What can you make

[sim]

what kinda meal can you make with ramen noodles hamburger meat and onions?

[misty]

Heres a recipe I found. If you dont care for (or have handy) cilantro & chili powder I think you could just season it to your taste. If I was making it, I'd skip the bean sprouts.

* Ingredients 4 Ramen Noodle Packs
* 1 pound Ground beef
* Green onions
* Bunch of cilantro - chopped
* sliced mushrooms
* bean sprouts
* chili powder
* salt

Brown ground beef adding chili seasoning during cooking, season with season salt as you like to your taste. Add some chopped green onion and cilantro to the ground beef after it is beef is cooked. Boil the noodles following standard directions adding the seasoned ground beef, the rest of chopped up cilantro, sliced mushrooms, and the rest of green onions. When the noodles are cooked serve in bowl over the beans sprouts. Serve. This one tastes better fresh! Use 4 packs of noodles or less depending how much you intend to eat.

[misty]

OOH! I know this isnt what you asked for, but my aunt made this for a picnic recently & it was YUMMY so I figured I'd post it too.

Crunchy Ramen Salad

* Ingredients 2 packages chicken ramen noodles
* cooked, cubed chicken breast
* 5-6 sliced green onion (or more to taste)
* chopped cilantro, to taste
* slivered almonds
* sesame seeds
* head of cabbage (I like Napa or Savoy)
* 1 stick butter
* 1 bottle Asian-style salad dressing (I like Annie\’s Organic Asian Sesame)

Melt butter in large saucepan. Add crushed ramen noodles, sesame seeds, slivered almonds. Toss with melted butter, sprinkle in soup seasoning packets. Cook in butter until nuts and noodles get toasty. Toss cabbage, chicken, onions, and cilantro with dressing. Add toasty mixture and toss again! Reserve a little in the pan for sprinkling on top!

[misty]

A few more recipes using Ramen noodles:

RAMEN SKILLET CASSEROLE
Brown 1/2 lb. ground beef and 1 chopped onion. Add the flavor packets from 2 pkg. Ramen plus 1-1/2 cups water, also the Ramen. Add 1 can niblet corn. Cook 5 minutes and serve.

You could change the meat to seafood or poultry and use different canned vegetables and get a lot of variety out of this one recipe.


RAMEN EGGS
In a skillet scramble 4 eggs in butter. In a saucepan cook 2 pkg. Ramen Noodles in water for 5 minutes then drain.
Add the cooked Ramen to the cooked eggs, along with the flavor packets. Stir in 1 cup frozen English Peas, and 1 can cooked chicken. Heat and serve.
You could stir in different meats or add seafood, as well as other vegetables and change flavors of Ramen to make a variety of this recipe.



RAMEN STEAK, BROCCOLI, AND CHEESE
Cook 2 pkg. Ramen Noodles in water. Drain. Add 1 cup chopped cooked broccoli. Mix 1 cup cooked chopped steak with 1 flavor pkt. and 1/2 jar Cheese Sauce. Add 1/4 tsp. garlic. Microwave for 20 seconds. Mix all ingredients. Serve.





RAMEN AND CHEESE
Cook 1 pkg. Ramen Noodles in water for 5 minutes. Drain. Add 1/2 cup grated cheese and 1/4 cup milk. Heat. Stir until cheese is melted. Serves one.


RAMEN SPAGHETTI
Cook a brick of Ramen Noodles for each person. Drain the noodles when done. Place in center of a plate. Add some butter, salt, and pepper, and some heated canned spaghetti sauce and toss well to mix ingredients. Serve with garlic toast and a green salad.


RAMEN DELIGHT
Cook 2 pkg. Ramen Oriental. Drain. Add 2 Tbsp. shredded cheese. Stir well. Add 2 Tbsp. A-1 Sauce, 2 Tbsp. lemon juice, and 1 flavor pkt. Mix well. Enjoy!





