🍜 🍗 Description
Samyang Hot Chicken Cheese is an instant spicy noodle soup / sauce-based noodles from South Korea, which combines the fiery flavour of spicy chicken seasoning with a delicately creamy cheese sauce. Thanks to its distinctive flavour and high heat level, it has gained a large fan base around the world, particularly amongst lovers of intense ramen experiences.
🔥 🌶️ Character and flavour
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Flavour: spicy (hot chicken) with creamy and slightly salty cheese notes – a combination that adds depth to the spiciness and a slightly sweet creaminess.
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Texture: thick wheat noodles with a sauce that clings well and grated cheese for extra flavour.
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Spiciness: it’s pronounced, but not as extreme as the hottest variants (e.g. 2x Spicy); it’s still a spicy dish that warms you up and tastes great.
🧾 📦 Ingredients and allergens
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Main ingredients: wheat flour noodles (73 %), palm oil, starch, salt, flavouring; cheese sauce and spices containing chilli, garlic, paprika, black pepper and curry.
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Allergens: wheat (gluten), soya, milk and sesame; may contain traces of other allergens (e.g. shellfish, eggs, fish, celery, mustard, nuts).
📊 🍽️ Nutritional values (approximate per 100 g)
(values may vary depending on the specific recipe)
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Energy: ~1 644 kJ / ~393 kcal
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Fat: ~12.9 g (of which saturated ~6.4 g)
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Carbohydrates: ~60.0 g (of which sugars ~5.0 g)
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Protein: ~9.3 g
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Salt: ~2.6 g
(approximate nutritional information)
👨🍳 🍜 Method
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Bring approx. 500 ml of water to the boil.
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Add the noodles and dried vegetables to the water.
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Cook for ~5 minutes until the noodles are tender.
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Drain the water, leaving about 8 tablespoons (of water).
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Add the cheese sauce and seasoning, stir and serve.
✨ 💡 Summary of benefits
✔️ a unique combination of spicy chicken and cheesy flavours 🍗🧀 – both spicy and creamy at the same
time
✔️ quick to prepare in just a few minutes – ideal as a quick dinner or snack
✔️ rich, intense flavour – for lovers of spicy food
✔️ classic Korean Buldak-style ramen – popular all over the world
💡 Tip: If you want to tone down the heat, add an egg, a little milk or some extra cheese to your finished portion – this will add creaminess and take the edge off the heat.
