Instant Ramen Upgrades | Basics with Babish

Today we're seeing just how much lemonade we can make with one of life's most ubiquitous lemons, mountains of instant ramen. A favorite of damn near everyone at some point in their life, ramen is capable of being the backdrop to many ingredients you may have around the pantry or fridge even as you're reading this. Which, if you are, thank you for reading this, you are going the extra mile.

My playlist of preferred cooking tunes, Bangers with Babish!

[cathe]

I admire this man’s determination to both carbonara everything and flip off those Italian chefs at the same time.

[michenerkruse]

I really love the old school babish feel. I love the babish culinary universe, but sometimes I just want Andrew to walk us through a couple basic recipes in a simple kitchen setting.

[mpwarkk]

Babish swirling ramen like pasta was like my dad eating spaghetti with chopsticks

[VERsingthegamez]

You should do more college budget kinds of recipe's to help people save money while also getting a great meal option.

[lisapop]

Ramen moves up to a meal with the addition of almost any canned or leftover meat & veg. Our favorite is spicy Korean Ramen, fried hot & spicy spam chunks, onions, zucchini or squash, garlic & mushrooms with a little more broth to make it like a soup. It's so versatile that you don't even have to use the packets & create all kinds of concoctions.

[camdencope]

Can't believe no one does a really brothy ramen. Like a full on soup with the ramen that needs a fairly deep bowl

[fattdamon]

I make one pretty regularly. Chicken ramen base, drain off most of the water. Add a glob of chunky peanut butter, soy sauce, chili garlic etc, really any Asian sauces play here. Throw in some chopped grilled chicken and greens as you see fit. Thai peanut ramen chicken ramen. Deliciousness in 10 mins.

[ianm]

Since some of these leave you with extra ramen flavoring packets, might i suggest adding them (or part of them if you want to be subtle) to your next omelette or scrambled eggs. Tastes amazing! 😋

[rkmugen]

The Ramen-ara's no joke. That kept me going when I was in college too! Btw, have you ever added some Cajun or Creole seasoning to your shrimp ramen? It's great too if you can add fried okra and garnish with sliced green/spring onions, and a dash of cayenne hot sauce.
Edit: I made my own Cajun/Creole seasonings by scratch because I needed to watch my sodium intake.

[TreyMcDonaldAnimator]

One of my favorite ramen hacks is this Miyazaki ramen - it's regularly made ramen with an egg beaten into the broth and topped with sautéed shitake mushrooms. I add green onion and a sprinkling of sesame seed oil to it and... man, if you want a satisfying late nite dish, that's one of them. Even with my slight egg allergy.

[christopheralleman]

Hey Babish, wondering if you could do a spices video sometime? I know it's a very general topic, but I'd love to learn about how each of the major spices are used in cooking.

[violetopal]

Something I've done recently was save leftover gravy. Stirfry some veggies, add the gravy with some ground ginger, garlic, and a cup of water. Bring to a boil.
Take off the heat. Add a packet of ramen (not seasoning, just noodles) and some soy sauce. Let sit three minutes

[hakonsgaming]

my ramen upgrade has always been pretty simple, I almost always have cooked chicken around because I buy costco rotisserie chickens for sandwich meat. So I just throw some of that in some chicken ramen I hard boil an egg and toss a few slices in, add some soy sauce to the broth. and finally just throw in some cooked frozen carrot and sweet corn bits.

[TexasNationalist]

I miss these just babish episodes and I hope we have more like this

[matthewrempel]

The way Babish just casually had THE most overly complicated “normal” method of making package ramen I’ve ever seen is a perfect representation of what I feel the main content of this channel has become.

[shrekfrog]

my most recent ramen hack is using a portion of the seasoning packet as a base for dipping sauce. then, i add the dried veggie pack, peanut butter, and lemon. i dont have specific measurements, its all just to taste. to make sure the noodles dont dry out too much, i keep them in some of the noodle soup base

[carlyemcgregor]

We were going to make ramen tonight already and I took to YouTube to find some simple ways to upgrade instant ramen. Found this video a mere hour after posting, and decided to try the quick tonkatsu. IT IS THE BEST RAMEN I’VE EVER MADE. Thank you for the tips!!

[boomgoesthedynamite]

I just mashed bits of each of these recipes together, and it's the best thing I've ever made. This continues to be my favourite cooking channel

[flamebloom]

Just as I finished my instant ramen dinner! Saving me on a late night shift yet again.

[neonshadow]

I was hoping for some straight, "true" as you put it, ramen upgrades but these are still some interesting ideas.