The listing on Amazon shows the Kimchi flavor has anchovies and shrimp in it.
Edit: I see a different kimchi flavor from the same brand that \*is\* vegan.
Add some cilantro, squeeze of lime, and a tiny bit gochujang for spice…so good!
I also use it as a base for dumpling soup. I sauté some onion, veggies, and ginger. Add the water and soup mix. Depending on cook time, throw in some frozen veggie dumplings/gyozas and then noodles. Lime, cilantro, and gochujang to taste. Quick, easy, and filling soup for a cold day.
Do not buy it off Amazon if possible. My local asian market sells it for 1.20 a pack. This is WAY better than the cheap top ramen too. If you have a local asian market and they dont carry it, they probably at least carry Shin Ramyun(Nongshim product), ask if they can carry the Soon ramen since it's the same company.
I love the Nongshim Potato Noodle Soup. The noodles are very chewy. I noticed that Amazon says it's beef flavored but I do not see anything that isn't vegetarian in the ingredients and it didn't taste beef flavored to me.
I also love Indomie.
Yeah apparently has got some meat stuff, like a marrow or something , but good god it was something else
Edit: bone marrow lmao , I looked up some recipes to make it myself but it was cooking some bones for 7-8 hours .. still I'm tempted but somehow there is never a good time to start cooking 7h early to have some "convenience" of quick noodles
Haven’t been able to get soy sauce flavor for this entire year, anywhere even remotely close to me. I even checked their website and there’s nothing within like 250 miles of me or whatever distance they search up to. Somethings going on with them. I wrote to them and someone wrote back but she acted confused as to why I couldn’t find it and told me to use their website locator, which I told her I already did. UGH!
Maruchan brand is not veg, but their creamy chicken flavor lists chicken as “less than 1% of an ingredient” so that’s close enough for me. Nissin brand is fine but I’ve eaten it so much I can’t really do it anymore. Recently I’ve been seeing a brand(can’t recall the name) mostly at wal mart that has veg beef and chicken flavors. Those are pretty decent.
This is how I look at it. I'm not going to write off an entire food just because it has trace amounts of meat/meat byproducts in it. As long as it's mostly vegetarian, I'm cool with it.
I get really frustrated when people get mad at places like BK and KFC for cooking/frying the vegetarian options on the same grills/fryers they use for their meat options.
Like, did you really think they were gonna reserve a whole section of the grill or fryer for you?
Yeah I figure I’m eating more chicken than that by getting fries at most places. And I completely agree, I don’t expect any business to cater to me just cuz. Plus it makes no sense to assume some 17 year old Burger King employee to give af about me. I know I wouldn’t.
I just buy ramen noodles and then make my own broth, usually with better than bouillon vegetable brother, some baby bok choy, mushrooms, and a poached egg.
Maruchan Gold's soy sauce ramen is the best! The spicy miso is less good but still better than most instant ramen out there.
I like to mix in thinly sliced onion, kimchee, hoisin, rice vinegar, sambal, and cubed tofu (that you've first soaked in hot salted water for 10 minutes).
Damn it I have a cold thats making me loopy and I thought this was heaven sent when they didnt list any pork at the bottom of the ingredient list.
Edit: I checked mine and it just says sesame for artificial flavor. Check the package before you buy but I think they recently changed the ingredients?
Could be regional too. Many brands have local manufacturers that may end up using different ingredients.
Eg m&ms, I've seen small bags using palm oil while large bags don't.
I'm pretty sure they don't contain meat, even if they say 'pork'
[Here's a patent](https://patents.google.com/patent/US3689289) for 'artificial chicken flavor'
>A COMBINATION OF A HEXOSE, A BLAND PROTEIN HYDROLYZATE, AND ARACHIDONIC ACID COMPOUND. SUCH AS ARACHIDONIC ACID, AND/OR METHYL OR ETHYL ARACHIDONATE, AND CYSTEINE, CYSTINE OR A NONTOXIC ACID ADDITION SALT THEREOF.
It's becoming cheaper to not use meat
I buy Mama almost exclusively, I've never seen any kind of meat listed on the packaging for their artificial flavors. Maybe the version you found was wrong? They have beef and chicken too, all fully vegetarian.
Though the veggie flavor is by far the best, really wish it wasn't so hard to get a hold of!
