Life Hacks: Instant Ways to Cook Your Instant Noodles
It’s not a secret that almost everyone likes instant noodles. They are very delicious, cheap, small, and your best friend when it’s cold or raining. There are a variety of instant noodles that packed in a cup or a package. If it’s in a cup, you just need to pour hot water and wait 3–5 minutes before it’s ready to eat. It’s easy and you don’t have many dishes to wash.
BUT,
You may need to prepare some other things to cook packaged instant noodle, like cooking pot, strainer, tong/chopsticks, etc. Here i will tell you some instant ways to cook your instant noodle.
- Rice Cooker
As its name, rice cooker is an automated kitchen appliance that designed to steam rice. Other than rice, do you know that you can cook your instant noodles in there? This trick is often done by indonesian student that lives in ‘kost-an’. Kost-an is similar to dorm, boarding house, or rent room. Here’s how to cook in rice cooker.
a. Prepare your instant noodle, water, and your rice cooker (don’t forget to plug it).
b. Pour water (enough to boil your noodle) and turn rice cooker into ‘cook’ mode.
c. Wait 4–5 minutes to boil the water. Then, put your noodle and seasoning to the pot.
d. Wait till the noodle cooked, but not too long, so that your noodle won’t soggy.
e. Finished. You can eat them in your own way, either pour the noodle to the bowl or eat right away from the pot.
Actually, there are other types of rice steamer that can help you cook your instant noodle. For example, magic jar, instant pot, or magic com.
FYI,
Not too long ago, i watched Tiktok about life hack to cook ‘Indomie’. Indomie is one of the most popular instant noodle brand from Indonesia. And you know what? kettle (electric and non-electric) can be one of your alternative tools to cook instant noodle. The step and trick is same with how to cook with rice cooker. You can try it too.
2. Microwave
This can be an alternative to those who doesn’t have stove. In this era, there’s people who doesn’t own stove? believe or not, yes, there are. To cook instant noodle in a microwave, you just need put water and noodle in a bowl. Then, put them in the microwave and set ‘high’ temperature. Let them cook themselves for 5–7 minutes. When your noodle cooked, put the seasoning, mix well till the seasoning dissolved and let’s eat.
3. Boiled Water
I think this is the most easiest way, but also the trickiest, “cook as if it is a cup noodle”. Because if your water not hot enough and takes more time to soften the noodle, your noodle will soggy and MEH!!
Take a note, okay?
- Put your noodle, seasonings, and ‘super’ boiled water to your own bowl. Make sure your bowl is heat resistant.
- Close the bowl with lid or you can use plate/bowl. Lid made of stainless/aluminium can be used.
- Ideally, let them sit for 4–5 minutes.
- Check if your noodle soften. If it’s already soften,
- Mix well and let’s dig in.
I think that’s all i can tell you guys about instant ways to cook instant noodle. If possible, let’s share your favourite type or brand of instant noodle in comment below. Also, don’t forget to be careful with boiled water when you cook your instant noodles. okay?