September 1st is "Disaster Prevention Day". The Enuchi editorial department also reviews disaster countermeasures every year.

This year, I was interested in information about cup noodles that I saw on Twitter in the Disaster Countermeasures Division, Security Bureau, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. It is said that cup noodles are delicious even if they are made with water !

Challenge "Making cup noodles with water" that I thought I would try once in case of a disaster! Prepare cup noodles with flavor and pour water for 15 minutes. The noodles were a little hard, but the soup oozes out and the taste is good (surprise)! The sons who tasted it said, "It's like chilled ramen, yes!" pic.twitter.com/vOiEXtWspS

— Disaster Countermeasures Division, Security Bureau, Metropolitan Police Department (@MPD_bousai) August 22, 2017

I love cup noodles, so I always stock them, but I thought that I couldn't make them without boiling water even in the event of a disaster. If this is true, you can stockpile two birds with one stone ...? I decided to give it a try.

Looking for other information on water-drained cup noodles, it seems that "fried noodles" and "less oil in soup" products are suitable. Therefore, this time, we will examine three types of noodles: "chicken ramen," "green tanuki," and "chili tomato noodles."


All of them are scheduled to be my lunch on a daily basis. Please, make it delicious ...!

30 minutes is the best?

First of all, chicken ramen. I put drinking water at room temperature up to the inner line and left it for 15 minutes as a trial.




The noodles are a little hard, but the taste of chicken ramen, including soup, is familiar. Eggs aren't fluffy, but they're soft. When I tried it again 30 minutes later, the noodles were closer to the usual texture.


The green tanuki was generally hard at 15 minutes, so I tasted it after 30 minutes. The tempura and noodles are softened, and the soup stock is like chilled soba noodles , which is usually delicious! The only thing that was terrible was the texture of the kamaboko, but I think it's okay to have such a product.



The most beloved chili tomato noodles in the cup noodle series, the noodles became the softest at 15 minutes. The recently added ingredient "white mysterious meat" is also fluffy and juicy. It's delicious as usual except that you're worried about the undissolved soup.

This is an "ant"

In conclusion, the water-drained cup noodles were of sufficient quality for meals. You can eat it in 15 minutes, but if you want more delicious food, 30 minutes is recommended. It's hard to say that you should try it now, but I hope you can remember it in the corner of your head in case of an emergency. Above all, it is assumed that you have drinking water, so don't forget to check the disaster prevention today.