บะหมี่กึ่งสำเร็จรูป สไตล์ญี่ปุ่น - Japanese Instant Noodles

Japanese cuisine (日本料理) means traditional-style Japanese food, similar to that already existing before the end of national seclusion in 1868. In a broader sense of the word, it could also include foods whose ingredients or cooking methods were subsequently introduced from abroad, but which have been developed by Japanese who made them their own.

Japanese cuisine is known for its emphasis on seasonality of food quality of ingredients and presentation.

Instant noodles are dried or precooked noodles fused with oil and often sold with a packet of flavoring. Dried noodles are usually eaten after being cooked or soaked in boiling water for 2 to 5 minutes, while precooked noodles can be reheated or eaten straight from the packet. Instant noodles were invented by Momofuku Andō of Nissin Foods, Japan.

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Japan is the country of origin of instant noodles. Instant noodles remain a "national" light food. The average Japanese person eats 40 packs of instant noodles per year. After their invention by Taiwanese-Japanese Momofuku Andō in 1958, instant noodles became very common in Japan. In the 1970s, makers expanded their flavors to include such examples as shio (salt ramen), miso, or curry. Beginning in the 1980s, makers also added dried toppings such as shrimp, pork, or eggs. This, however, made instant noodles more expensive,[citation needed] and their popularity decreased for a while. Today, instant noodles are divided into two groups: "traditional" cheap (¥150 to ¥200) noodles with few toppings and expensive (¥200 to ¥500) noodles with many toppings, which are often packed into a pouch. Various kinds of instant noodles are produced, including ramen, udon, soba, yakisoba, and pasta.

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Japanese noodles Udon and Soba noodles | Japanese Instant Meals
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Spicy Miso Ramen Recipe

Rice (gohan, 御飯) has been Japan's most important crop. Its fundamental importance to the country and its culture is reflected by the facts that rice was once used as a currency, and that the Japanese word for cooked rice gohan (御飯) or meshi (飯, generally only referred to as such by males) also has the general meaning of "meal". The literal meaning of breakfast (asagohan), for example, is "morning rice".

Japanese rice is short grain and becomes sticky when cooked. Most rice is sold as hakumai ("white rice"), with the outer portion of the grains (nuka) polished away.

A second major rice variety used in Japan is mochi rice. Cooked mochi rice is more sticky than conventional Japanese rice, and it is commonly used for sekihan (cooked mochi rice with red beans), or for pounding into rice cakes.

INGREDIENTS:

Fresh ramen noodles (for two people)
4 cups water
4 tablespoons white miso paste
3-4 teaspoons S&B La Yu or chili oil
1/2 teaspoon hondashi
2 hard-boiled eggs
1/2 can corn kernels (15 oz can)
1 narutomaki (Japanese fish cake with a pink swirl)
1 stalk scallion (finely chopped)
1 tablespoon white sesame seeds (pound with mortar and pestle until fine)
Light soy sauce to taste (optional)
Some seasoned roasted seaweed (cut into thin strips)

METHOD:

Bring the water to boil and then add in the miso paste, hondashi, eggs, and finely ground sesame seeds. Bring the soup base to boil and reduce to 3.5 cups. Add in the chili oil and light soy sauce to taste (optional).

Blanch the ramen noodles in a pot of boiling water until they are cooked. Rinse with cold running water, drain, and set aside.

In a serving bowl, add the noodles and then topped with the hard-boiled egg (sliced into half), narutomaki, corn kernels and chopped scallion. Pour the miso soup into the bowl and add the roasted seaweeds. Serve immediately.

COOK’S NOTES:

1. Other than the toppings in my recipe, you should add pork slices, pickled bamboo shoots, etc. to miso ramen.
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Tonkotsu Noodle Soup Recipe

Chopsticks are most commonly made of bamboo or plastic, but are also made of metal, bone, ivory, and various types of wood. The pair of sticks is maneuvered in one hand, between the thumb and fingers, and used to pick up pieces of food. In Japanese, chopsticks are called hashi, written 箸. They are also known as otemoto (おてもと) or o-temoto, a phrase commonly printed on the wrappers of disposable chopsticks.

Styles of Japanese are short to medium length sticks that taper to a pointed end. Japanese chopsticks are traditionally made of wood and are lacquered. Some chopstick sets include two lengths of chopsticks - shorter ones for women and longer ones for men. Child-sized chopsticks are widely sold.

Ingredients:
3 packets Nissin Tonkotsu Instant Noodles
1/2 Obento Nori Sheet, sliced finely
2 rashers of bacon, thinly sliced
3 spring onions, sliced diagonally
100g snow peas, blanched
4 eggs, poached

Method:
1. Place noodles in 1.5 lt boiling water and simmer for 3 minutes
2. Fry bacon until crispy and set aside
3. Remove noodles from heat, add soup base and seasoning oil
4. Divide the noodle soup evenly between four bowls.
5. Top noodles with bacon, snow peas and spring onions.
6. Top with a poached egg and nori strips.

