PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for improving a noodle quality in fried noodles without using an additive, in more details, a method for improving texture of noodles and suppressing elongation with hot water.SOLUTION: Pregelatinized noodle strings are fried for 1-30 seconds, and the noodle strings are once pulled up from frying followed by resuming frying so as to make noodle texture excellent and suppress elongation with hot water.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT