Homemade Top Ramen Recipe {Low Sodium} (2024)

Why does it need to go in the fridge?

Hi Melissa,
Are you looking at the picture of my pantry? Its not in my fridge. Our nuts are in the pantry because we eat them so fast they never have time to get rancid. Lol

Oh my! I did Not realize I wrote fridge! Will fix it now!!

Now it makes sense..LOL!

Thank you so much for this recepie–you have made my son’s YEAR. He was upset when we quit buying RAMEN. He knows it’s not good for us, but he loves it so much. Thank you again

Is it the noodles that have the sodium or the packets of crap the give you to put in the water with the commercial Ramen??? I never use the packets .. just add my own verggie, herbs and meat if so inclined. i don’t taste sale doing this …

more questions…(1) Do you know of any stores where I get a small amount of dried veggies?. (2) How does it taste without veggies…just the bullion and noodles?

If you live in utah, you can get dried veggies at kitchen kneads in West Jordan.

Thanks Catherine- We ARE in Utah, so I’ll check it out!

Herb ox boullion is full of other bad chemicals isn’t it?

You can just heat water up, poor it in the jar and shut the lid. The Ramen will cook, takes about 5 min. We don’t use a microwave so we have been doing this for years with regular Ramen in a bowl with a plate on top to cover them so that the heat stays in and they cook. Works great! No extra dishes this way, I would hate having to wash all those jars! You guessed it, no dishwasher anymore either! :-)!

Received this recipe today and I just wanted to say how much I love your site! My kids are grown and I have a 3 yr old grandson in VA (I’m on Long Island) but I use your recipes for myself! I used to love the ramen noodle salad but never make it anymore because of all the bad things associated with that mix. Thank you for posting great recipes all the time. (Been meaning to say that for awhile…)

Love it Jazz!

Welcome Linda! Thanks for joining us here!

Michele, it does have msg.. I will keep looking for better brands. Do you know any?

I have the same question. I often just purchase the ramen and use about 1/4 of the packet, because I assumed all the bad stuff (ie salt) was in the packet. I will add my own veggies to the noodle. So is there really a need to come up with different noodles?

DeeAnn- I understood that Ramen noodles are lightly fried and then dried! If you have noodles that they don’t fry first, then you can definitely use the noodles that come packaged like that- they definitely are much cheaper!

Trader Joe’s has liquid bouillon without MSG, but its a liquids…probably wouldn’t work for this recipe unless you were making it fresh.

how many calories does this have?

I tried this and my 5 year old didn’t like it, but then I tried using the low sodium bullion with the Ramen noodles instead of the packet it comes with. Score! I always add frozen chopped broccoli so the dehydrated veggies just tasted wrong. I’m excited about the low sodium bullion. She’s been eating it for months now (twice a month).

Hey @sallyjrw!
Broccoli is perfect to include!

Whole Foods has dried veggies in bulk – just get what you need…

Hello! I am beyond excited for your recipe, thank you so much! My 2 step-sons use to love Ramen noodles but I’ve refused to buy them for the last 3 years. I do want to know how long I would need to cook this on the stove top? (I haven’t owned a microwave in years) Thank you in advance! ♡

My problem with ramen noodles is that they have wax or whatever as a coating that’s supposed to be horrible for your gut, do these? Also wondering if the texture is the same?

I can’t find the recipe for your homemade sodium free bullion that you use to add to the Ramen
noodle soup in a jar. Please help…

Hi Amy,
I use to love eating this prepackaged stuff until I got high blood pressures and had to cut back on salt. Tried the recipe and LOVED it!!! I added fresh vegetables instead of dried. Do you have additional recipes of low sodium seasonings? Quick question, Where did you purchase the square storage containers w/ compartments in one of the photos? I’m in the process of organizing my pantry and would love to purchase something like that!!! Thanks 🙂

Thanks for thus kids love ramen. But I don’t buy mostly because of the noodles they have some ungodly oil like Palm or something that our bodies don’t like. And the sodium yeah the sodium. This is on my must try list. And as far as the dried veggies go I’d just throw frozen or leftover in no need to go on crazy search for dried. 🙂

Chow main and ramen noddles are not the same . Glad you found a health way to eat you chow main. I hope some day you find so ramen noddles to try.

Has anyone seen gluten free noodles like these or know of some type of non wheat, non barley noodles that might work? We have gluten allergies…

Couldn’t you make a seasoned broth in advance, freeze it & then cook it on the stove, adding the noodles once it’s hot?

I’d like to use labels on my jars as well but the Ball jars are not smooth and I don’t like the way the labels look. What jars do you use?

Wow great idea to nix the sodium. I’m from Hawaii where we all grew up on Ramen/Saimen. Its a local staple food here. We eat it dry, fried what ever… So in my quest to lower my sodium I Googled , and your receipe popped up. Thanks simple and very low in sodium! Awesome!

This is completely off topic but where did you get those stackable snack organizers? Those are perfect!

I have such a taste for Ramen Soup but could not take the huge amount of sodium the stores offer in their soup packets. Thank you for this great recipe. We are seniors and this will make a snack or mea easy and tasty and convenient . Thank you again. D.Elow , Temple, tx

Wow, I can make this for my grandkids. Thank you for your efforts.

Just wanted to note, “Top Ramen” is a brand name of ramen noodles.

Thank you for this ramen recipe. I love ramen with fresh, sliced zucchini. I have not eaten it for years because of the sodium. I look forward to eating it again, possibly with a couple of pinches of nutritional yeast for a bit more saltiness

Do not use jars for canning after being used in the microwave. They can break.

I’m way late to the party here. I read through all the comments to make sure I wasn’t repeating. Lotus Foods makes a brown rice ramen noodle that is great and would be perfect for this recipe! We buy it at Costco but I’ve seen it at other big box stores.
I can’t wait to try this for my big kids.

Curious how you would make this a spicy version. I really like spicy ramen!

I love the jar idea. Although I no longer kill (microwave) my food it is great to pre make single servings and store in the pantry. I too love Avery labels on everything!

For noddles is it ok if you use organic or will it mess up the dish

You may not be aware, but many folks on low sodium diets also require low potassium because of kidney failure issues. Herb-ox mixes have an exorbitant about of potassium.

Could you just use the noodles in the ramen pkg and discard the flavor pkg. then proceed with salt free boullion and vegetables

I know this is an old post but this is exactly what I have been looking for! I grew up on Ramen from the Japanese real version from growing up in Hawaii to the non traditional sodium laced commercial kind. I kept thinking there has got to be a better way and you found it! Thank you so much, I cannot wait to try this!

What a great idea. Thanks for the recipe!

I have a question about the dried chow mein noodles. The only one I know of is LaChoy chow mein noodles. I know those are not the ones you are referring to. Please give me a link or recipe on making these noodles. Thank you.

Your nutrition info says it has over 800 mg of sodium. But earlier it says less than 200 mg. Which is it?