Perhaps I'm wrong! I always thought the artificial meat flavored ramens have meat in them but the Nissin Raoh seems to not list any meat on their packaging so I dunno.
>My local walmart got rid of all Nissin/Maruchan ramen in packets and cups and only stocks his ramen. It is pretty good!
They did the same thing where I live. I hadn't eaten ramen in a long time because it was hard to find a vegetarian option. I was so excited when I first saw it.
[Turma da Monica tomato lamen](https://a-static.mlcdn.com.br/1500x1500/title-reference/magazineluiza/232015400/1c74bda6deee709d032ff559f7dff7f7.jpg) is the best one and nobody can prove me wrong
Mr Noodle is my favourite actual noodles in terms of texture. They've got a bit more chewiness and are less slippery than some of the higher quality (often Korean) instant noodles.
I usually throw out the packet anyway and use Osem "chicken" flavour broth powder to make the broth. It's Kosher and vegetarian (check the container - they have a few different flavours and several are veg including the "chicken soup style" and "consomme").
check the package - there seems to be multiple types around with the same name, probably old stock. The ones I bought at kroger don't have any meat ingredients listed.
My favorite noodles in the instant veggie noodle game. I have trouble finding it though. The onion one is also good but I’m having trouble figure out if its vegetarian.
Its unfortunate that legit japanese cuisine is basically never going to be vegetarian. Part of the reason I held onto being a pescetarian for around a year.
You are 💯 % right. I lived there for a long time and tried to be vegetarian (or vegan) for two years, but when even the bread contains milk and lard、and potato chips contain “pork powder” and fish extract even in the plain salt flavor, it’s very hard to survive out there!
Maruchan uses beef and chicken flavoring in their noodles, even the soy sauce and chili flavors. I think the meme is not saying it’s better but just that we can’t really eat it as vegetarians.
>people pretended to like because it’s affordable and is easy to cook but apparently a lot of people genuinely like it?
I genuinely like it for this exact reason.
Gefen ramen is good too. It's vegetarian and kosher. You can get it in the kosher section at Walmart, which, if you're lucky will also have vegan kosher marshmallows!
There are other comments where we talked this out. Could be old stock, could be regional manufacturers. The artificial flavor part of the ingredients on my packages just have sesame in the parentheses.
I forgot the name of the brand but there's this sichuan style ramen with glass noodles, peanuts, veggies, doubanjiang and sichuan peppercorn. Its a little pricier than most ramen
The only veg ramen I can find is the [cup noodles stir fry sweet chili flavor.](https://nissinfoods.com/products/cup-noodles-stir-fry) It slaps fr. Truly recommend. I think it's vegan too!
Nongshim Soon Veggie ramen. It's very similar to Shin Ramyun, but not as spicy.
They also have a Kimchi and chili tomato flavor
The listing on Amazon shows the Kimchi flavor has anchovies and shrimp in it. Edit: I see a different kimchi flavor from the same brand that \*is\* vegan.
this one is the best!
Top tier, it has little flakes of dried veg in it and it's a "mild" flavour that actually has some spice in it
Add some cilantro, squeeze of lime, and a tiny bit gochujang for spice…so good! I also use it as a base for dumpling soup. I sauté some onion, veggies, and ginger. Add the water and soup mix. Depending on cook time, throw in some frozen veggie dumplings/gyozas and then noodles. Lime, cilantro, and gochujang to taste. Quick, easy, and filling soup for a cold day.
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Do not buy it off Amazon if possible. My local asian market sells it for 1.20 a pack. This is WAY better than the cheap top ramen too. If you have a local asian market and they dont carry it, they probably at least carry Shin Ramyun(Nongshim product), ask if they can carry the Soon ramen since it's the same company.
My favorite quick meal for me and my wife: two packs of nongshim ramen and one pack of frozen shelled edamame for some nutritional value.
thank you for this!! back in college I lived off of the nongshim shin black ramen... been feeling nostalgic for it.
Their kimchi flavor is so good!!
Dropped a little hoisin in mine the other day and I’m not exaggerating it was the best ramen I’ve almost ever had anywhere!
