This past weekend, there was a Ramen-Off contest in Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Kitchen. Contestants in the Ramen-Off had to repurpose this stuff of cheap meals, with an eye toward creativity and deliciousness.
The ramen dish above, made by Karol Lu, uses the noodles as pizza crust. As she told the folks at the Brooklyn Kitchen:
I wanted to make something that was the complete opposite of what you think of when you hear the word ramen. I also wanted the dish to be simple, inviting, and something that everyone likes. To me, this is pizza.
Even though I'm usually a vegetarian cook-off competitor and cook, I used pepperoni slices, because my vision was to have the pizza look so much like a pizza that it was kind of scary— like the ramen was wearing a pizza costume for Halloween. In the spirit of bad ramen, I made it a point to incorporate the (also nonvegetarian) spice packet.
I baked the pizza in a 10 1/4-inch springform pan (which I may very well have purchased at the Brooklyn Kitchen), and it worked perfectly.
There's a dish native to Osaka which has always been described to me as Japanese Pizza. Mix cooked noodles with flour and egg and toss on a hot wok. Flip and top as you like (pork, veggies, more egg, sausage) and add a kind of barbecue sauce...it tastes a bit like a mixture of barbecue and soy.
It's really nice, although I've never attempted to make it myself.
that looks yummy and awesome. I just sent the link to my gf in hopes she will make it for me =P (I can make it too, but she's just that awesome of a cook :-) ) (brownie points?) hehe
This picture made me cry. As I was scrolling down the page I first saw the luscious pepperoni and cheese, then the ricotta (which I first thought was cream cheese, yummy!) and I was drooling at the tastiness.
I have vowed to only say nice things about photos, or say nothing at all. So, the nice thing I would like to say is I appreciate having so many people I respect, like juliebugs, dhorst and S_Bella say what I dare not.
I like ramen noodles buttered with or w/o the seasoning (maybe about half of one) with layers of thinly sliced american cheese between while they're still nice and hot, no pizza sauce, might try small bits of meat with, though.
I regrettably give this an "ick," although I tend to have ramen bias. During a financially lean season in my life, I ate more ramen than I care to remember and it's hard to even smell ramen now.
Top Ramen had a recipe/cooking contest back in the 90's and one of the winners or finalists created a ramen pizza. I think it had ground beef amongst other things. Maybe the seasoning packet was incorporated in the beef topping rather than in the noodles (???).
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Go Karol!
Cathy@noteatingoutinny at 11:48AM on 11/13/08
There's a dish native to Osaka which has always been described to me as Japanese Pizza. Mix cooked noodles with flour and egg and toss on a hot wok. Flip and top as you like (pork, veggies, more egg, sausage) and add a kind of barbecue sauce...it tastes a bit like a mixture of barbecue and soy.
It's really nice, although I've never attempted to make it myself.
NotAmerican at 12:06PM on 11/13/08
Whoa!! This is probably the saltiest guilty pleasure pizza I've ever seen. This is a compliment, by the way.
cakespy at 12:13PM on 11/13/08
Gross. It looks like that pizza went bad a long time ago.
Spanno at 12:28PM on 11/13/08
Yucky. Crust looks like maggots. Sorry.
juliebugsmama at 12:46PM on 11/13/08
David Chang just had an aneurysm.
JudgeFudge at 12:50PM on 11/13/08
NotAmerican- That sounds like okonomiyaki.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okonomiyaki
MollieBeth at 12:52PM on 11/13/08
It's like Japanese Italian Pizza Kugel!
Tactful_Cactus at 1:31PM on 11/13/08
thank you Julie, for beating me to the first thing I thought of too, now I don't have to type out the "m" word.
GROSS
Southern_bella at 2:17PM on 11/13/08
I agree with Julie and Southern. Goosebumps...shivver.
dhorst at 2:42PM on 11/13/08
omg, please don't do this ever again. I don't want to eat for 3 days now. That was disgusting.
benlee at 2:45PM on 11/13/08
that looks yummy and awesome. I just sent the link to my gf in hopes she will make it for me =P (I can make it too, but she's just that awesome of a cook :-) ) (brownie points?) hehe
attgig at 2:56PM on 11/13/08
I probably wouldn't make it, but I'd try some if someone else did.
Kerosena at 3:16PM on 11/13/08
This picture made me cry. As I was scrolling down the page I first saw the luscious pepperoni and cheese, then the ricotta (which I first thought was cream cheese, yummy!) and I was drooling at the tastiness.
Then I saw the ramen-- the horror!
polly28 at 4:03PM on 11/13/08
If ever a meal could scream, this one would scream "COLLEGE!"
Hillary
Chew on That
Chew on That at 4:05PM on 11/13/08
Im glad Im not the only person who thought the crust looked liked maggots. Thats the worst idea since Team Rainbow.
blahthequah at 5:49PM on 11/13/08
Ugh, sorry but that looks disgusting.
usinda at 5:56PM on 11/13/08
One word: DISGUSTING!
jkdrummer at 7:45PM on 11/13/08
I have vowed to only say nice things about photos, or say nothing at all. So, the nice thing I would like to say is I appreciate having so many people I respect, like juliebugs, dhorst and S_Bella say what I dare not.
PerkyMac at 7:57PM on 11/13/08
Agree on the maggots, but I'd still try it
JacquelineS at 10:40PM on 11/13/08
I have to agree with the "M" word contingency. I'm sure it's wonderfully tasty, but I don't think I could get over the aesthetics.
buffyholic at 10:00AM on 11/14/08
for a more savory picture and a complete wrap-up of the event, go to:
http://noteatingoutinny.com/2008/11/12/whos-the-top-ramen/
smashedpotato at 11:15AM on 11/14/08
I like ramen noodles buttered with or w/o the seasoning (maybe about half of one) with layers of thinly sliced american cheese between while they're still nice and hot, no pizza sauce, might try small bits of meat with, though.
iamon02 at 12:35PM on 11/14/08
I regrettably give this an "ick," although I tend to have ramen bias. During a financially lean season in my life, I ate more ramen than I care to remember and it's hard to even smell ramen now.
Top Ramen had a recipe/cooking contest back in the 90's and one of the winners or finalists created a ramen pizza. I think it had ground beef amongst other things. Maybe the seasoning packet was incorporated in the beef topping rather than in the noodles (???).
holdthemayo at 1:36PM on 11/14/08
It wasn't as hard to find the Top Ramen pizza recipe as I'd thought. It's on their main recipe page (scroll down to the bottom):
http://www.nissinfoods.com/recipes/recipes_main.php
holdthemayo at 4:07PM on 11/15/08