificial pork flavor.” Could this be vegetarian?

Each 2.12 ounce package serves one. It has 280 calories, 13 grams of fat, 7 grams protein, 35 grams of carbs and a whopping 1000 mg of sodium*. No, that isn’t a typo. There are three zeros in that number. On the other hand, this ramen contains no cholesterol.

*disclaimer: most of the sodium in instant ramen comes from the seasoning packets.

This looks a lot like the ramen I am used to, but the seasoning packets are a bit different. First of all, there are three of them; a broth powder, chili powder and a squishy packet of garlicky paste.

To the noodles, you add 1 ½ cups of boiling water. And let the noodles stand for a bit before adding the seasonings.

The ramen has a nice fiery spice if you add all of the chili powder, which I did. The noodles had a nice texture to them, not at all mushy, and they rehydrated very well.

This was good, but I think it would be even better with a sliced boiled egg and some veggies added in. There were not a lot of visible vegetables in the seasoning packet.