6 Recipes To Jazz Up Ramen Noodles

Since I love to eat Ramen Noodles from time to time... I think that this Howcast video is informative and that the recipes are probably very tasty.

In Japan, each ramen noodle shop tries to distinguish itself by making a unique variation of the dish.

Here’s how to recreate the experience at home.

How To Jazz Up Ramen Noodles on Howcast

Your Ingredients

You will need packages of ramen noodles with seasoning packets (chicken, pork, and beef flavors)

eggs

chopped onion, carrots, and celery

fried pork chop

Alfredo sauce

soy sauce

sliced beef

mustard

chicken

Directions

Step 1: Add an egg

Egg it up! Bring the soup water to a boil. Add a chicken seasoning packet and a beaten egg and simmer until the egg is cooked. Add the noodles and cook them until tender.

Step 2: Make chicken soup

Try a chicken soup version. Bring the soup water to a boil. Add a chicken seasoning packet, chopped onion, carrots, and celery, and simmer until the vegetables are nearly cooked. Then add the noodles and cook them until tender.

Step 3: Add a fried pork chop

Try a pork addition. Cook the noodles according to the instructions, and then drain. Add a pork seasoning packet and top the noodles with a fried pork chop.

Step 4: Add Alfredo sauce

For an Italian flair, cook and drain the noodles, and then add Alfredo sauce.

Step 5: Serve with thinly sliced beef

Add punch with meat. Bring the soup water to a boil. Add beef seasoning packets, soy sauce, and thin slices of beef and simmer until the beef is cooked. Add the noodles and cook until tender.

Step 6: Add mustard and chicken

Spice it up! Brown chunks of chicken in a frying pan. Cook and drain the noodles, and then add a chicken seasoning packet, mustard, and the cooked chicken chunks.

Did you know? Ramen noodle soup was originally imported to Japan from China.

Always Enjoy!

Fast Crock Pot Recipe For Cranberry-Apricot Pork Chops

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There's lot’s of cooking and baking going on this time of year, with wonderful aromas of Thanksgiving and Christmas wafting through the air. Have you ever noticed how the wonderful scents of the holidays also extend into your shopping experience? The stores are perfumed with cranberry, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and apples that are excellent marketing maneuvers to put you in the mood to spend, spend, and spend some more.

Well, this is one of those warm and cozy recipes that will fill your home with the deliciously fragrant aroma of pork, cranberries and apricots.

It’s time to dust off that crock pot and make some wonderfully delicious things happen!


SPICY CRANBERRY LOIN CHOPS (serves 4)

Your Ingredients:

1-can whole-berry cranberry sauce
2 medium Vidalia onions, divided (wash; thinly slice the first onion and slice the second onion into about 1/4-inch rounds)
1/2-cup dried apricots, chopped
1-can (5.5 ounces) apricot nectar
1/2-cup granulated sugar
2-tsp cider vinegar
1-tsp dried mustard
1-tsp salt
1 small scotch bonnet pepper, minced (use disposable gloves when handling this pepper)
4 large boneless loin chops, washed and patted dry

MIX together all ingredients EXCEPT the thickly sliced onions and loin chops in a bowl.

ADD enough cranberry mixture to your crock pot to cover the bottom.

PLACE the thickly sliced onions on top of the cranberry mixture to use as a rack.

PLACE the loin chops on top of the onion slices and pour the remaining cranberry mixture over the loin chops.

COVER the crock pot and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until loin chops are tender.

NO peeking.

WHEN ready to serve, be sure to top each chop with the delicious cranberry-onion-apricot glaze.

SERVE with my recipe for Sinful Mashed Potatoes along with a green vegetable.

GARNISH with a sprig of fresh parsley.

EXERCISE for a week, non-stop.

Always Enjoy!

Fast Easy Low Carb Recipe For Pork Dijon

If you’re watching your carbs or preparing meals for someone who is low-carb conscious, this is a tasty recipe to add to your recipe box.

DIJON PORK TENDERLOINS (serves 4)

Your Ingredients:

2-1/2 pounds pork tenderloins (washed, patted dry and sliced into 1/2-inch rounds)
salt and pepper, to taste
4 tbsp butter
3 tbsp olive oil
1/4 cup thinly sliced leeks
3 tbsp minced shallots
1 minced clove garlic
1/4 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup chicken broth
4 tbsp capers, drained
4 tbsp coarse-grained Dijon mustard

USE a meat mallet to flatten pork rounds to about 1/2-inch thickness.

SPRINKLE pork with salt and pepper.

SAUTE’ in butter until brown, but not burned, for about 2 minutes per side.

TRANSFER pork to a plate but DO NOT discard drippings in pan.

ADD olive oil to hot pan along with leeks, shallots and garlic.

STIR about 2 minutes (scraping up browned bits on the bottom of the pan) and add heavy cream and chicken broth. Simmer until sauce is thick enough to coat a spoon, about 3-5 minutes.

MIX in capers and Dijon mustard and return the pork to the sauce. Simmer for about 2 minutes.

Always Enjoy!