Picture this: ramen noodles, topped with a cheeseburger, bacon, greens and sesame oil. Welcome to ramen burgers!
I think I pretty much established my forever love for ramen that recipe I posted a few days ago for breakfast ramen.
Yup, those 59 cent packets of naughty deliciousness that we all lived on the first year we graduated from college because we couldn’t afford anything else.
For years after that era in my life, I didn’t even think about ramen, much less buy it and eat it.
But then for some reason I developed a deep ramen yearning that led to this cheesy ramen soup, and then a chicken ramen soup. So I guess it was inevitable that ramen burgers were in my ramen future!
What is a ramen burger?
I’m so glad you asked! It’s a warm pile of ramen noodles, topped with a cheeseburger, a little bacon, some chopped greens and if you want to get extra fancy, a drizzle of sesame oil over the whole thing.
Who invented the ramen burger?
I got the idea for this plate full of naughty deliciousness from my friend Linda, who sent me a link to a much ritzier version of this dish from Keizo Shimamoto, and sometime I will make the epic voyage from North Carolina to Brooklyn to try the real thing.
But in the meantime, this more low-rent version is making me very, very happy. Yup. I’m at Defcon One, ramen-wise. Let’s make it!
Here’s how you make ramen burgers!
This recipe is pretty easy, but it’s important to get the order of things right so that everything is piping hot and perfect All At The Same Time.
So here’s how things should go. It looks like a lot, but the whole process is going to take less than a half hour.
- Chop up a little lettuce. I used romaine because I wanted the nice crunch.
- Cook the bacon and cover it with a piece of foil or a pot lid. Leave the drippings in the skillet.
- Bring the ramen water to a simmer.
- Cook the burgers in the same pan you made the bacon in. We’re making diner-style flat burgers that take EXACTLY 3 minutes, start to finish.
- At the same time, pop the ramen noodles into their water. They also take EXACTLY 3 minutes. I don’t know about you, but this seems like fate to me.
- Mix in the flavor packet with the ramen to give it that nice salty punch.
- Scoop the noodles out the liquid and pop them on a plate.
- Top with a burger, top the burger with the bacon, scatter the chopped lettuce over everything, and if you are feeling fancy, drizzle a little sesame oil on top. Voila!
YOU HAVE MADE RAMEN BURGERS.
And if I haven’t persuaded you yet about the wonder that is ramen and bacon recipes, I also happen to have a ramen pasta carbonara recipe to tempt you with.
I heart ramen!
OTHER RAMEN RECIPES WE CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF!
- Coconut Shrimp Ramen. Take your ramen to the tropics!
- Chicken Ramen Soup. Make those noodles ramen. We mean it.
- The Best Breakfast Ramen. Start your day with ramen!
Ramen Burgers
Picture this: ramen noodles, topped with a cheeseburger, bacon, greens and sesame oil. Welcome to ramen burgers!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 2 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 2 slices thick cut bacon, cut in half
- 1–2 three ounce packets of dried chicken or beef ramen noodles (see note)
- 1/2 pound ground beef
- Sea salt and pepper
- 2 slices American cheese
- 1 cup chopped romaine lettuce
- Sesame oil for drizzling (optional)
Instructions
- Cook bacon in a medium skillet until done to your liking. Set aside and top with foil to keep warm, but leave the drippings in the skillet.
- Heat the water for the ramen (following package directions for amount), and turn the heat under the skillet with the bacon drippings to high.
- Season the burger meat with a little sea salt and pepper and form into two loose balls. Place in skillet and immediately flatten them out with a spatula and don’t touch them again for two minutes.
- Right after you put the burgers in the skillet, pop the ramen noodles into their water. Cook for three minutes.
- Meanwhile back at the burgers, flip them at the two minute mark. Top them with the American cheese, cover the skillet (this helps the cheese melt) and cook them for one more minute.
- When the ramen is done, add the flavor packet and stir.
- Time for the assembly! Take the ramen noodles out of the broth with tongs and place on each plate. Top with cheeseburger and bacon. Scatter lettuce on top. Drizzle with sesame oil if you like (we like!). Serve at once!
Notes
I made ours with one ramen packet divided among the two dishes. If you have hearty eaters, it is TOTALLY okay to make one ramen packet per person, and you can cook up both ramen packets in the same pot at the same time.
Need to add something to your kitchen equipment to make this recipe? Below are some of the items we used in the Framed Cooks kitchen to help cook this up. These are affiliate links to things we use and love, which helps to pay for all that bacon I keep buying!
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Updated (and made even more delicious!) from a previously published Framed Cooks post!
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