Sauce
Traditional Dan Dan at Home
A simple at-home Dan Dan SAUCY STYLE recipe made with simple supermarket ingredients, combining spicy sesame flavors with fresh cucumber, crushed peanuts, and seasoned ground meat.
10 Min
Prep Time
1
Servings
Dan Dan – Spicy Sesame
Ingredients
1 package Bold Tastes of Tokyo Dan Dan noodles
1/4 lb ground beef or ground pork
1 tbsp crushed peanuts
1/2 stalk green onion, chopped
1/4 whole baby cucumber, julienned
Directions
Crush the peanuts in a food processor and set them aside.
Add the ground beef or pork into a pot over medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes until browned. Sprinkle in half of the Bold Tastes of Tokyo Dan Dan seasoning packet from the ramen package and mix well, then set aside.
Bring 2 cups of water to a boil in the same pot. Add the noodles and cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Prepare sauce by scooping out 1/3 cup of the cooking water and place it in a bowl. Add the remaining dry seasoning and liquid packet to the water and stir until combined.
Drain the remaining water from the noodles and transfer them into the sauce bowl and mix. Top with the seasoned beef or pork, julienned cucumbers, crushed peanuts, and green onions.
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