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Soft boiled egg, always. I usually have some kimchi, so that, too. Got a bag of nori sheets for sushi, so I cut up some of that as well. Made my own chili oil, and a friend got me some momofuku chili crisp, and I alternate between those two. Always growing some green onion out back, so some of that, too... Sliced ham? Hell yeah. I also keep a jar of pickled carrots shreds, so why not. Thin slivers of red onion, too. Toasted sesame seeds sometimes, just a little, for texture.

Ramen takes a long time to make at my place, but I got just about whatever you could want.

If it's Korean noodle soup (like buldak or nongshim), I throw in some sliced spam, an egg, fresh spring onion and a couple slices of American cheese (that plastic cheese they use on burgers). If it's dry noodles, specifically IndoMie's Mee Goreng, I shit you not, try adding a teaspoon of unsalted peanut butter in there.

I keep some frozen vegetables to add in. Corn, peas, peppers, and onions usually.

Jammy soy eggs

Extra dehydrated veggies

Dollop of gochujong or some other hot sauce

Sprinkling if sesame seeds or crunches up nori

1. A spoon of TomYum Soup paste (spicy ground shrimp basically)
2. Diced onions and bell peppers added raw once the ramen is off the heat. Adds crunch with taste
3. Any of my favourite cup soup mix, mostly hot and sour

Make it with miso, tempeh, whatever veggies I have around

Add instant potatoes until it gets to the desired thickness and add ground beef and cheese.
In college we called it "poverty slop"

An egg and some onions

Start with miso or vegetable broth, with dark soy sauce, pepper/paprika, MSG, and maybe a little garlic if you're feeling it. (Light soy sauce too if you don't use the flavor packet, I use the soy sauce flavor top ramen packet though)

Add silken tofu, bok choy, and mushrooms (I like enoki and shiitake)

Wait a bit, add noodles, let it cook.

Drizzle some toasted sesame oil on top

Eat with chopsticks and slurp the broth!

I made some ~~rocket fuel~~ chili oil a while back. I add about half a teaspoon to the water while waiting for it to boil.

Egg, julienned courgette

Make your own broth from concentrates and things like doenjang, miso, gochjang, hoisin, fish sauce etc. Then a bunch of veg. If I'm feeling it, ill use fresh veggies and prepare each accordingly, but if I'm making a quick bowl, a big handful of frozen veg does the trick.

kimchi or an egg

A small amount of cream cheese.

Spam and fried egg is a classic. Maybe some kimchi or whatever leafy vegetables I have around

Stir fry the cooked noodles with whatever.

Bone broth, you get me?

The "ramulet" 2 egg omelette with ramen noodles

Medium boiled egg. Some frozen potstickers, I heated up on the side.

Bok choi, Sriracha and a crispy fried egg.

And some MSG if it can take it.

Aside - any broadly available alternatives to Huy Fong? I know they fucked their supplier, and I’ve heard it’s not the same anymore.

Concentrated ramen broth concentrate. Mizkan and Yamasa have a few varieties, including tonkotsu, shoyu, and vegetarian. Had to go to half a dozen stores. A mom-n-pop Japanese market had them on the shelf.

The suggested servings are way too salty. 1/2 to 1 tbsp is enough to really enhance the flavor.

Egg, peanut butter, frozen peas, chopped up deli meats, thin sliced cabbage, sriracha or gochujang.

Sriracha or your preferred hot sauce, egg, chopped veg like celery or carrot, a shot of malt vinegar or Worcestershire or a1

Egg and chilli crisp both work equally well to elevate ramen. I still use their powder pack, but I'm sure there are good recipes without so much salt.

A couple/few steamed eggs, bean sprouts, some relevant protein to the flavor of ramen I'm having, be it sliced lunch meat, left over pot roast, what have you.

Mint Jams by Casiopea is really good.

Deepfry

Slice of cheese on top.