PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a production method of noodles hardly being boiled and melted, having excellent texture, having excellent permeation of a seasoning such as sauce or soup into noodle surfaces, and remarkably excellent in taste soaking.SOLUTION: Raw noodles obtained by a conventional method is subjected to superheated steam treatment, and heated so that a surface temperature after the superheated steam treatment becomes 101-170°C.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】茹で溶けが起こり難く、優れた食感を有し、麺表面にソース又はスープ等の調味液の絡みがよく、味しみが格段に良い麺類の製造方法を提供する。【解決手段】常法で得られた生麺を過熱水蒸気処理して、前記過熱水蒸気処理直後の表面温度が101~170℃になるように加熱することによって上記課題を解決する。【選択図】なし