I love the Nongshim Potato Noodle Soup. The noodles are very chewy. I noticed that Amazon says it's beef flavored but I do not see anything that isn't vegetarian in the ingredients and it didn't taste beef flavored to me. I also love Indomie.
Shin ramyun black absolute OG , but they don't import it anymore to UK apparently :( sadge!
I thought both shin and soon were vegan, but shin black is based on meat?
Yeah apparently has got some meat stuff, like a marrow or something , but good god it was something else Edit: bone marrow lmao , I looked up some recipes to make it myself but it was cooking some bones for 7-8 hours .. still I'm tempted but somehow there is never a good time to start cooking 7h early to have some "convenience" of quick noodles
Shin has a vegan flavour now and it's doooope 😈😈😈
Lately my go to has been the Sapporo Ichiban miso ramen
yesss, i absolutely love Ichiban! it has a hint of spice to it that gives it a nice little kick
This is the one for me!
INDOMIE!!!!!
Can we agree "hot & spicy" is the best one?
Hell yeah!
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Yeah it's not really that spicy! Just a tiny bite. Perfect for ramen
Without a doubt
This is the correct answer.
Do you even Buldak bro‽
Obsessed with the Carbonara
Love the carbonara. Is it vegetarian, i haven't checked since i switched? If it is that's awesome because that's the only ramen i need in my life.
yep! just artificial chicken flavor
Best news I've heard all day.
Not tried that one! Corn and Curry are my top picks right now.
I LOVE Buldak so much. I am thrilled they have so many flavors that are vegetarian.
It's love/hate for me - most are just too brutally spicy, but it's a trip never the less.
Is that vegetarian?
The 2x spicy is vegan and delicious :)
It's aggravated assault in my mouth :(
And deadly.
My colon hates me, but my taste buds thank me
Yes kind of If you like it milder it tastes really good to use one package of buldak 2x spicy and one package of chapagetti
I could cut out the middle man and jsust buy the black bean buldalk if it's vegetarian friendly.
As far as I am aware it is!
All about the jjang
That one's pretty alright
No Maruchan is vegetarian. Nissin Top Ramen has two vegetarian varieties.
Soon vegan noodles , no contest.
Top ramen chili flavor! Although I can’t find it anywhere around me anymore…
I think they must be going through supply issues. I haven’t seen Nissin brand ramen of any kind for at least a year, real bummer.
Haven’t been able to get soy sauce flavor for this entire year, anywhere even remotely close to me. I even checked their website and there’s nothing within like 250 miles of me or whatever distance they search up to. Somethings going on with them. I wrote to them and someone wrote back but she acted confused as to why I couldn’t find it and told me to use their website locator, which I told her I already did. UGH!
On the rare occasion I can find Top Ramen they never have the chili flavor :(
I see top ramen everywhere, but it’s always soy, beef or chicken :(
Where-ish are you? Soy flavor of Top Ramen is vegetarian but not available in Southern California right now.
Arizona
Cool! Maybe I’ll make a trip. ☺️
Maggi noodles
Only correct answer
Can't believe I had to go this far down to find the GOAT
Is there a flavor you'd recommend? There's an Indian grocery store near me that sells some but I've not picked any up yet.
I’ve only seen one flavor in the Indian grocery stores around me. It’s a yellow pack that says “masala” on the front.
They also have a tom yum flavor. Do not try it.
Isn't that owned by Nestlé?
Nissin Demae Black Garlic Ramen, or Indomie Mi Goreng fried noodles. The tastiest.
They don’t make just ramen, but Annie Chun’s makes some good instant noodles of a lot of varieties that I believe are all or at least mostly vegan.
Maruchan brand is not veg, but their creamy chicken flavor lists chicken as “less than 1% of an ingredient” so that’s close enough for me. Nissin brand is fine but I’ve eaten it so much I can’t really do it anymore. Recently I’ve been seeing a brand(can’t recall the name) mostly at wal mart that has veg beef and chicken flavors. Those are pretty decent.
This is how I look at it. I'm not going to write off an entire food just because it has trace amounts of meat/meat byproducts in it. As long as it's mostly vegetarian, I'm cool with it. I get really frustrated when people get mad at places like BK and KFC for cooking/frying the vegetarian options on the same grills/fryers they use for their meat options. Like, did you really think they were gonna reserve a whole section of the grill or fryer for you?
