A crabby and fermented mashup today with Samyang’s Doenjang Ramen. This cup of noodles combines two bold flavors into what looks to be a smashing hit bursting with flavor. Crabs might be the rulers of the universe, but they sure do make for a delicious treat for us lowly humans! In this cup of noodles we have honggae (red crabs) and a staple in Korean cuisine, doenjang (soybean paste). The two separately are mind-blowingly delicious, but together they are on another level. Typically, I don’t think honggae is the primary crab used in making doenjang-jjigae (soybean paste stew), so this is an added upgrade from Samyang. For those of you that are tired of blowing-out your taste buds with Buldalk, this should be a nice change. These are classic flavors we are dealing with today, so if you’re here for some milder flavors, here’s how to make these instant noodles from Samyang!
Warning!
- I highly recommend that you don’t place this in the microwave despite the package asking for it! Your noodles will be slime!
Step 1.) Open the lid and remove the two packets from inside
Step 2.) Add the powdered soup packet to the cup
Step 3.) Add the hongae doenjang block
Step 4.) Boil some water and fill the cup up to the fill line
Step 5.) Place the cup in the microwave and cook for 2 1/2 minutes in a 700 watt microwave (2 minutes at 1000 watts) — NOT RECOMMENDED! (SKIP THIS STEP)
Step 6.) Mix and Enjoy!
Alright, so… third time saying this, but think twice about nuking these noodles after adding hot water. The noodles literally turned into a ball of slime on me very, very quickly. I’ll discuss this more in the review, but if you’re viewing this as a simple how to guide, then just stick with hot water and the noodles will turn out al dente instead. It might not be ideal, but you’ll thank me on your last bite of noodles!
So, how do you like the cook on your noodles? Al dente? A lump of mucus? Also, do you put ramen in your doenjang at home? Let me know in the comments!
If you’re interested in hearing more about Korean snack nuts or instant ramen, check out my on-going series, Noodle Story: An Exploration of Korean Instant Noodles and my other series, I Think I’m Going Nuts: An Eyeful of South Korea’s Little Snack Nuts, here on Medium.
