Tantanmen 坦々麺
Tantanmen（担々麺）is the Japanese Dan Dan noodles. ramen noodles are swimming in a deliciously balanced soup with hot spiciness and a melow nutty sweetness.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 1 serving
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 250 g pork mince
- 1 tbsp sake
- 1 ½ tbsp soy sauce
- 1 ½ tbsp tenmenjan Chinese sweet miso paste
- 1 tbsp or 10g finely chopped Zasai
- 5 cm 2 inch finely chopped shallots (white part)
- 1 tsp rice vinegar
- 1 ½ tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp Chimajyan sesame paste
- 1 tbsp Rayu (Japanese chili oil)
- 150 ml water
- 1 tsp torigara soup (granules)
- 150 ml soy milk
- 1 ramen noodle
- ¼ pak choy (parboiled)
- 20 g of pork mince *1 from the pork minced cooked. Freeze left over
- Bean sprouts (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Make miso pork
- 2
Cook the pork mince in a frying pan over medium heat.
- 3
When the mince changes colour, add the sake, soy sauce, and tenmenjan.
- 4
Cook the mince further until the sauce thickens and all the mince is coated in sauce.
- 5
Turn the heat off and set aside.
- 6
Make Noodles
- 7
Chop the zasai finely and set aside.
- 8
Chop the shallots finely and set aside.
- 9
Place zasai, shallots, vinegar, soy sauce, sesame paste, rayu in a ramen bowl.
- 10
Boil 150ml water in a small saucepan and dissolve the torigara soup granules.
- 11
Add soy milk to the saucepan and turn the heat off just before it boils.
- 12
Pour the soy milk soup base into the ramen bowl.
- 13
Stir all soup ingredients together.
- 14
Cook ramen noodle in a separate pot.
- 15
Drain the noodle and add it to the ramen bowl.
- 16
Top with pork mince, pak choy and bean sprouts.
- 17
Garnish with chopped shallots.