Tantanmen is a Chinese noodle dish, and very popular in Japan. There are many tantanmen restaurants in Japan and some ramen houses serve it as well, but tantanmen is much easier than making ramen soup—and tastes great! This contains some Chinese spices that are not very common but many Chinese supermarkets have them in the spices aisle.
Yield: 2 servings
Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 6oz (180g) ground pork
- 1 clove pressed garlic
- 1/2 tbsp grated ginger
- 1 long green onion (chopped)
- 2 bags of Chinese noodles
Spices
- 2 tbsp sesame paste
- 2 tsp doubanjiang
- 1 tsp sweet bean sauce (traditional: 甜麺醤, simplified: 甜面酱）
- 1 tsp rayu
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1 tbsp miso paste
- 2 tbsp chicken powder
- 1 tbsp sake
Preparation
- Heat a sesame oil in a frying pan, add doubanjiang, then add garlic, ginger, and green onion, and stir for 30 seconds.
- Add ground pork, cook for 3 minutes over medium heat
- Add sake, soy sauce, miso, chicken powder, sweet bean sauce, sesame paste, and mix
- Add 4 cups of water, and when it boils add rayu and simmer for 10 minutes on low heat
- Put the noodles in hot water to separate (you can use instant noodles if you can not find fresh noodles).
- Put noodles in a bowl, add soup, and serve!
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