The company behind Pot Noodle is working to avoid cross-contamination and is aiming to add the vegan flash onto more Pot Noodle flavours. Obviously milk is not vegan as it comes from cows, so anything that contains dairy milk or ingredients derived from it cannot be vegan. Skimmed Milk Powder Red peppers, sugar snap peas, water chestnuts, and baby corn add texture and crunch to these sweet and sour noodles. Add the cooked spaghetti, sauce, and cook for about 2 minutes, or until warmed through. Toss well during cooking. The extra sauce that’s pooling at the bottom of the skillet will absorb into the noodles over the next 30 minutes; toss intermittently. Most popular with customers in United States of America (USA), France, Italy, Germany, Greece, Switzerland, Denmark, Bulgaria (Republic) and Netherlands, but you can buy Pot Noodle Sweet and Sour for delivery worldwide.

Having rice noodles and these sauces in the kitchen will be your saviour when you need to throw together a meal in less than 15 minutes, or are running low on groceries but still need to eat dinner. Add the sugar snap peas, water chestnuts, and green onion to the same skillet and continue cooking until the veggies become slightly tender. Mix in the sweet and sour sauce and cooked protein of choice. Toss all together and cook on medium until noodles are well coated, about 5 minutes. Night Of The Trailers (2015-05-16), Golden Wonder Pot Sweet - 1985 TV Advert , retrieved 2016-09-30 [ dead YouTube link]Fry #1– Fry at 180°C/350°F for 3 minutes to cook the pork through and make it golden. It won’t be that crispy at this stage – this step is mainly to cook the pork through; Pineapple juice– from the can of pineapple pieces used in the stir fry, because why waste it? Using fresh pineapple? Just skip this and add extra water; and

Pot Noodles are not certified as vegan and carry an allergy warning that says ‘ May Contain: Celery, Eggs, Milk, Mustard.‘ Sugar– just 1/3 of a cup, far less than most recipes and definitely less than restaurants. This is sweet enough, trust me! Another rival to Pot Noodles, and one that does better on the flavour front, Itsu’s Noodle Cups come in Chilli Miso and Satay flavours.

Homemade sweet and sour sauce– I’m partial to my homemade version, mostly because it’s all-natural. If you’d rather use bottled sauce, my feelings will only be hurt a little. 😉 Sauce sachet (4%): Sweet & sour sauce [water, sugar, BARLEY malt vinegar, tomato paste†, modified corn starch, salt, onions†, acid (citric acid), soy sauce (water, salt, sugar, BARLEY malt vinegar, BARLEY malt extract, SOYBEANS), lemon juice concentrate, ginger extract. Bradley, Lara (24 September 2006). "Teach Pot Noodle teens to cook". Sunday Independent. p.8 . Retrieved 31 March 2023. But there is nothing present there that is definitely not vegan. The other possibility, as with Pot Noodles, is the possibility of cross-contamination during the manufacturing process. Many of them carry warnings such as “May also contain Crustaceans, Fish, Milk, Molluscs”, any of which would make them non-vegan. But many vegans disregard such warnings (though if you have allergic reactions to any of these things, it is better to avoid the products in question).

And here’s what goes in the Sweet and Sour Pork Stir Fry. I know some people are big advocates of fresh pineapple. I never use fresh – because they’re in season in summer and I (typically) don’t deep fry in summer! Things like soy sauce, for instance, in theory could be non-vegan. The same with maltodextrin and sugar. But the one Pot Noodle flavour that is definitely vegan friendly – the Asian Street Style Japanese Miso Noodle Soup flavour – contains all those, so they can’t be the culprits. Pot Casserole" consisting of dried vegetables and soya protein was introduced during the 1980s, but discontinued before the turn of the century. "Pot Pasta" and "Pot Spaghetti" combined dried pasta pieces with a sachet of Parmesan cheese, and was available for some time in the 1990s. However, in 2017, Pot Pasta was relaunched. "Pot Sweet" was a dessert range available in four varieties, introduced in the mid-1980s, and discontinued shortly afterwards. [16] Noodle mix (96%): Dried noodles (69%) [ WHEAT flour (contains calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), palm oil, salt, firming agents (potassium carbonate, sodium carbonates)], sugar, potato starch, maltodextrin, carrots†, peas†, apple powder, tomato powder†, red pepper†, onion powder†, acids (citric acid, tartaric acid), flavour enhancers (monosodium glutamate, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate), salt, acidity regulator (sodium diacetate), flavourings, palm fat, garlic powder†, ginger, turmeric†, soy sauce ( SOYBEANS, WHEAT), stabiliser (calcium phosphates). Serve with plain rice or Fried Rice if you want to go all out. And if you’re making the effort to make Sweet and Sour Pork at home, why wouldn’t you?? (Tip: Fried rice reheats 100% perfectly, so make it first then just reheat it).

The main ingredient in Pot Noodle noodles is wheat flour. The other ingredients vary depending on the flavour. Golden Wonder introduced a similar convenience food "Pot Rice" at the beginning of the 1980s. Pot Rice was made from dehydrated rice, wheat protein, vegetables, and flavourings, sold in a plastic pot. Pot Rice was later manufactured by Unilever and Knorr when the Pot Noodle brand went through a series of acquisitions and takeovers in the 1990s. You’re busy… I feel you. That’s why this easy Asian dinner comes together in under 20 minutes. Like I said earlier, nothing fancy to see here. It’s just oodles of noodles and some leftovers from your fridge. Let’s make this!