Bob (this one) wrote...
> Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
>
>> I have recently bought a food dehydrator. I would like to dehydrate
>> cooked noodles to make instant meals with. I want to make up little
>> packages of dried food, such as noodles, some dried vegetables and
>> soup powder and put them in little bags.
>> Then I can dump a bag in a bowl, add hot water and have an instant meal
>> without the high fat content of fried noodles, the high salt and MSG
>> content of commercial products and at a lower cost.
>
>
> Unfortunately, it won't work that way. The noodles in instant soup
> packages aren't just regular noodles that have been cooked and run
> through a dehydrator. Dehydrated veggies won't reconstitute instantly;
> some require a period of either simmering or soaking in hot water.
>
> I'm afraid this won't happen as you would wish.

Yeah, I noticed the high fat content and assume it's part of the
noodle-manufacturing process. I'm guessing that the ramen noodles
have been fried before being dehydrated, creating bubbles or
something within that allows them to quickly absorb water later.