An object of the present invention is to provide a method for drying non-fried instant noodles for obtaining non-fried noodles that are easily loosened without sticking of noodle strings and excellent in restorability. The present invention includes, as a step of drying non-fried instant noodles, a step of putting gelatinized noodle strings into a drying retainer, and blowing a high-speed air flow from above the retainer toward a noodle mass of the noodle strings to perform drying. In the drying step, the retainer employed has a shape such that a transition portion from a bottom surface to a side surface (side wall portion) is formed to be a curved surface with a radius of curvature of 5 to 15 mm, and preferably the high-speed air flow is blown at a wind speed of 50 m/s or higher in terms of the speed to which the noodle strings are exposed.本發明係有關一種非油炸麵之乾燥方法,其用以獲得麵線不會彼此糾結、容易鬆解且復原性佳之非油炸麵線。本發明之非油炸麵線之乾燥步驟包含:將已α化處理之麵線投入於乾燥用容器,並由該容器上方以高速氣流噴吹噴吹麵塊而使其乾燥之步驟。並且,於該乾燥步驟中,乾燥用容器係為以曲率半徑為5~15mm之彎曲面形成其底面到側面(側壁部)之銜接部的容器,較佳的情況是,噴吹該高速氣流使該麵線暴露於50m/s以上之風速。
