![]() ![]() Don’t just tip the packet over and spill everything out in the same spot, though. Once everything is nice and blended, open up the gold packet and pour it in. Now open up the blue broth base packet, pour that into the bowl, and mix everything together using your chopsticks or a spoon. Boil some more water, and fill the bowl up to the line again. Now take the red packet, which has a powdered mixture of chicken and pork dashi, and pour that into the bowl. Once that’s done, you need to peel back another section of the lid, the part circled in red here.ĭo that, and it’ll reveal a built-in strainer that you can use to pour out the water. Just about every other type of instant ramen in the world cooks in three minutes, but for some reason, Nissin’s Hassle noodles need five. Now, leave the noodles to cook in the hot water for five minutes. You’re supposed to use these two packs specifically because they’re heavier than the others, which contain dashi powder and nori seaweed strips. Then, take the blue pack, which contains the tonkotsu (pork stock) soy sauce broth base, and the gold one (which has chicken broth) and place them on top of the lid. These all need to be added in at different times, but the very first step is to boil some water and pour it into the bowl, up to the line indicated by the indention on the inner surface, for the noodles to cook. Peel the lid back to the dotted line (which is about 40 percent of the way across the top of the bowl, not in the center), and you’ll find four packets sitting on top of the dried noodles. ![]() But we were curious to see what happens when any pretense of convenience is tossed out the window, and so we picked up a pack for 430 yen (US$3.25). These pain-in-the-butt noodles are the latest brainchild of Nissin, the makers of Cup Noodle and the inventors of instant ramen, so it’s not like the company is incapable of making ramen that’s easy to make. ▼ Ramen That’s the Biggest Hassle to Make and Also the Most Delicious is available exclusively at 7-Eleven, so if you don’t have a branch near you, that’s one more hassle to deal with in order to eat it. So it’s a bold move on the part of an instant noodle maker to bring out a new product and tell us right upfront that making it is a pain in the butt by giving it the name Saikou ni Mendou de Saikou ni Umai Ramen, “Ramen That’s the Biggest Hassle to Make and Also the Most Delicious.” The reason we find ourselves stocking up on and repeatedly reaching for the instant kind is because it’s not only delicious, but convenient too. That’s something you can say about all ramen though. “Because it tastes good!” you may be shouting at your monitor, between mouthfuls of noodles. Cup Noodle maker tells us upfront that this is going to be a hassle, but is it worth the time and energy? ![]()
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