Instant food

Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of providing an instant food using puffed dry rice which is eatable together with a thick and viscous sauce such as curry sauce or hashed beef sauce and canbe cooked into an eatable preparation both in outdoor and indoor without using a microwave oven. To solve this problem, provided is an instant food using puffed dry rice which becomes eatable by pouring hot water thereon, wherein the puffed dry rice is directly packaged in a container together with a solid seasoning. The bulk density of the puffed dry rice is 0.43-0.53 g / ml and the final moisturecontent thereof is 5-10 mass% inclusive.

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to ready-to-eat foods. More specifically, it relates to an instant food using puffed dry rice that can be eaten with a thick and viscous sauce by injecting hot water. Background technique [0002] In recent years, there has been an increasing demand for ready-to-eat foods that can be served immediately. As an example of instant food, the instant food using puffed dry rice is mentioned. [0003] Here, the puffed dried rice refers to the puffed dried rice obtained by pregelatinizing starch and then drying at a high temperature to puff the texture. In order to eat puffed dried rice, generally, water is added and cooked to restore it, or hot water is added to restore it (for example, refer to Patent Documents 1 and 2). [0004] In addition, among instant foods using puffed dried rice, there are commercially available instant foods that are eaten with thick and viscous sauces. As an example, curry, Hayashi rice bowl, etc. a...

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Problems solved by technology

[0010] However, if you want to cook only by pouring hot water outside without a microwave oven, the powdered soup stock and the puffed and dried rice will compete to absorb water, so there is a problem that the puffed and dried rice can hardly absorb water and the reduction becomes poor.