Any of you tried Miracle noodles/Shirataki noodles?

sweetbiella · 08-18-2011, 06:13 PM

If you have what's your review on them.

I got them today. Tried cooking them with my spaghetti sauce. They were completely awful. Nothing wrong with the food taste but the TEXTURE!! it's texture made me feel like I was eating worms. I couldn't stand it...so I threw away the food and the other miracle noodle package.

metqa · 08-18-2011, 06:22 PM

Shirtaki noodles are NOT pasta. If you cook them like pasta you will be disappointed.

They are a fibrous gelatin type noodle, similar to glass noodles, bean thread noodles and other ASIAN style noodles.

they are not intended for a quick rinse , simmer and serve. these things along with blocks of konjac, are usually long simmered in broth for anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour or longer. When they are long simmered, the texture becomes softer and easy to chew like al dente angle hair. BUT it's still is a fiber noodle.

Shame that you wasted a package by throwing it away unused. You could have given it to someone with more experience, or waited for a response on a better way to cooke them but hey it's only a couple of bucks.

I put a pot of chicken broth on warm ( the lowest setting) and poured in a package of shiritaki and let it soak/simmer all night long.It was delicious , non chewy and I served it with vegetables and shrimp. Thats thw way the Japanese people showed me how they make it. you can go to AMPM stores that serve hot dishes and they have vats of simmering veggies and konjaku blocks. No one is ever chewing them like gum, but it's savory and goes down easily cause it's been simmered.

Eating it straight out of the package would be like eating rubberbands. My friend tried simmering them until they softened and them put her sauce on it and liked it much better. I still can't make myself like them as a wheat pasta substitute. they will always be asian style cooking for me. they are really too slippery for italian dishes, IMO, even after long simmering.

ETA: BTW, they will add a pound onto your next days weigh and it will stay up until you pass them. they hold water like a huge sponge.

sweetbiella · 08-18-2011, 06:25 PM

I see....thanks for the info. I'm gonna try your way one last time. I'll get it out of the garbage lol

metqa · 08-18-2011, 06:25 PM

Hooray! I hoped they were still in reach!

BTW, Check out my ETA, about the extra weight it will show. just so you don't freak out. It happens to everyone when they eat shiritaki.

sweetbiella · 08-18-2011, 06:28 PM

kk I will thanks again

Tazcat · 08-18-2011, 06:30 PM

i ordered a bunch of them a few years ago and after smelling them i never could eat them. What a drag. I wish i could get past it. I just couldn't.

metqa · 08-18-2011, 06:39 PM

Thats why you have to simmer them. using them straight is like using raw chicken. It doesnt' smell or taste good raw. I consider shirtaki straight from the package to be raw, and in need of cooking in strong broth. the processing smell is gone replaced by the savory broth and veggies you cooked with it.

MaryMouse49 · 08-19-2011, 05:01 PM

I have tried both and prefer the shirataki ones I get at publix. i rinse, paper towel dry, microwave 1 minute, paper towel dry again, then add to pasta sauce. they are great, I do hold my nose while rinsing though. The texture is like stated above, ifyou like those weird rice sticks or cellophane noodles from the asian aisle, its actually better I think.

Mary

shelbyla · 08-19-2011, 06:16 PM

metqa - have you ever tried to crock pot them? I wonder how they'd do in there...

metqa · 08-20-2011, 12:26 AM

Well, being on my stove for over 12 hours might come as close to crock potting as ever, so they'd probably be fine. Remember, I'd seen them in Convenience stores just sitting there simmering for god knows how long....

08-18-2011, 06:13 PM	#1
sweetbiella Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 53 Gallery: sweetbiella Stats: 147/128-ish/115 WOE: HCG Start Date: July 2011	Any of you tried Miracle noodles/Shirataki noodles? If you have what's your review on them. I got them today. Tried cooking them with my spaghetti sauce. They were completely awful. Nothing wrong with the food taste but the TEXTURE!! it's texture made me feel like I was eating worms. I couldn't stand it...so I threw away the food and the other miracle noodle package.

