Can I cook ramen in it?
2034302
No- The water level indicator fills with fluid and cannot be cleaned and when mine broke after one week of use the rep at Chef's Choice refused to replace it because "you are only supposed to heat water in it". Terrible customer support.
2034303
Yes you can. I have cooked soup and hot dogs in mine. It is very versatile, and I use mine every day.
1517488
dont think so,it is not hot enough compare to rice cooker. even reheat food will take longer the cooker
712640
The square is kinda the big deal. I'm sure you could use any square bowl if you want. This does have a set time of how long it takes to get the noodles just so, but I enjoy the humorous aspect of having a specific "RAMEN BOWL". It's just for convenience and humor for me.
2001790
I'm not sure, sadly. The soup bowl wouldn't be big enough for a full package of Ramen, that I do know. Perhaps a half serving in the main dish bowl with vegetables in the smaller sealable bowl to be combined later.
1778519
I'm used to living cheap. Ramen cheap. Adding a scoop to a pack of Maruchan beef flavor ramen (even cheaper by the case at WalMart!) gives the soup some much-needed nutrients . . . like some, nutrients. I've also noticed that if I eat ramen noodles, I'm still hungry unless I've cooked it with egg, onion, broccoli slaw -- this helps with that too, if I haven't been to the grocery store for vegetables lately. And if you just want a drink, just add a beef-soup broth packet to hot water and a scoop of veggie powder. Covers the taste well.
275580
You can cook it on the stove top in a pot. It probably won't taste as good but yeah you could
1092909
You can use it for high heat stir fry with vegetable or meat. But the handles will be very hot so be careful!
1053177
You can cook pasta in a tea kettle, but it may not be the best suited for it. Much like this pot. I don't think I would try to cook pasta in this. I think the feature of this pot is the ability to cook asparagus evenly (hottest at the thickest part of the asparagus).
32773
Hi there. As far as I understand, the cooker we bought can be used for shabu shabu, with this said, should serve very well for hot pot food recipe idea, we'd like to perform with this cooker. However, yes, the directions are MIA, I also used the cooker for some steamed veggies and the smell of burned material intrigued me a lot. And, finally the strainer you can used it when you cooking ramen, noodle soup, and the meats, spices, and noodles can be thrown inside to cook al dente.
619597
No. To avoid having to heat water on the stove, I usually leave out the mesh metal filter and use fill-your-own Japanese tea packets instead. Then I can heat the pot-water-tea packet in the microwave.
809736
Yes you can cook rice in it - drain holes are smaller than rice -don't usually need to drain rice
972925
Yes, you can. I have cooked everything from rice to fresh vegetables in mine. I absolutely love mine.
1778893
I have used it for heating food only. Sorry.........but it heats great. Oh wait I cooked ramen noodles in it a few times. Other than that no though
573278
Did you use the stainless pot? I have never tried making soup with it - just rice and steam (buns, left overs, eggs, meat etc). I don't think it would be good to make soup because soups usually take hours and the water outside the stainless inner pot will dry out before the soup is ready. You can make congee with it but soup is probably better with regular pot or a croakpot. Hope that helps.
1089334
yes but you need to pot the top and not leave it in for too long, this get very hot very quickly. However found it best to put soup in the aluminum tray to heat and it will take about 30 minutes at most to heat.
1567976
I'm not sure what you're using it for, but my favorite brand of Asian noodles has potassium carbonate and sodium carbonate as ingredients. Of note, the noodles are still considered all natural. It is the only dry noodles I've found that doesn't melt or stick in the pan/wok when making chow mein (fried noodles) or lo mein. It also has a nice elasticity and springiness. So if you're making raw ramen noodles, yes it can be used. If you're using it as a soup ingredient in cooking ramen, I don't know. I don't know its taste or reaction with other ingredients.
984852
I think that your probably could add more....there is room in the container for additional liquid. I LOVE the rapid ramen cooker!