Tantanmen 坦々麺

Ingredients

• 250 g pork mince
• 1 tbsp sake
• 1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 1/2 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 1/2 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
• 1/4 pak choy (parboiled)
• 20 g of pork mince *1 from the pork minced cooked. Freeze left over
• Bean sprouts (optional)

Instructions

1. 1

   Make miso pork

2. 2

   Cook the pork mince in a frying pan over medium heat.

3. 3

   When the mince changes colour, add the sake, soy sauce, and tenmenjan.

4. 4

   Cook the mince further until the sauce thickens and all the mince is coated in sauce.

5. 5

   Turn the heat off and set aside.

6. 6

   Make Noodles

7. 7

   Chop the zasai finely and set aside.

8. 8

   Chop the shallots finely and set aside.

9. 9

   Place zasai, shallots, vinegar, soy sauce, sesame paste, rayu in a ramen bowl.

10. 10

    Boil 150ml water in a small saucepan and dissolve the torigara soup granules.

11. 11

    Add soy milk to the saucepan and turn the heat off just before it boils.

12. 12

    Pour the soy milk soup base into the ramen bowl.

13. 13

    Stir all soup ingredients together.

14. 14

    Cook ramen noodle in a separate pot.

15. 15

    Drain the noodle and add it to the ramen bowl.

16. 16

    Top with pork mince, pak choy and bean sprouts.

17. 17

    Garnish with chopped shallots.