PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of manufacturing an instant noodle having flavor and texture like a raw noodle.SOLUTION: The method of manufacturing an instant noodle comprises: a process of making raw noodle lines subjecting the cut raw noodle lines to heat treatment and a process of drying the noodle lines after heat treatment where there are a plurality of times of the heat treatment process, and an initial heat treatment process is done in a heat treatment oven having an inner temperature of 130°C-220°C, and in an environment of a high temperature fluid adjusted from ±0% of an absolute humidity to 0%-10% (provided that 0% is not included) of an absolute humidity of water vapor under an atmospheric pressure at the temperature.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2019,JPO&INPIT【課題】生麺のような風味食感を有する即席麺の製造方法を提供する。【解決手段】生麺線を製麺する工程と、前記切出された生麺線を加熱処理する工程と、前記加熱処理後の麺線を乾燥させる工程と、の各工程を含み、前記加熱処理工程が複数回あり、最初の加熱処理工程は、加熱処理を行う庫内の温度が130℃~220℃であり、該温度での大気圧下における水蒸気の絶対湿度の0%~10%(ただし、0%は含まない)に絶対湿度が±0%から調整された高温流体の雰囲気下で行われる、即席麺の製造方法。【選択図】なし
