Japanese Tan Tan Ramen
Lauren McDuffie · mykitchenlittle.com · 2024 · 4 / Serves 4
Against 492 ramen recipes
Tantanmen, with 3 of the 4 usual parts; not on it: greens (spinach or bok choy).
What's in it
11 parts read from its 16 ingredient lines, its title and its method.
- Broth base
- Beef “1 tablespoon chicken, vegetable, or beef stock concentrate (such as Better Than Bouillon)”
- Tare and seasoning
- Soy sauce (shoyu) “¼ cup soy sauce, plus more for serving”
- Miso “2 heaping tablespoons white miso paste”
- Sesame paste or tahini “⅓ cup peanut butter or tahini”
- Aroma oil
- Chili oil (rayu) “1 tablespoon store-bought chili crisp (should be spicy, but add to taste)”
- Sesame oil “1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil”
- Noodles
- Instant noodles “12 to 16 ounces ramen noodles (see note)”
- Toppings
- Ground pork or other minced meat “1 pound ground pork”
- Scallion or negi “1 bunch scallions, chopped, white and green parts separated”
- Sesame seeds “1 tablespoon sesame seeds”
- How it is served
- Served in soup from the method
Against the usual Tantanmen
It has 3 of the 4 parts of the usual Tantanmen: sesame paste or tahini, chili oil (rayu) and ground pork or other minced meat. Not on it: greens (spinach or bok choy).
Less usual for the style: beef (in 3% of Tantanmen recipes).
The Japanese take on Sichuan dan dan noodles: a broth thick with sesame paste and hot with chili oil, topped with spiced ground pork and greens such as bok choy or spinach. It is also made without soup (shirunashi) or cold.
Ingredients as published (16)
- 12 to 16 ounces ramen noodles (see note)
- 3 tablespoons cooking oil of your choice, divided
- 16 ounce bag of classic coleslaw mix
- 1 bunch scallions, chopped, white and green parts separated
- ⅓ cup peanut butter or tahini
- ¼ cup soy sauce, plus more for serving
- 1.5-inch knob of fresh ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
- 5 garlic cloves
- 2 heaping tablespoons white miso paste
- 1 tablespoon chicken, vegetable, or beef stock concentrate (such as Better Than Bouillon)
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon store-bought chili crisp (should be spicy, but add to taste)
- 1 pound ground pork
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- 1 cup milk or half and half
- Salt as needed
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