We think they (whoever they are) got the saying wrong. An apple a day doesn't keep the doctor away, but a bowl of ramen sure will. Especially if it's a gloomy Tuesday. Or just cold and gloomy, generally. When life gets tough, and temperatures get cold, ramen noodles nourish and resurrect. Take these 9 recipes—from traditional Japanese-style soups to fridge-dive cold noodle salads—as proof.
Before you get on board the at-home ramen train, you should know two things. One, it doesn't take very long to prep. But, two, it takes several days of advanced notice before you actually start cooking it, thanks to the stock and garnishes you'll want to get it juuust right. But it's worth the labor of love: This is the mostly traditional Japanese-style shoyu ramen you crave.
We keep instant ramen packets in our pantry, just like everyone else. But instead of using the packaged powder mix that comes with it, we take ten minutes and assemble this crunchy ramen noodle salad with cabbage and whatever other vegetables we have around.
A few store-bought ingredients and a little bit of forethought means that all you need to eat this kimchi miso ramen for lunch al desko is your office microwave. You've got this.
Okay, so maybe this isn't the ramen soup you expected, but it does use ramen noodles and we call it Medicine Soup because it really does cure whatever ails you. Adapted from a dish at Angkor Restaurant in Providence, Rhode Island, this Cambodian-style soup may not be what you initially looked for, but it will be the soup you need.
This dry, mazemen-style ramen dish takes full advantage of instant flavor boosters—kimchi, bacon, scallions, and runny egg yolks—to bring you a deeply funky, flavorful dinner in under 30 minutes. Tuesday nights will never be the same.
Prep these ingredients on a chill Sunday in your pajamas, and thank yourself all week, when spicy tofu crumbles meet crunchy garnishes and springy ramen noodles in this ramen noodle bowl.
There's nothing authentic about this ramen with smoked turkey broth. But this recipe, from Jesse Houston down at Saltine in Jackson, Mississippi, takes full advantage of smoked turkey to build dimension in an otherwise speedy soup.
All post-Thanksgiving turkey roads do not have to lead to sandwiches. Get the leftover meat into a hearty bowl of this turkey ramen and achieve something resembling noodle soup bliss.
Dare we say this noodle salad with chicken and chile-scallion oil gets better with age? Eat this Sichuan chile oil-doused dish hot the first night you make it, and then celebrate the fact that it requires zero additional prep or heating when you eat it next to your keyboard for weekday lunch. Guarantee you'll be the envy of your office.