PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing instant noodles rapidly reconstituted with hot water, excellent in palate feeling and also having favorable temporal stability without using chemically synthesized starch.SOLUTION: The method for producing instant noodle comprises employing material obtained by subjecting tapioka starch to super-heated steam treatment using a hermetically sealed container to the surrounding of which a heater, a stirring device, a super heated steam-introducing line, and an air- and super heated steam-discharging line are attached and which is resistant against inner pressure.COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT【課題】化学的に合成された澱粉を使用することなく、湯戻りが速く、食感が優れており、かつ経時安定性の良い即席麺を製造する方法を提供すること。【解決手段】周囲に加熱装置、攪拌装置、過熱蒸気導入ライン、及び空気と過熱蒸気排出ラインの付設した内圧に耐圧性の密閉容器を用いてタピオカ澱粉を過熱蒸気処理したものを用いて即席麺を製造する方法。
