Ramen Cabbage Salad Recipe on Food52 (2024)

FAQs

Does cabbage belong in ramen? ›

It's a great base to add to. Occasionally I'll add other vegetables if I fancy a more veggie-heavy ramen. Using cabbage of course is not traditional, but often pak choy and Asian-type vegetables are imported and not seasonal, so here you can achieve a similar taste with a seasonal vegetable.

Adding Vegetables to Instant Ramen

Quick-cooking vegetables like baby spinach, romaine lettuce, bean sprouts, thinly sliced cabbage, watercress, and scallions (amongst others) can be stirred into the soup right before serving. They should wilt in a matter of seconds.

Spicy sautéed red cabbage and mushrooms make for a tender complement to the springy fresh ramen noodles. To round it all out, we're topping each bowl in traditional style with a soft-boiled egg.

Pour your noodles, and desired amount of broth, into a large bowl. Then add your veggies, your sliced ramen egg, and top it off with some sliced green onion, red chili flakes, and garlic.

Combine browned ramen noodles and walnuts with chopped broccoli, and romaine. Whisk together red wine vinegar and sugar mixture, soy sauce and vegetable oil. Add salt and pepper to taste.

You don't have to stick solely to spinach, any kind of leafy green or veggies will suit your noodle dishes – from presenting pea shoots to your stir-fries to butter lettuce for your broth, shredded cabbage, green onions, cilantro, broccolini or kale, the options are endless.

It delivers a wonderfully subtle heat to the broth which makes it slurpingly good. And what better veggie to enjoy a silky smooth ramen broth than some gloriously crunchy purple sprouting broccoli. It's not spring without me raving about purple sprouting broccoli and it's wonders.

These Denver Omelet Style Breakfast Ramen Noodles are full of ramen noodles, scrambled eggs, ham, peppers, and onions and are so easy and delicious, you'll definitely be coming back for more!

How to shred cabbage? ›

Stand the box grater up-right and hold the cabbage quarter against the large holes of the box grater. Grate the cabbage by motioning it up and down against the grater to shred.

Cook the frozen chopped spinach and the flavor packet from the ramen noodles in 2 cups of boiling water for 3 minutes or until spinach is done. Add in the ramen noodles and cook for another three minutes.

Something else you can do is to add chopped-up veggies to the top like cabbage, carrots, or mushrooms, and then sprinkle green onions. Your ramen will now have additional vitamins, nutrients, and minerals.

Add in some kale, spinach, or another heartier leafy green near the end. Add in corn, broccoli, snap peas, snow peas, bean sprouts, or bamboo shoots. Top with a fried or boiled egg.

A member of the family of vegetables that includes broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, collard greens, kale, and turnips. These vegetables contain substances that may protect against cancer.

Cabbage is often sliced into thin strips to be served with korokke, tonkatsu (deep fried pork cutlet) or other fried dishes. It is also an important ingredient for okonomiyaki. Cabbage can be added to just about any dish, from soups and stews to pan-fried meals and salads.