PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing rice noodles by passing a rice component raw material through a plurality of times of pregelatinization, to provide rice noodles obtained by the method, and to provide instant dry noodles obtained from the rice noodles.SOLUTION: This method for producing the rice noodles includes bringing a rice component raw material into the rice noodles by passing through a feeding step, a selection step, a rice washing step, a soaking (sprouting) step, a dehydrating step, a steaming (pregelatinization) step, a drying (stable pregelatinization) step, a crushing step, a hot water hydrating (pregelatinization) step, a mixing step, and an extruding (last pregelatinization) step. The rice component raw material is one kind selected from white rice, brown rice and sprouted brown rice, and/or its mixture, and is added with a function improving material in the hot water hydrating/mixing step in the noodle making steps. The rice noodles thus obtained become instant dry noodles by passing from a heating step (pregelatinization) through a cutting step, a drying step (pregelatinization), a metal detecting (X ray detection) step, a packaging step, and a boxing (shipping) step.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】本発明は、米成分原材料を複数度のα化を経て米麺を製造する方法及び該方法で得られる米麺、さらには、該米麺から得られる即席乾麺を提供することにある。【解決手段】本発明の米麺の製造方法は、米成分原材料を張り込み工程、選別工程、洗米工程、浸漬(発芽)工程、脱水工程、蒸煮(α化)工程、乾燥(安定α化)工程、粉砕工程、次いで熱湯水加水(α化)工程、混合工程、押出し(最終α化)工程を経て米麺とするものであり、前記米成分原材料は、白米、玄米、発芽玄米から選択される1種及び/又はこれの混合体であり、製麺工程中の熱湯水加水・混合工程で機能性向上素材が添加される。このようにして得られた米麺が加熱工程(α化)より切断工程を経て乾燥工程(α化)、金属検出(X線検出)工程、包装工程、箱詰め(出荷)工程を経て即席乾麺となる。【選択図】図1
