Ramen is super popular these days and one of my favourite bowls to order at restaurants is tantanmen ramen. After doing a bit of research I found that tantan-men ramen is based on Chinese dandan noodles, aka dandanmian, which typically consists of ground pork, chili oil and sichuan pepper served over noodles with a common addition being peanut butter or sesame butter. The key ingredients here are the doubanjiang (a Chinese fermented chili and bean paste) along with the sichuan pepper where the chili paste bring the spicy heat and saltiness and the sichuan pepper brings the moth tingling/numbing effect that perfectly complement each other! The sichuan chili oil further enhances those properties and adds the fiery red colour and the peanut butter adds an amazing flavour and creaminess! I like to use udon noodles for some bite but ramen style egg noodles also work well in this tantanmen ramen! The next time you think about running out for a quick bowl of ramen remember that these tasty dandan noodles comes together in less than 20 minutes making it really nice for weeknight meals!
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