15 Easy Ways To Upgrade Your Instant Ramen

instant ramen hacks

When you’re going through the struggles of college and living off of instant ramen on the daily, it can get really boring and depressing to be continually slurping the same noodles. However, we’ve all evolved past the point of settling and come up with tons of ways to step up our game when it comes to the dorm food staple. Some, of course, are definitely superior to others, as evidenced when Reddit users were recently asked to come up with their best instant ramen hacks.

instant ramen hacks

Some of these upgrades were tame at best, like the simple addition of Sriracha or soy sauce. However, some people got really creative with their noods over the years, and were willing to divulge the tricks of the instant ramen trade. Below are some of these truly epic hacks that we’ll definitely be trying the next time we’re noshing on noodles.

1. Get Your Yolk On

2. “Jailhouse Jambalaya”

3. Instant Ramen Burritos

4. Ramen and Sour Cream?

5. Spicy Ramen Chips

6. This Guy’s “Faux Pho”

7. Peanut Butter and More

8. Spicy Tuna Ramen

9. Ramen “Salad”

10. American Cheese, a la Roy Choi

11. Tuna, Kimchi, Egg, and Cheese

12. Tomato Soup Ramen

13. Epic Ramen Leftovers

14. Ramen Omelettes

15. The Biggest Thing You Can Add To Ramen

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