Tantanmen

From: chopstickchronicles.com

Yields: 1 Servings

Ingredients

  • 150 ml soy milk
  • 250 g pork mince
  • 1 tbsp sake
  • 1.5 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1.5 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
  • 1.5 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp Chimajyan sesame paste
  • 1 tbsp Rayu (Japanese chili oil)
  • 150 ml water
  • 1 tsp torigara soup (granules)
  • 1 ramen noodle
  • 0.25 pak choy (parboiled)
  • 20 g pork mince *1 from the pork minced cooked. Freeze left over
  • Bean sprouts (optional)

Steps

  • Step 1Make miso pork
  • Step 2Cook the pork mince in a frying pan over medium heat.
  • Step 3When the mince changes colour, add the sake, soy sauce, and tenmenjan.
  • Step 4Cook the mince further until the sauce thickens and all the mince is coated in sauce.
  • Step 5Turn the heat off and set aside.
  • Step 6Make Noodles
  • Step 7Chop the zasai finely and set aside.
  • Step 8Chop the shallots finely and set aside.
  • Step 9Place zasai, shallots, vinegar, soy sauce, sesame paste, rayu in a ramen bowl.
  • Step 10Boil 150ml water in a small saucepan and dissolve the torigara soup granules.
  • Step 11Add soy milk to the saucepan and turn the heat off just before it boils.
  • Step 12Pour the soy milk soup base into the ramen bowl.
  • Step 13Stir all soup ingredients together.
  • Step 14Cook ramen noodle in a separate pot.
  • Step 15Drain the noodle and add it to the ramen bowl.
  • Step 16Top with pork mince, pak choy and bean sprouts.
  • Step 17Garnish with chopped shallots.