[Problem to be Solved]An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing instant fried noodles having a lower fat or oil content than usual fried noodles.[Solution]Instant fried noodles having a remarkably lower fat or oil content than usual fried noodles and having good texture can be produced by forming dough, which has been prepared by kneading a raw material powder with kneading water added thereto by an ordinary method, into a noodle belt by extrusion using an extruding machine, performing strong rolling for reducing a thickness of the noodle belt after passing through a rolling roll to less than 10% of the thickness of the noodle belt before passing though the rolling roll, with the noodle belt rolled out to a desired thickness by performing rolling three times or less, cutting the resultant noodle belt with a cutting blade roll to obtain raw noodle strings, and thereafter steaming and drying by frying the noodle strings.
