3 Minute Noodles

Posted on | November 24, 2009 | 6 Comments

One of my favourite snacky meals is 3 minute noodles, with frozen prawns, cockles and peas, with a good pinch of Piri Piri spice. It’s quick, easy,cheap and comforting.

Yep sounds like something you would have as an evening meal while backpacking. It nearly is, instead of the frozen ingredients I would replace them with dried ones instead, and/or a peperami (cut up). 

Each time I make them I vary the ingredients for a bit of variety. I even finish it off with some chopped spring onions if I have any in the fridge at the time.

What I like about the 3 minute noodles is that they are cheap and flexible. You can literally throw anything in with them and have a really tasty meal.

Baz and myself have shown in video in the past it is possible to make your own version of a pot noodle. But it is possible to use the noodles to make a filling noodle soup as well. If you want inspiration for this visit a local noodle bar.

In fact they are an ideal food for backpacking. Whether they are used for a lunch or main meal. For starters they are light, cook quickly or can be cooked using a pot cozy. But either way it means you are not using a lot of fuel to get a meal. They can be also incredibly cheap. Forget the name brands, go for the value option. There is very little taste wise between them, and for the price of a branded pack you can get three or four packs of the value brand.

I know like marmite people either hate or love them. As you can tell I fall in to the love them camp. It doesn’t stop me from using a dehydrator to make meals to go backpacking with. What it does is give me options and variety in the food I can have while out. Heck the dehydrator  can be used to dry out ingredients to add to the noodles later on.

So there you have it folks the humble pack of 3 minute noodles. A versatile ingredient that should be in any backpackers pantry.

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