Snapdragon Laksa Curry

A spicy delicious cup of warmth on a chilly camp evening. Perfect when you’re at the end of a long trail day, but not quite ready for dinner.

I have not generally been a fan of Ramen type soups, but things have come a LONG way since Cup-a-soup and Top Ramen.

Snapdragon has a line of really tasty and quick to prepare meals, that take ramen to a whole new level.

Their Laksa Curry is my favorite of their soup cups. The rice noodles cook up perfectly, and the small bits of vegetables (onion, carrot, green onion) reconstitute nicely. The flavor is spicy without being too overbearing, and is a quick warmup on a chilly afternoon in the mountains.

Preparation is quick, but involves a few steps. When you open the lid (halfway at first), you’ll find four different flavor packets to add to the noodles. You add the first three at the beginning (“Pow” veggies, “Bang” flavor powder, “Ka-blam” spices). There is also a small packet of “Boom” flavor oil, which you stir in after cooking. After emptying the first three packets on top of the noodles, just add boiling water to the fill line, and let it sit for three minutes covered.

At the end of the three minutes, you add the flavor oil and stir, and it’s ready to eat!

As is often the case, one of the reasons that this soup is so flavorful, is that it is pretty high in sodium. Anyone dealing with high blood pressure won’t want to eat this every day. But this is a tasty way to up your Ramen game on a chilly afternoon.

The other thing that might be an issue for some: if you are doing a multi-day trip, it might be a pain to haul around the large cup, which would take up a large amount of beat can space. You could repackage this in a boil-in bag. But you’d have to measure exactly how much water it will need, since the cup instructions don’t give an amount… just “fill line.” I haven’t tried that yet, but it should be doable.

This cup is really easy to find at most grocery stores, and I’ve also seen it on Amazon. 

Background

Have enjoyed this on trips in the Sierra foothills, in Yosemite, and even at the office when I needed a quick and easy snack. The perfect thing to tide you over before “dinner.”