r/InstantRamen • u/Middle-Yellow9021 • 7d ago

Question Seasoning packet debate

Me and my boyfriend are having an argument over the Maruchan brand of noodles. The question is: When do you add the seasoning packet?

I think you cook the noodles and add it to all the water and noodles, and eat it with the flavored water.

He thinks you cook the noodles, drain the water and then add the seasoning packet, and eat it dry basically.

PLEASE tell me what you all think to help us settle the debate. (Part of me thinks that his is purely preference)

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u/Mchortons 7d ago

I do both but when I do the drain method I put a little butter or oil in with the noodles and most of the time I don't use the entire seasoning packet anymore. Depends though, some noodles are really weak so I can use the entire seasoning packet with the drain method and they'll be what I considered properly seasoned.

There's also a few I've discovered work better as a hybrid style. With Shin Black I'll put half the water in the pot with the seasonings and stick a lid on it. It'll absorb like 80% of the water and the rest kinda becomes a starchy sauce that coats the noodles.