Instant Ramen Upgrades | Basics with Babish 

Then they gonna make a 30 minute angry rant video.

@@songohan3321 I haven't really been paying much attention to Babish's channel recently. Are there actual critiques like this?

i admire this man's courage, because he won't escape us for long

Hate those guys. Obviously he's probably not doing 100% true to original but even two towns from the birthplace of a dish they make it different how about a continent. Probably those italians won't replicate some traditional dish from the US or even France. At this point they are a sad meme

@@dansattah they appear everywhere on any cooking video. Idk why Italians choose to be so obnoxious

Your father… he’s a monster

I'm a true man of culture so I eat Mexican food with chopsticks

@はんじろ You haven't lived until You've eaten ice cream with chopsticks it is a game changer!

Reminds me of the time I decided to eat cheese balls with chopsticks

…I see this while I eat spaghetti with chopsticks, are you in my walls?

J Kenji Lopez Alt has a great channel, it’s largely unedited and varying in complexity. All his recipes that I’ve tried have been great

@@Izzy-bq1rc Kenji is the best

I hate the babish universe, it went from a relatable home chef to Bon Appetit Jr. i unsubbed the day I realized I had gone like a week without seeing Andrew himself upload.

@@Gojeto346 i see an asian dish on the channel then see who’s cooking and find something else.

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@@shelbypowell9919 surprisingly, having multiple sources of information is more valuable than only having one

Yeah my go to ramen meal is to slice and heat up some leftover steak or roast either beef or pork doesn't mix into a couple packs of beef ramen and add a couple fried eggs.

Though I hate most spicy foods, zucchini, squash, and mushrooms, that still sounds amazing 😂. But I'm going to take a look around my local Walmart to maybe find some other vegetables that I like and can pair with it. I sadly have never considered adding veggies to my ramen and I definitely don't eat enough of them, so thank you for the idea!

Mmm Budae jjigae is no joke, it's amazing how you can utilize stuff like this

Spam is dogfood

My go-to is Spicy Korean Ramen with some Vegetables, either leftover ground beef or Hot Dogs, and two eggs. Absolutely hits different

it's called ramen noodle SOUP!!! draining ramen is a cardinal sin

for real!! & the wide shallow bowls just lose all the heat immediately too 🤦‍♀

I was also wondering where the broth or all the liquid went to. It's like huh?!?! I came here for Ramen soup hacks not ramen pasta hacks.🤔

I grew up on very brothy Ramen noodles and would smother them in saltiness until all the liquid was gone lol never even considered just using less water and having noodles.

Ya it was seriously disappointing there just make pasta at this point without the broth

lemon/lime juice is also great with this to cut a little richness from the peanut butter!

Came here to see if anyone else was on the peanut butter ramen train! I like seasoning packet, a little soy sauce, rice vinegar, hoisin, the biggest dollop of peanut butter, little sesame oil and a bit of sugar. Once my sauce is heated up I add in the noodles and some broccoli florets. Top with kimchi. Boom. It's been my go to dinner this last week while I wait for our furniture/house stuff to be delivered to our new house haha

I know different countries have different types of peanut butter. American peanut butter is sweet and salty, is the one you use the same? And does that make the ramen taste sweet?

Josh Scherer calls it "White Trash Pad Thai"

@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley it depends! If I get Jif or something similar I don’t need to add sugar. But there are lots of peanut butters that are just peanuts and salt - when I use something unsweetened I feel a little bit of sugar helps balance everything out.

Can I score a recipe for your seasoning? I never turn down the opportunity to up my Creole seasoning game.

Same!!!! I had to watch my sodium intake so I make my own seasonings as well!

​@@pothospathic I'm sorry, but I actually don't have a written recipe with instructions, since I based my blend off of the ingredient list from a discontinued bottle of "Cajun" seasoning from Archer Farms (ie. Target's private label), and also adjusted everything to suit my own personal taste. The date on the bottle I have says '2008', so they definitely don't make this specific blend anymore. Also, I'm fully aware that Cajun seasoning is really just salt, cayenne pepper, garlic, and black+white pepper, while Creole seasoning can begin with a Cajun seasoning base, PLUS some dry herbs (usually an Italian herb blend). The first ingredient listed on the bottle is _*sea salt*_, but I omitted that from my blend, since I wanted to be able to add the salt, separately from the spice blend. I also omitted sugar, since the sweetness from my particular dry basil is plenty sweet as-is. Please also note that I've changed the order in which the ingredients are listed, as they are in DECREASING order, in terms of ratios. For example, since onion is at the top of the list, my recipe has more onion than garlic, and more garlic, compared to cayenne pepper, and so on. All that being said, here is the ingredient list: +onion (ie. dry onion flakes, granulated onion, or onion powder) +garlic (granulated garlic, or garlic powder) +cayenne pepper +sweet paprika +black pepper (whole black peppercorns, or freshly-ground black pepper; OR 3-color peppercorn medley) +mustard seeds +dry oregano +dry thyme +dry sweet basil +crushed red pepper flakes +allspice -- My own additions to the above list, but also in decreasing order/ratios: +celery seeds +chili powder +smoked paprika Add all of the above into an electric spice grinder and grind until everything is into a fine/medium-fine powder. At that point, you can add either an amount of rosemary powder and/or some coarsely-ground dry rosemary needles, depending on whether or not you want some texture contrast.

