Nissin Chow Mein Teriyaki Chicken Noodles

I’ll be honest. The smell when I opened this one was off-putting. That’s not a great start and unfortunately the taste didn’t turn things around.

Produced in the United States by Nissin Foods (U.S.A.) Co., Inc.

What’s in the Package

Inside the tray, you’ll find a square block of fried wheat noodles with small dehydrated vegetables mixed into the noodle bundle. There is a single purple-and-white checkered sachet containing the liquid sauce.

How to Cook Nissin Chow Mein Teriyaki Chicken Noodles

1. Open the lid to the dotted line and take out the sauce packet.
2. Fill with room temperature water up to the inside fill line.
3. Microwave on high for 5 minutes.
4. Let it stand for 1 minute with the lid still on.
5. Take off the lid, add the House Sauce and stir until the noodles are evenly coated. A little water left in the tray is normal.

Note: Let it sit for another minute after stirring so the teriyaki sauce thickens.

How Does It Taste

Sweet soy sauce dominates from the first bite and it doesn’t let up. Underneath it there’s a slight chemical taste that James and I both noticed immediately. It’s mostly soy sauce, MSG, and sugar with nothing else going on. No complexity, no depth, nothing that earns the teriyaki label in any meaningful way.

The noodles are straight and thin and actually decent on their own. They’re not the problem here. The sauce is.

How Does It Compare

Within the Nissin Chow Mein lineup the Teriyaki Chicken is the weakest of the three we’ve reviewed. The Teriyaki Beef has the same sweet soy profile but with a slightly more developed character. The Chicken is the most straightforward and the least offensive of the three. For a teriyaki dry noodle that actually works the Maruchan Yakisoba Teriyaki Beef is a closer comparison and a better bowl.

How to Level Up Nissin Chow Mein Teriyaki Chicken Noodles

Shredded cabbage adds crunch and cuts through the chemical sweetness. A heavy drizzle of chili oil introduces heat and gives the sauce somewhere to go. Both are necessary here rather than optional.

Final Verdict

The noodles are fine. Everything else is a problem. The chemical sweet soy note is hard to get past and there’s not enough going on underneath it to save the bowl. Not one I’d buy again.

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Related Instant Ramen

• Nissin Chow Mein Teriyaki Beef Noodles
• Nissin Chow Mein Chicken Noodles
• Maruchan Yakisoba Teriyaki Beef Flavor
• Maruchan Yakisoba Chicken Flavor
• Ajinomoto Oyakata Yakisoba Classic Soya Sauce

Where to buy Nissin Chow Mein Teriyaki Chicken Noodles

• Aldi
• Amazon
• Kroger
• Walmart