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[QUESTION] Why do my noodles almost always come out bland? (self.cooking)
submitted 9 hours ago by to c/cooking@lemmy.world
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Yesterday, I followed this recipe for Chicken Yakisoba noodles.

I cooked my noodles on a medium high heat for 6 minutes as the packet said. I put them in the pan with the chicken and veg, then adding the sauce and thoroughly tossing it to cover with sauce.

The resulting meal was... Bland as fuck. It felt like the noodles didnt hang on to the sauce at all somehow?

I have a yakisoba pot noodle, and that comes out with such a strong a punchy flavor! I'm using fine egg noodles.

This is why I rarely try noodle recipes, I seem to fuck them all up! I sometimes pull it off, which gives me hope, but I can never figure out where I go right!

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[–] 4 points 1 hour ago

Generally speaking, if cooking with water and any is expected to remain (including absorbed by noodles or whatever) water isn't really what you want, stock is probably what you want. Obviously I'm not boiling my noodles in stock, I heavily salt the water, but my potatoes definitely get boiled in stock and they're always amazing.

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