Patent ID: 8236363

Claim:
A method for producing instant noodles, comprising: a first steaming step of steaming raw noodle strings by directly spraying superheated steam flow on the raw noodle strings for 5 to 50 seconds such that a temperature of superheated steam to which surfaces of the noodle strings are exposed becomes 125 to 220° C.; a first moisture supplying step of supplying moisture to the noodle strings by using water or hot water after the first steaming step; a second steaming step of steaming the noodle strings after the first moisture supplying step by directly spraying superheated steam flow on the noodle strings for 5 to 50 seconds, and/or steaming the noodle strings after the first moisture supplying step by using non-superheated steam; and a drying step of drying the noodle strings after the second steaming step to produce the instant noodles.