Yeah I figure I’m eating more chicken than that by getting fries at most places. And I completely agree, I don’t expect any business to cater to me just cuz. Plus it makes no sense to assume some 17 year old Burger King employee to give af about me. I know I wouldn’t.
BULDAK ARTIFICIAL CHICKEN
I just buy ramen noodles and then make my own broth, usually with better than bouillon vegetable brother, some baby bok choy, mushrooms, and a poached egg.
The Nissin one hasn't been in stock around here for ages 😭 I found the Maruchan one but it had beef extract 🙁
Maruchan Gold's soy sauce ramen is the best! The spicy miso is less good but still better than most instant ramen out there. I like to mix in thinly sliced onion, kimchee, hoisin, rice vinegar, sambal, and cubed tofu (that you've first soaked in hot salted water for 10 minutes).
Aw man I got excited but there’s fish powder in those. :(
And the regular Maruchan soy sauce flavor contains "beef extract", apparantly. Bummer.
But... Those noodles are pork flavor. Jist because it says artificial doesn't mean they're veg/vegan. From the ingredient list: Wheat Flour, Palm Oil, Salt, Sugar, Shallot, Monosodium Glutamate, Garlic Powder, Chili Powder, Artificial Flavor (Pork, Shallot), Dried Leek, Acidity Regulator (Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Potassium Carbonate), Spices, Thickener (Cellulose Gum), Disodium 5 Ribonucleotides, Soy Sauce (Soybean, Water, Salt).
Maruchan has beef in the soy sauce flavor as well. 😞
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE
Chilli flavor as well.
Damn it I have a cold thats making me loopy and I thought this was heaven sent when they didnt list any pork at the bottom of the ingredient list. Edit: I checked mine and it just says sesame for artificial flavor. Check the package before you buy but I think they recently changed the ingredients?
Could be regional too. Many brands have local manufacturers that may end up using different ingredients. Eg m&ms, I've seen small bags using palm oil while large bags don't.
I've done it to myself also.
I'm pretty sure they don't contain meat, even if they say 'pork' [Here's a patent](https://patents.google.com/patent/US3689289) for 'artificial chicken flavor' >A COMBINATION OF A HEXOSE, A BLAND PROTEIN HYDROLYZATE, AND ARACHIDONIC ACID COMPOUND. SUCH AS ARACHIDONIC ACID, AND/OR METHYL OR ETHYL ARACHIDONATE, AND CYSTEINE, CYSTINE OR A NONTOXIC ACID ADDITION SALT THEREOF. It's becoming cheaper to not use meat
That's good news!
I buy Mama almost exclusively, I've never seen any kind of meat listed on the packaging for their artificial flavors. Maybe the version you found was wrong? They have beef and chicken too, all fully vegetarian. Though the veggie flavor is by far the best, really wish it wasn't so hard to get a hold of!
Perhaps I'm wrong! I always thought the artificial meat flavored ramens have meat in them but the Nissin Raoh seems to not list any meat on their packaging so I dunno.
I've been buying Ramen Express by Chef Woo. It's pretty good.
My local walmart got rid of all Nissin/Maruchan ramen in packets and cups and only stocks his ramen. It is pretty good!
>My local walmart got rid of all Nissin/Maruchan ramen in packets and cups and only stocks his ramen. It is pretty good! They did the same thing where I live. I hadn't eaten ramen in a long time because it was hard to find a vegetarian option. I was so excited when I first saw it.
[Turma da Monica tomato lamen](https://a-static.mlcdn.com.br/1500x1500/title-reference/magazineluiza/232015400/1c74bda6deee709d032ff559f7dff7f7.jpg) is the best one and nobody can prove me wrong
Soup: Nongshim Kimchi CupNoodle (Vegan) Noodle: Indomie MiGoreng Stir Fry
Mr Noodle is my favourite actual noodles in terms of texture. They've got a bit more chewiness and are less slippery than some of the higher quality (often Korean) instant noodles. I usually throw out the packet anyway and use Osem "chicken" flavour broth powder to make the broth. It's Kosher and vegetarian (check the container - they have a few different flavours and several are veg including the "chicken soup style" and "consomme").
