To provide a production apparatus of instant fried noodles fried uniformly with small difference of fineness.SOLUTION: An instant fried noodle production apparatus includes a fry oil tank, a noodle line feeding mechanism arranged on the upstream of the fry oil tank, for making up a noodle line group into a retainer, and a fried noodle line group transport mechanism in which, in a first region of the fry oil tank, the retainer is transferred in the state of being partially immersed into the fry oil, and in succession, in a second region of the fry oil tank, the retainer is transferred in the state of being immersed lower than the oil level of the fry oil.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1【課題】本発明は、疎密が少なく、均一にフライされた即席フライ麺の製造装置に関する。【解決手段】本発明の即席フライ麺製造装置は、フライ油槽と、フライ油槽の上流に配置され、リテーナに麺線群を投入する麺線供給機構と、フライ油槽の第１の領域において、リテーナをフライ油に部分的に浸漬させた状態で移送し、これに連続して、フライ油槽の第２の領域において、リテーナをフライ油の油面以下に浸漬した状態で移送するフライ麺線群移送機構とを備えることを特徴とする。【選択図】図１
