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Tan Tan Ramen

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Tantanmen Ramen (aka Tan Tan Noodles or Dan Dan Noodles) combines delicious ramen noodles and ground pork with a spicy, creamy broth that's seasoned with chili oil, peanut butter and sesame paste.
Tantanmen (担々麺) is a Japanese version of Chinese Sichuan Dan Dan Noodles. Chinese Dan Dan Noodles has a very small amount of soup, but the Japanese version, Tantanmen comes with a plenty of soup just like ramen. Like the original Dan Dan Noodles, Tantanmen is a spicy dish.
A tan-tan is a cylindrical hand drum from Brazil that is used in small samba and pagode ensembles. It imitates the big Surdo which is played by the famous samba baterias (percussion ensembles).
Tan tan ramen—as it is called in the US—is known as tantanmen (坦々麺) in Japan. Unlike classic ramen varieties (mainly shio ramen, miso ramen, and shoyu ramen), tantanmen doesn't have the usual toppings such as chashu and ramen egg (ajitsuke tamago or ajitama).
With a massively flavorful, spicy broth as its secret weapon, Tan Tan Ramen (Tantanmen) is a Japanese noodle soup that is certainly not for the faint of heart. The familiar aromatic combination of garlic, ginger, and scallions cozies up to the likes of miso, toasted sesame, peanuts, and Sichuan sesame paste.