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Putting boiling water in it for once instead of eating it dry :3

If I'm trying to make it a real meal whatever veg / seafood / meat I might have around. But my lazy addition is a spoonful of crunchy peanut butter (and usually some extra spice) makes it feel more nutritious creamier and kinda like satay.

Hot sauce and a soft boiled egg

I didn't see this listed yet, but this is by far the best I've had. I use Shin Ramen, it's pretty spicy. This offsets the spice a little, but it's still pretty spicy. I'm sure this works with other ramen just fine as well.

Noodles and flavor/herb packets into bowl with water, bowl into microwave.

In another bowl put 1 egg, about the yolks sized amount of kewpie mayo, and a few shakes of soy sauce, however much you want. Whisk it all together well.

Once your noodles are done cooking, SLOWLY pour its super hot contents into the egg mixture while whisking the entire time. Basically you don't want it to get hot enough to cook the egg until it all evenly incorporates.

Enjoy. I like this more than most restaurant ramen.

Sometimes I'll add meats or a boiled egg or green onions if I have it on hand, but that's absolutely not necessary for it to be amazing.

• Fried spam.
• crack an egg into it.
• add some curry paste.
• add fresh green onions.

Make the ramen as normal but once the noods are cooked crack an egg, add some mayo, then stir it all up. It adds great flavor and makes the meal more filling.

Frozen veggies so I feel like it’s a real meal.

Fire-roasted corn is a fave, then usually peas and carrots, and the weird one I found: frozen okra. It seemed wrong but I had some on hand and figured why not? Turns out I like it a lot! It also thickens the broth just a bit in a good way.

….butter??? In ramen???

Boil tea and using that to cook the noodles. Poach one or two eggs with the noodles. Salt and pepper to taste.

Defiant jazz

Sprinkle some nori rice seasoning.

Sliced up fish cake or sausage, seaweed snacks and pickled mustard greens are my go to. When I want something spicy, and I usually do, I grab a block of hot pot seasoning I keep in the freezer and cut off a piece to melt in the broth.

First of all, I never use that flavor packet. It’s a ridiculous amount of sodium.

To keep it quick and easy, I’d use garlic powder and/or chili flakes.

Edit: pepper, too. Pepper mills are inexpensive, and fresh ground pepper is MUCH better.

A soft boiled egg and some kimchi.

Chop up a spring onion and chuck that in with some toasted sesame seeds.

For a bit more effort I'll chuck in some frozen stir fry veg when I'm cooking it. Sometimes I do an egg too

Sauces, Sauces and more sauces. I never user the flavor packet (Or just use a little bit) and add my own sauces. Soy sauce, fish sauce, hoisin, oyster sauce, miso etc. They are just sitting there ready to be used to make it delicious

Make the noodles in a pot, drain, put in flavor packet and pepper.

Jammy soy eggs

Extra dehydrated veggies

Dollop of gochujong or some other hot sauce

Sprinkling if sesame seeds or crunches up nori

I put boiled eggs, frozen vegetables, and chili crisp along with any leftovers I have. Today I had some extra bacon but things like pork chops or chicken is good too.

Still experimenting with different brands of chili crisp. I like the ones with a bit of crunch but they are not spicy enough. I put a couple big spoonfuls on top and would like it hotter with less oil.

Add instant potatoes until it gets to the desired thickness and add ground beef and cheese.
In college we called it "poverty slop"

Any combination of ginger, garlic, onion, pepper, and whatever leftover meat and/or veggies I've got.

Or, if I have leftover soup, I do one cup water, one cup soup and one half of the seasoning pouch. It's especially great with cabbage and sausage soup, but split pea is pretty good too.

Stir fry the cooked noodles with whatever.

Egg, peanut butter, frozen peas, chopped up deli meats, thin sliced cabbage, sriracha or gochujang.

Spam and fried egg is a classic. Maybe some kimchi or whatever leafy vegetables I have around

A small amount of cream cheese.

kimchi or an egg

Make your own broth from concentrates and things like doenjang, miso, gochjang, hoisin, fish sauce etc. Then a bunch of veg. If I'm feeling it, ill use fresh veggies and prepare each accordingly, but if I'm making a quick bowl, a big handful of frozen veg does the trick.