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What are your"too lazy to cook" recipe ? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago by Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I mean the one you do when you want something easy to do, but not when you're tired at the point you microwave a frozen-meal, or just cut down a piece of cheese and put it in a bread

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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 21 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Poaching an egg as you're cooking the ramen is probably my favorite life hack.

[–] megane_kun@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

Yep, poaching an egg (or a couple) in the ramen as it's about to finish cooking is one of the ways I add eggs to instant ramen. Another is a technique similar to egg drop soup: stream pre-beaten eggs while stirring the ramen (also just about the ramen is done cooking).

But I default to adding soft-boiled eggs. I cook the thoroughly washed eggs in the same water I'd cook the ramen on. I take the eggs off (put them into cold water if necessary, or I can just take them a bit early and let the residual heat take it the rest of the way), then cook the noodles. While waiting for the noodles to cook, I peel the eggs and then put them back into the noodles just before serving.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's a good one! One of my favorites is to order some hot and sour soup, and place cooked noodles in the cup

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

Absolutely, it's amazing how far you can stretch a good soup base. Hot and sour soup has a lot of flavor.

[–] folkrav@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I’m too lazy for this. This means waiting for a pot of water to boil. I just pan fry one, shred it with the chopsticks, and call it a day.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh, to clarify - I'm talking about doing it in the same pot while the noodles cook.

[–] folkrav@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oooooh. Interesting! Gonna have to try that out.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

I do it when my ramen has less than a minute left. It poached perfectly and makes the broth extra eggy/creamy.

[–] Linssiili@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago

Another option is adding canned chickpeas, they work with almost any ramen