Yet another recipe for korean fire noodles! We heard about this one from Aaron & Claire, too, although they touch on its origins . It seems to be fairly popular and you can find lots of writeups for it on the net, but they're all pretty similar -- noodles, skillet, egg, cheese, green onions.

It came together really quickly and easily, and was pretty tasty, too! I'd make it again; my only complaint is that since it only uses up half of the seasonings, you end up with leftover seasoning packets looking for a new home. Maybe they could be combined with some dried veggies and a Mister Noodles packet to turn it into something edible?

For the cheese, we used mozzarella; mild cheddar or american cheese would also work well, I think.

A&C mentioned in passing that it comes from "a comic", and most other writeups -- if they attribute it at all -- just say the same. I got curious and was able to track down the origin point: Mokuyoubi no Furutto ("Furutto on Thursday") by Ishiguro Masakazu, a long-running slice of life manga about a cat. The recipe shows up in chapter 3; I've included English scans (by Wonderland Translations) of the relevant pages (read the panels and speech bubbles right to left):

Interestingly, the cheese doesn't show up in the original recipe, although it appears to be all but universal in other people's takes on it.

Kujirai-style Ramen

Mokuyoubi no Furutto by way of Aaron & Claire

Ingredients

• 1 packet korean ramen
• 1 green onion, chopped
• 1 egg
• mild cheese, thinly sliced
  

Directions

1. Bring 350mL of water to a boil, covered in a skillet.
2. Reduce heat to medium, add the noodles, and cook until they start softening and can be broken up and rearranged, ~1 minute.
   
3. Add any veggie packets and half of the seasoning and/or sauce packets that came with the noodles, and stir them around a bit (I flipped them over).
4. Break an egg over the noodles, then top with cheese and green onions.
5. Cover and cook over medium low until the noodles are done cooking and the egg is set.