RAMEN GOLDEN MUSHROOM
Brown 1 lb. ground beef. Drain off any fat. Add 1 can Golden Mushroom Soup or 1 can Onion Soup. Add 1 jar sliced drained mushrooms. Stir well. Cook 2 pkg. Ramen and drain. Do not use flavor pkt, save it for another use. Add to the mixture. Stir well. Serve.


RAMEN HOT DOG AND VEGGIES CASSEROLE
Cook 1 weiner and chop it up. Cook 1 pkg. Ramen and drain. Mix weiner, Ramen, and 1 can mixed vegetables. Season with flavor pkt. Serve.





RAMEN HOT DOG-EGG DROP SOUP
In a saucepan, cook the Ramen Oriental crumbled up in water. Add the flavor pkt., 1 sliced green onion, and 1 sliced hot dog. Then when boiling add 1 beaten egg, stirring quickly to break it up. Noodles will be done in 5 minutes. Serve.


JAPANESE HAMBURGER DISH
1/4 cup sliced almonds
1 Tbsp. butter
3/4 lb. ground beef
1 cup water
1/4 tsp. salt
1 pkg. Ramen Oriental with flavor pkt.
1 pkg. Japanese-style vegetables, frozen
1 Tbsp. soy sauce

Saute almonds in butter in skillet until lightly browned. Remove from pan and set aside. Brown beef in skillet. Stir in water and salt. Bring to a boil. Stir in Ramen and flavor pkt. Cover and simmer for 2 minutes. Add vegetables. Bring to a full boil over medium heat, separating vegetables with a fork and stirring frequently. Cover and simmer for 3 minutes. Stir in soy sauce and sprinkle with almonds. Makes 4 servings.


And an interesting tidbit I found:

How to Live on twenty-five dollars per week for one person:

1 small box laundry detergent $2.00
1 bar soap $.50
1 pack napkins $1.00
1 pack toilet paper $1.00
1 jar Smucker's Goober Grape $3.00
1 loaf whole wheat bread $.76
4 packs beans or lentils $2.00
5 lbs. self-rising cornmeal $1.50
2 dozen eggs $1.50
7 pkgs. Ramen noodles $.70
1 pound butter $.50
1 container vitamin-added drink mix $2.80
10 lbs. potatoes $4.00
1 bag yellow onions $1.50
7 cans mixed vegetables $2.34

[charliegirl]

My ex sil used to add hamburg and a package of mixed veggies to ramen noodles for a tasty, inexpensive meal that her daughter loved.

[sim]

Thanks guys! Often we have to buy ramen noodles cuz they are so cheap and eat off them every day. I have tried making speggettie out of them and a bunch of other stuff. I have even went so far as to leave out the packet and put hot souce on it lol just to have a different flavor. I sure can't wait till BF switches Jobs!

Thanks again!

[misty]

Sim, rice is also cheap & a bag will stretch pretty far, if you're looking for something different. Its versatile too!

[jj]

Sim, If you like beans just get a package of lima beans, wash them, throw them in water, add a chopped onion, (add a can of corn to make it a complete protien and to not be so "musical"- hee hee) butter and salt and pepper and cook for an hour or so. Cheap and you can eat off that for days.

[puzzled]

This reminded me of when Jake was little and went to a daycare 2 days a week. If you packed a lunch, you had to make sure that all the food groups were covered, so his favorite meal was :

ramen noodles made with only a tiny bit of the seasoning packet ( I thought it was too salty/spicy for a toddler) mixed with 1 small can of veg-all (you know the kind with every vegetable imaginable in it?)
then I would pack a container of yogurt and a juice

The director would heat the meals every day, and she said she could not believe a toddler would eat that big a bowl (cereal bowl size) of noodles and veggies, but Jake would INHALE it! And eat the yogurt too...he was a piggy, but it was all healthy! I just realized there is no meat in that...wonder if we didn't have to worry about meat.....it was 12 years ago...

[sim]

i been looking on here for places that for free food but there is nothing around here... yesterday i had a hamburger patty and 1 package of ramen noodles i was about to starve till BF gave me $7 and i houled my butt to subway for a big HUGE sandwhich!... this morning i had a hamburger patty... i have a dollar left from subway. i might go to the dollar store and find something to eat