Tan-Men
Ingredients
- 6 pieces dried wood ear mushrooms (4 g)
- 3 green onions/scallions
- 4-5 leaves cabbage
- 2 inches carrot (5 cm)
- 4 oz bean sprouts (114 g)
- 1 Tbsp neutral-flavored oil (vegetable, canola, etc) (for stir frying)
- 4 oz sliced pork belly (114 g)
- 1 Tbsp sake
- freshly ground black pepper
- kosher/sea salt (I use Diamond Crystal; Use half for table salt)
- 1 tsp sesame oil (roasted)
- water (for boiling noodles)
- 2 servings fresh ramen noodles (10-12 oz or 283-340 g fresh noodles)
Chicken Stock (3⅓ cup or 800 ml) (See Notes for homemade stock)
- 4 tsp Chuka Dashi (Chinese seasoning)
- 3 ⅓ cups water (800 ml)
Instructions
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Gather all the ingredients.
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Make the soup. In a medium saucepan, dissolve 4 tsp of Chuka Dashi in 3⅓ cups (800 ml) of hot water. Mix well and bring to boil then set aside. Alternatively, you can use my homemade Chicken Stock recipe.
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In a small bowl, add dried wood ear mushrooms and add just enough water to cover them. Re-hydrate until soft and squeeze to remove the water. Cut green onion into 2 inches (5 cm).
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Cut the cabbage leaves into bite size pieces. Cut the carrot into thin slabs and then cut them in half. Rinse the bean sprouts under running water.
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Start preparing a big pot of water to cook noodles. While waiting, heat the wok or large frying pan on high heat (if non-stick frying pan, medium to medium high heat). Once it’s hot, add oil and swirl the oil around to coat the wok. Then add the pork belly and cook until no longer pink.
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Add 1 Tbsp sake. Then add wood ear mushrooms, green onion, and carrot.
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Add the cabbage and bean sprouts.
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Season with freshly ground black pepper and pinch of kosher salt.
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Once the cabbage is tender, add the chicken stock and sesame oil and bring to simmer.
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When the water is boiling, add the noodles by loosening them up with hands. Cook the noodles according to the package instructions. Drain well and divide the noodles into two bowls.
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Pour the toppings and soup over the noodles and serve immediately.
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Dash of white pepper is great for enhancing the noodles' flavor.
Recipe Notes
Chicken Stock: For homemade recipe, please click here. Please read the blog post about Asian chicken stock vs. western chicken stock. We need to use Asian chicken stock for this recipe.
Recipe by Namiko Chen of Just One Cookbook. All images and content on this site are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without my permission. If you’d like to share this recipe on your site, please re-write the recipe in your own words and link to this post as the original source. Thank you.