Poor(er?) man's ramen-ara uses cut up hotdogs instead of bacon.

@@rkmugen Hey thank you so much! I really like what you're slinging in your kitchen. I wrote this all down to stick in my spice recipe bo. Especially the additions sound great.That's a great kind thing you did, I appreciate you.

I added a packet to my rice cooker the last time I made a small batch of rice. It was the best!!

I quite often make fried rice with any leftover ramen seasoning i might have or even add it to sauces (like spaghetti sauce with some spicy Korean noodle seasoning to add a kick)

@@roxymanasquan9087 I'm definitely trying this since I eat rice often

Oooh, I've never thought of that. When I have extra packets of ramen seasoning, sometimes I use them to make chip dip. Mix one up with a cup of mayo and a cup of sour cream. Adjust seasoning to base proportions to taste, obviously.

@@MythicFox oh that sounds lovely!

Dang... having an egg allergy must be egghausting.

@@a_headless_chicken --_______-- ... yeah.

Appreciate people like you just giving out a nice food hack/recipe to try

ChefJonKung did a series on spices. look in the RU-vid Shorts.

This would be amazing. I have a very full spice cabinet with a few go-to spices and a whole lot of nonsense I’ve only used once. It would be great to see Babish help people avoid my folly.

I'd like to see this, myself

Agreed!

Yum!

Yeah who tf cares about Alvin or Soy Boys, I came here to watch Babish!

@@MarvinConman it’s kind of a bummer that there’s less of him these days :(

@@MarvinConman nothing wrong with Alvin's stuff, most of those videos have been great. But Babish definitely needs to get back to the kind of content he used to do more often.

@@MarvinConman YESSSS!!!!!

@@MarvinConman honestly, I kinda like Alvin more lol. At least when it comes to the TV food recreation stuff. Babish is obviously better for the basics series (which is where I hope he begins to dedicate most of his time).

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Why are you hating lol

its just not for you then. dont hate, just go away and shut up if you dont have anything nice to say.

@@CrazyPenguin712, expressing criticism is not hate. Or maybe it is. Why are you hating?

Nah tbh it doesn't take that long nor does it use that many dishes, it just has a lot of steps. Plus, Babish isn't the guy who normally goes for minimal effort and most focus on the audience's situation, for that I'd say just watch Adam Ragusea videos

When you get sick of instant ramen (and you will), get a rice cooker if you haven't already and fixings of your choice (soy sauce, nori, kimchi, spam, etc) to go along with it. Rice is super cheap and the cooker is perfect for dorm rooms.

He made it invisible.

Me too, these are all great but definitely not something a broke and tired person like myself would have the money or energy to do.

Any kind of meat or veggies thrown in will make a ramen better. I personally keep a bunch of green onion to cut up and put on top of my bowl, it's simple but it makes it visually more appealing, adds some freshness and some light crunch

I think he already has

IVE BEEN WANTING THIS

He has

I miss that style.

I do too-- but things change I suppose! It's not like the new style is worse, just different.

"herb" ramen does sound interesting.

I do have a full list of ingredients somewhere of ones I use and need to get to fill my pantry. Soy sauce is definitely already in the previous list, but fish sauce and hoisin are on the grocery list

Also crunchy chili garlic oil

I love watching cooking techniques, and yours are great!

Especially with picante beef?

@@wmchu I was hoping someone commented this

Variety is the spice of life. Try many different ramen recipes it will get old quick. A cheap bunch of green onions and a dozen eggs adds a lot. Also adding protein is very important. I lost weight to an unhealthy level when I was younger eating too much ramen without anything added in it.

Same question

Tonkotsu with an O. Very different, apparently.

Is that a threat?

@@queenofdaydreams3825 yes

For anyone curious, tonkotsu refers to a pork broth for ramen while tonkatsu is a fried pork cutlet usually served with curry