Shopping:
* Nissin Tonkotsu Instant Noodles
* Obento Nori Sheet

Available in the Asian food section of leading supermarkets nationally.
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Maruchan Foods Ramen Noodles | Maruchan Instant Lunch | Ramen
The Maruchan Foods ramen is a very popular brand of noodles in the United-States. Maruchan Ramen Noodles-Ramen recipes - Japanese ramen noodles
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Japanese Bento Boxes

ขนมปัง (パン, pan) นับว่าเป็นอาหารจานหลัก ไม่แพ้ ข้าว(御飯, gohan) และ อาหารเส้น (麺類, men-rui) ขนมปังเป็นที่นิยมรับประทานกันโดยทั่วไปในประเทศญี่ปุ่น มาตั้งแต่ศตวรรษที่ 19 จนถึงปัจจุบัน คำว่าขนมปังในภาษาญี่ปุ่นคือ พัง (ญี่ปุ่น: パン pan) ซึ่งมาจากภาษาโปรตุเกส

Bread or Pan (pan, パン) is not native to Japan and is not considered traditional Japanese food, but since its introduction in the 19th century it has become common.

The word pan is a loanword originally taken from Portuguese.

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Bento (弁当) is a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine. A traditional bento consists of rice, fish or meat, and one or more pickled or cooked vegetables, usually in a box-shaped container. Containers range from disposable mass produced to hand crafted lacquerware. Although bento are readily available in many places throughout Japan, including convenience stores, bento shops (弁当屋), train stations, and department stores, it is still common for Japanese homemakers to spend time and energy for their spouse, child, or themselves producing a carefully prepared lunch box.

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Bento can be very elaborately arranged in a style called kyaraben or "character bento". Kyaraben is typically decorated to look like popular Japanese cartoon characters (anime), characters from comic books (manga), or video game characters.

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Another popular bento style is "oekakiben" or "picture bento", which is decorated to look like people, animals, buildings and monuments, or items such as flowers and plants. Contests are often held where bento arrangers compete for the most aesthetically pleasing arrangements.
There are similar forms of boxed lunches in the Philippines (Baon), Korea (Dosirak), Taiwan (Biandang), and India (Tiffin). Also, Hawaiian culture has adopted localized versions of bento featuring local tastes after over a century of Japanese influence in the islands.

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Bento Box! A friendly guide to Japanese box lunches.
A resource site about bento: Japanese box lunches. Information, instructions, pictures and links.
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Bento Box - The Japanese Lunch Box
22 Jul 2010 ... Bento box is the Japanese lunch box. Bento box is a container that store bento (the food) and often has many compartments.
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Japanese Lunch Boxes

โซบะ (ญี่ปุ่น: そば, 蕎麦 soba) เป็นอาหารญี่ปุ่นที่ได้ความนิยมชนิดหนึ่ง ทำจากแป้งบัควีท (ไม่ใช่แป้งสาลี) มีลักษณะเป็นเส้นยาว สีน้ำตาล

โซบะ นิยมรับประทานทั้งแบบเย็น จุ่มกับซอส และแบบร้อน ในน้ำซุป ซึ่งมีชื่อเรียกต่างกันไป ขึ้นอยู่กับวิธีนำเส้นโซบะไปประกอบอาหารนั้น นอกจากนี้ ในประเทศญี่ปุ่นเอง ยังนิยมเรียกอาหารเส้น ที่เป็นเส้นขนาดเล็กว่า โซบะ อีกด้วย

Box lunches (bento) are very popular among Japanese kids and adults alike. People take them to work, to school, on picnics, and so on.

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Half of a typical bento consists of rice, and the other half consists of several side dishes made with such ingredients as vegetables, meat, fish, and eggs. This format allows for infinite variations. The most common side dish is some kind of cooked egg, such as tamagoyaki (omelette strips or squares cooked typically with salt and sugar), fried eggs, scrambled eggs, and omelets with various ingredients. Another perennial bento favorite is sausage. The creator of the bento sometimes makes little cuts in the sausage to make it look like an octopus or other animal, adding to the fun of the meal.

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Other popular items include grilled fish, fried meat, fish cake, and vegetables of various kinds. The vegetables may be pickled, boiled, or steamed; cooked vegetables are used more often than fresh ones. For dessert, there might be an apple or tangerine.

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One long-standing staple of bento is a pickled Japanese apricot, or umeboshi. This traditional food, believed to prevent rice from going bad, may be placed inside a rice ball or on top of a bed of rice.

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The person who makes the bento, such as the mother of the household, often prepares the box lunches as she is cooking the side dishes for the family's regular meals. She considers which dishes would not go bad so quickly and sets a portion of these aside for the following day's bento. Indeed, the mother often plans the family dinner around items that will make good leftovers for the next day's bento.

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Japanese people attach great importance to the appearance of their food. Part of the fun of making a box lunch is creating a visually appealing arrangement that will whet the appetite.

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Bento - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... child, or themselves producing a carefully prepared lunch box. Shōkadō bentō (松花堂弁当) is a traditional black-lacquered Japanese bento box.
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Japanese Box Lunches - Virtual Culture - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Box lunches (bento) are very popular among Japanese kids and adults alike. People take them to work, to school, on picnics, and so on.
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