Dosirac Instant Noodles Chicken Flavored

Price: $.89 (reg) $.33 (sale)

Purchased at: Freshia

Rating: 7/10

Repeat meal: Yes

I'm no ramen connoisseur. When I'm in a fix for ramen, I usually turn to Maruchan or Top Ramen. I've been eating these brands since i was little. That's about as wide as my ramen knowledge is. As long as the noodles aren't too mushy or overly spicy, I'm willing to give it a try.

The Dosirac noodles come in a styrofoam box with plastic lid. The re-usuability for the packaging is nil. Sorry, Earth. Inside you'll find two packets: a vegatable soup base and chicken flavoring. The vegetable based has dehydrated onions, chives, carrots, and spices as well as some odd little pellets. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't put meatballs in a vegetable soup, but that's what the little brown pellets look like. Once cooked, they don't dissolve. They actually take on a spongy texture. So perhaps these little guys are tofu.

The soup flavor was good. I used all of the spice packets and the soup wasn't overly salty. Usually I'm not a soup slurper, but I found myself downing the broth. The noodles were somewhat chewy. If you prefer them soft and sort of transparent, I'm sure a longer soak than the recommended 3 minutes would work.

The noodles alone aren't very satisfying, (what do you expect for 33 cents) so I recommended adding some proteins like a boiled egg or some chicken.

Dosirac noodles also comes in shrimp, beef, pork, and kimchi flavor.