08-18-2011, 06:22 PM	#2
metqa Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 11,497 Gallery: metqa Stats: 134/134/122 WOE: Indecisive LOL Start Date: November 2003	Shirtaki noodles are NOT pasta. If you cook them like pasta you will be disappointed. They are a fibrous gelatin type noodle, similar to glass noodles, bean thread noodles and other ASIAN style noodles. they are not intended for a quick rinse , simmer and serve. these things along with blocks of konjac, are usually long simmered in broth for anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour or longer. When they are long simmered, the texture becomes softer and easy to chew like al dente angle hair. BUT it's still is a fiber noodle. Shame that you wasted a package by throwing it away unused. You could have given it to someone with more experience, or waited for a response on a better way to cooke them but hey it's only a couple of bucks. I put a pot of chicken broth on warm ( the lowest setting) and poured in a package of shiritaki and let it soak/simmer all night long.It was delicious , non chewy and I served it with vegetables and shrimp. Thats thw way the Japanese people showed me how they make it. you can go to AMPM stores that serve hot dishes and they have vats of simmering veggies and konjaku blocks. No one is ever chewing them like gum, but it's savory and goes down easily cause it's been simmered. Eating it straight out of the package would be like eating rubberbands. My friend tried simmering them until they softened and them put her sauce on it and liked it much better. I still can't make myself like them as a wheat pasta substitute. they will always be asian style cooking for me. they are really too slippery for italian dishes, IMO, even after long simmering. ETA: BTW, they will add a pound onto your next days weigh and it will stay up until you pass them. they hold water like a huge sponge. __________________ "You have to understand zat ven a vampire forgoes . . .the b-vord, zere is a process zat ve call transference? Zey force Zemselves to desire somesing else? . . .But your friend chose . . . coffee. And now he has none." "You can find him some coffee, or . . .you can keep a vooden stake and a big knife ready. You vould be doink him a favor, believe me." Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett IBKKF 898 Metqa's P4 JUDDD Journal Last edited by metqa; 08-18-2011 at 06:25 PM..

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08-18-2011, 06:25 PM	#3
sweetbiella Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 53 Gallery: sweetbiella Stats: 147/128-ish/115 WOE: HCG Start Date: July 2011	I see....thanks for the info. I'm gonna try your way one last time. I'll get it out of the garbage lol

08-18-2011, 06:28 PM	#5
sweetbiella Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 53 Gallery: sweetbiella Stats: 147/128-ish/115 WOE: HCG Start Date: July 2011	kk I will thanks again

08-18-2011, 06:30 PM	#6
Tazcat Carby Cat Join Date: May 2004 Location: amidst the cat hair >^..^< Posts: 45,349 Gallery: Tazcat WOE: Catkins, -30	i ordered a bunch of them a few years ago and after smelling them i never could eat them. What a drag. I wish i could get past it. I just couldn't.

08-18-2011, 06:39 PM	#7
metqa Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 11,497 Gallery: metqa Stats: 134/134/122 WOE: Indecisive LOL Start Date: November 2003	Thats why you have to simmer them. using them straight is like using raw chicken. It doesnt' smell or taste good raw. I consider shirtaki straight from the package to be raw, and in need of cooking in strong broth. the processing smell is gone replaced by the savory broth and veggies you cooked with it.

08-19-2011, 05:01 PM	#8
MaryMouse49 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: sunny sw florida Posts: 232 Gallery: MaryMouse49 Stats: 182/168.8/138 WOE: strict hcg protocol Start Date: 04/20/2011	I have tried both and prefer the shirataki ones I get at publix. i rinse, paper towel dry, microwave 1 minute, paper towel dry again, then add to pasta sauce. they are great, I do hold my nose while rinsing though. The texture is like stated above, ifyou like those weird rice sticks or cellophane noodles from the asian aisle, its actually better I think. Mary

08-19-2011, 06:16 PM	#9
shelbyla Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,673 Gallery: shelbyla Stats: 210/141/140 WOE: hhCG, rx hCG Start Date: rx hCG R5 start 08/11/12	metqa - have you ever tried to crock pot them? I wonder how they'd do in there...

08-20-2011, 12:26 AM	#10
metqa Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 11,497 Gallery: metqa Stats: 134/134/122 WOE: Indecisive LOL Start Date: November 2003	Well, being on my stove for over 12 hours might come as close to crock potting as ever, so they'd probably be fine. Remember, I'd seen them in Convenience stores just sitting there simmering for god knows how long....