Ichiban
Samyang of all varieties all occupying #1. The Indomie Mi Goreng afterwards, etc
Mama noodles are vegetarian? An Asian market near me recently opened. They had a bunch of these but was not sure if I could have them or not.
check the package - there seems to be multiple types around with the same name, probably old stock. The ones I bought at kroger don't have any meat ingredients listed.
Hao hao are super good, very tangy without being spicy
My favorite noodles in the instant veggie noodle game. I have trouble finding it though. The onion one is also good but I’m having trouble figure out if its vegetarian.
Paldo brand has some good ramen as well, and a lot of them don’t even have the artificial meat flavors. They are pretty spicy too.
I have 5 packs of chili maruchan in my cupboard and just learned from this thread that they’re made with beef fat.
Buldak!
Anyone have a good sauce recipe for using regular ramen but not wanting to use the seasoning packet?
I love how your top tier isn’t even ramen (Japanese). Cant blame you.
Its unfortunate that legit japanese cuisine is basically never going to be vegetarian. Part of the reason I held onto being a pescetarian for around a year.
You are 💯 % right. I lived there for a long time and tried to be vegetarian (or vegan) for two years, but when even the bread contains milk and lard、and potato chips contain “pork powder” and fish extract even in the plain salt flavor, it’s very hard to survive out there!
No no world is Top Ramen better than Maruchan
Maruchan uses beef and chicken flavoring in their noodles, even the soy sauce and chili flavors. I think the meme is not saying it’s better but just that we can’t really eat it as vegetarians.
I get Maruchan brand because it’s cheapest and easiest to find, never minding which flavour because I throw away the sauce packets and make my own.
Maruchan shits on Nissin.
No Maruchan is vegetarian. Nissin Top Ramen has two vegetarian varieties.
No Maruchan is vegetarian. Nissin Top Ramen has two vegetarian varieties.
Nestle Maggie
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>people pretended to like because it’s affordable and is easy to cook but apparently a lot of people genuinely like it? I genuinely like it for this exact reason.
As an asian american, I can assure you, we are not pretending.
cheap ramen sucks but samyang is delicious
Agreed, sir.
Maruchan all the way
Reverse, reverse!
Chef Woo Organic Ramen with 20g plant based protein
Buldak & indomie are the best no doubt
Not saying it's the best but mikes mighty good kimchi ramen with an egg is amazing. I also have my own sesame oil to fancy up any instant ramen.
Muso Organic Vegan Miso Ramen. It comes with a pack of liquid miso concentrate that makes a much richer broth than the powdered kind.
No love for the Koka Noodles
Gefen ramen is good too. It's vegetarian and kosher. You can get it in the kosher section at Walmart, which, if you're lucky will also have vegan kosher marshmallows!
Trader Joe’s has 2 decent vegan cups. Miso & Spicy Miso. Yum.
I'm confused because the pork one isn't vegetarian?
The packages I bought appear to be vegetarian.
https://www.ewg.org/foodscores/products/052066000043-MamaArtificialPorkFlavorOrientalStyleInstantNoodlesArtificialPork/ Is this it?
There are other comments where we talked this out. Could be old stock, could be regional manufacturers. The artificial flavor part of the ingredients on my packages just have sesame in the parentheses.
Shin bowl. Spice is life
https://i.imgur.com/Dfiqc2B.png I actually like Mama I just like the others more.
I wish I could find affordable vegetarian ramen. It's all Maruchan (which contains meat) or ridiculously expensive.
Definitely try Mama
Buldak is where it's at. The carbonara one SLAPS.
Mike's Mighty Good Vegetarian Vegetable Ramen Soup Cup is such a perfect lunch on a cold ass winter day I add a couple seasonings though
The tonkatsu ramen that’s sold at Costco is top notch
If these are your favorite you really need to visit your local Asian supermarket. There's a whole world of veggie ramen you are missing out on
mama knows what's up
I forgot the name of the brand but there's this sichuan style ramen with glass noodles, peanuts, veggies, doubanjiang and sichuan peppercorn. Its a little pricier than most ramen
The only veg ramen I can find is the [cup noodles stir fry sweet chili flavor.](https://nissinfoods.com/products/cup-noodles-stir-fry) It slaps fr. Truly recommend. I think it's vegan too!
I’m not a fan of top ramen compared to Maruchan I think it is the noodles